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Wide Gold Zone Confirmed
Wide Gold Zone Confirmed.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Ariana Resources PLC\n25 April 2006\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 April 2006 \n\n ARIANA RESOURCES PLC \n WIDE GOLD ZONE CONFIRMED AT KIZILTEPE PROSPECT\n\nAriana Resources plc ('Ariana' or 'the Company'; stock code AAU), the AIM-listed \ngold exploration company focused exclusively on Turkey, announces further \nconfirmation of a potential bulk tonnage gold target at its Kiziltepe Prospect \nwithin Ariana's 100% owned Sindirgi Project in western Turkey.\n\nHighlights:\n\n •Systematic rock chip sampling further defines potential bulk tonnage gold\n target\n •Stockwork style mineralisation across an area of at least 650m by 250m\n •Peak rock chip sample of 16.2 g/t Au from outcropping vein\n\nBulk tonnage target, Kiziltepe Prospect\n\nIn March 2006, a field team from Ariana's Turkish operating subsidiary, Galata\nMadencilik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. ('Galata') completed a programme of systematic\nrock chip sampling across a large (1km x 0.3km) gold in soil anomaly (as defined\nby a 0.1 g/t Au contour) at Kiziltepe. 84 samples were collected on a regular\n50m x 50m grid covering an area of 250m x 650m and assay results confirm the\npresence of a wide zone of stockwork style mineralisation. Peak grades from this\nsurvey include 7.05 g/t Au and 16.2 g/t Au from samples coinciding with vein\nmaterial. The rock chip sampling grid will be extended and followed by a\nprogramme of systematic trenching and drilling to test the potential for a bulk\ntonnage mining operation.\n\n\nAs part of the same field programme, trenching and rock saw channel sampling on\nthe recently discovered Aybor Vein at Kiziltepe has returned a best intersect of\n2.45 g/t Au over 9.5m from 3 initial trenches.\n\n\nSteven Poulton, Chief Executive, commented:\n\n'Although work by Ariana and previous operators has focused on only a small\npercentage of the 20km vein system which outcrops at the Kiziltepe prospect,\nresults to date have been highly encouraging. The potential for a bulk tonnage\nstyle stockwork gold deposit at Kiziltepe is now also being defined and drill\ntesting will be undertaken by Ariana following a programme of systematic\ntrenching to bedrock. In the meantime our field team continues to discover new\ntarget areas across this highly prospective licence area'.\n\n\nContacts:\nAriana Resources plc\nSteven Poulton, Chief Executive Tel: 01235 51...