Significant Shareholding

Ariana Resources PLC 06 July 2007 6 July 2007 AIM: AAU SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDING Ariana Resources plc ('Ariana' or 'the Company') announces that on 20 June 2007 it has been informed that Barclays PLC through Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd holds the total voting rights attached to 4,239,583 ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company representing 9.03% of the total voting rights in the Company. Contacts: Ariana Resources plc Michael Spriggs, Executive Chairman Tel: 07887 998252 Kerim Sener, Managing Director Tel: 07709 011954 Beaumont Cornish Limited Tel: 020 7628 3396 Roland Cornish Bankside Consultants Michael Padley / Louise Davis Tel: 020 7367 8888 About Ariana Resources Ariana is a dynamic exploration company focused on the discovery and development of epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits with multi-million ounce potential within the Tethyan metallogenic belt of Turkey. The Company has a portfolio of prospective licences covering 1,820km2, selected on the basis of its advanced in-house remote sensing database. The Company's flagship asset is the 235km2 Sindirgi Gold Project, which targets a series of prospects, within a prolific mineralised district in western Turkey. The project hosts over 45km of gold-silver bearing epithermal quartz veins. Ambrian Partners Limited and King & Shaxson Capital Limited are joint brokers to the Company and Beaumont Cornish Limited is the Company's nominated adviser. For further information on Ariana you are invited to visit the Company's website at www.arianaresources.com. Ends This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange