Issue of Equity, Warrant Grant and Total Voting...

8 September 2011 AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU ISSUE OF EQUITY GRANT OF WARRANTS TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS The Board of Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, today announces that it has received requests  for the exercise of a total of 2,262,632 warrants which were granted as a one for one with placing shares announced on 18 February 2011, exercisable at 4.75p each within twelve months of date of admission ("the Exercise"), Application will be made for the 2,262,632 new ordinary shares issued pursuant to the Exercise, which will rank pari passu, with all existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM.  Admission is expected to take place on or around 14 September 2011 ("Admission"). In addition, and pursuant to the arrangements made at the time of the placing referred to above, the Company have issued 24,513,158 warrants on the same terms to Rivington Street Holdings. At Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 256,198,650 Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of 1p each, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares").  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights will be 256,198,650. The above figure of 256,198,650 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Contacts: Ariana Resources plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616 Michael Spriggs, Chairman Kerim Sener, Managing Director Beaumont Cornish Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 Hugo de Salis / Susie Geliher This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Ariana Resources plc via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1545153]