Significant Shareholding

6 Jul 2007 12:44

Ariana Resources PLC06 July 2007 6 July 2007AIM: AAU SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDING Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company") announces that on 20 June 2007it has been informed that Barclays PLC through Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd holdsthe total voting rights attached to 4,239,583 ordinary shares in the sharecapital of the Company representing 9.03% of the total voting rights in theCompany. Contacts:Ariana Resources plcMichael Spriggs, Executive Chairman Tel: 07887 998252Kerim Sener, Managing Director Tel: 07709 011954Beaumont Cornish Limited Tel: 020 7628 3396Roland CornishBankside ConsultantsMichael Padley / Louise Davis Tel: 020 7367 8888 About Ariana Resources Ariana is a dynamic exploration company focused on the discovery and developmentof epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits with multi-millionounce potential within the Tethyan metallogenic belt of Turkey. The Company hasa portfolio of prospective licences covering 1,820km2, selected on the basis ofits advanced in-house remote sensing database. The Company's flagship asset is the 235km2 Sindirgi Gold Project, which targetsa 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 tothe Company and Beaumont Cornish Limited is the Company's nominated adviser. For further information on Ariana you are invited to visit the Company's websiteat www.arianaresources.com. Ends This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange