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Ariana Resources plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding
Ariana Resources plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding.

About this update from Ariana Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Ariana Resources plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding27 December 2017 AIM: AAUDIRECTOR'S DEALINGS The Company announces that Michael de Villiers, the Company's Chairman, on 22 December 2017 purchased 2,400,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 1.25 pence per ordinary share. Further to this purchase, Mr de Villiers' holding is now as described below:Name Number of ordinary shares purchasedTotal Shareholding further to the purchasePercentage of enlarged share capital Michael de Villiers 2,400,000 39,080,000 3.69% Market Abuse RegulationThis announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (\"MAR\"). Contacts:Ariana Resources plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616 Michael de Villiers, Chairman Kerim Sener, Managing Director Beaumont Cornish Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt Beaufort Securities Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8300 Jon Belliss Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 Adam James / Tom Salvesen The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail in respect of the Director's Dealings. 1Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associateda)NameMichael de Villiers2Reason for notificationa)Position / statusDirectorb)Initial notification/AmendmentInitial 3Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitora)NameAriana Resources plcb) LEI213800LVVY7GZY21LH224Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducteda)Description of the financial instrument, type of instrumentIdentification codeOrdinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc ISIN GB00B085SD50Nature of the transactionPurchase of new ordinary shares as described above c)Price(s) and volumes(s) Price(s) Volumes(s) 1.25 pence 2,400,000 d)Aggregated informationn/ae)Date of the transaction22 December 2017 f)Place of the transactionOutside a trading venueT...