AGM Statement and Board Change

9 July 2008
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                   AGM STATEMENT AND BOARD CHANGE

At today's Annual General Meeting  of Ariana Resources plc  ("Ariana"
or "the  Company"),  the  gold exploration  and  development  company
focused on  Turkey, Michael  Spriggs,  Chairman, made  the  following
comments:

"In the last year Ariana has developed its regional strategy, carried
out additional drilling and is steadily expanding its resource base.
A new JORC  compliant statement  for Kiziltepe is  underway, and  new
drilling programmes are being planned for both Kiziltepe and Tavsan.
The current  resource  inventory has  doubled  in the  last  year  to
300,000 ounces gold equivalent and we are optimistic that there  will
be further increases with new drilling.

"Since August 2007 we have drilled over 6,000 metres at the Kiziltepe
prospect, mainly at  the Arzu  North and South  veins, together  with
exploratory drilling at four further veins.  Through the year we have
reported positive drilling results from  the Arzu South, Arzu  North,
Banu and Vein 4 veins.

"Since the year end we have completed two corporate transactions that
have the potential to  transform the Company.   We have acquired  the
Tavsan Project, a total  of 10 licences that  add total resources  of
approximately  140,000  ounces  gold   equivalent  to  the   resource
inventory.  Here we plan to undertake additional drilling to increase
resources and to initiate a scoping study for a heap-leach operation.

"Also, in May we finalised a joint venture with European Goldfields.
Under the  terms of  the  agreement the  joint venture  company  will
develop Ariana's properties  in north-eastern Turkey,  a total of  16
licences  including  the  Ardala  copper-gold  porphyry.   Under  the
agreement, European  Goldfields will  fund the  development of  these
highly prospective  properties  and  the  monies  raised  from  their
subscription for 20% of the equity in Ariana will be used to fund the
further development of our other  properties.  We also welcome  David
Reading, CEO of European Goldfields, to the Board.  As partners,  the
companies are  ideally  matched  and  David brings  a  new  layer  of
operational and corporate skills to Ariana.

"It is  with much  regret that  I announce  that Mike  Etheridge  has
withdrawn his application for re-election to the Board.  This is  for
purely personal reasons and he will be missed.  The Board would  like
to thank  him  for  his  outstanding  positive  contribution  to  the
development of the  Company since  2005, and  wish him  well for  the
future.

"Ariana is now poised for substantial growth.  In the current year we
expect to announce a revised  resource estimate and we are  confident
that our  target  of 1  million  ounces  is achievable  via  our  own
exploration programmes and further  acquisitions in western  Turkey.
We are intending to complete formal scoping studies at Kiziltepe  and
Tavsan during  the course  of 2008  to determine  their potential  as
mines.

"Finally, I would like  to thank our  employees for their  dedication
and hard work  without whom we  could not have  achieved the  success
that we have had to date."

Resolution  five,  to  re-elect  M.A.  Etheridge  as  Director,   was
withdrawn, as  explained  above.   All other  resolutions  were  duly
passed.

Contacts:


Ariana Resources plc               Tel: [phone]
Michael Spriggs, Chairman
Kerim Sener, Managing Director

Beaumont Cornish Limited           Tel: [phone]
Roland Cornish

Lothbury Financial                 Tel: [phone]
Michael Padley / Louise Davis

Loeb Aron & Company Ltd            Tel: [phone]
Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas

City Capital Corporation Limited   Tel: [phone]
Charles Dampney

Alexander David Securities Limited Tel: [phone]
Nick Bealer / David Scott


Editors' note:

About Ariana Resources

Ariana  is  an  exploration   and  development  company  focused   on
epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits in  Turkey.
The Company is exploring a portfolio of prospective licences selected
on the basis of its in-house remote-sensing database.

The Company's  flagship asset  is the  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.   This project  is presently  being
assessed as to its economic merits.

Loeb Aron  &  Company  Ltd., City  Capital  Corporation  Limited  and
Alexander David Securities 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.

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