Ariana Resources plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding
2 December 2013
AIM: AAU
DIRECTORS' DEALINGS
HOLDING IN COMPANY
Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, announces that it was informed on 29 November 2013 that Michael de Villiers, Chairman, purchased 950,000 ordinary shares in Ariana on that date at 1.15 pence per ordinary share. Further to this purchase, Mr de Villiers holds 10,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing a percentage holding of 1.80% of the total issued share capital.
In addition, the Company was also informed on 29 November 2013 that the family of Mr William Payne, Director, further to the purchase by Mr Payne on that date of 1,000,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 1.18 pence per ordinary share, now holds a total of 2,557,178 ordinary shares in the Company, representing a percentage holding of 0.46% of the total issued share capital.
Contacts:
| Ariana Resources plc | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616 |
| Michael de Villiers, Chairman | |
| Kerim Sener, Managing Director | |
| Beaumont Cornish Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt | |
| Beaufort Securities Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8387 |
| Chris Rourke / Guy Wheatley | |
| Loeb Aron & Company Ltd. | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 1128 |
| Frank Lucas | |
| St Brides Media & Finance Ltd | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
| Lottie Brocklehurst / Susie Geliher | |
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 developing a portfolio of prospective licences selected on the basis of its in-house geological and remote-sensing database, on its own in western Turkey and in Joint Venture with Eldorado Gold Corporation in north-eastern Turkey. Eldorado owns 51% of this joint venture and are fully funding all exploration work on the JV properties, while Ariana owns 49%. The total resource inventory within this JV is 1.09 million ounces of gold.
The Company's flagship assets are its Sindirgi and Tavsan gold projects which form the Red Rabbit Gold Project. Both contain a series of prospects, within two prolific mineralised districts in the Western Anatolian Volcanic and Extensional (WAVE) Province in western Turkey. This Province hosts the largest operating gold mines in Turkey and remains highly prospective for new porphyry and epithermal deposits. These core projects, which are separated by a distance of 75km, are presently being assessed as to their economic merits and now form part of a Joint Venture with Proccea Construction Co. The total resource inventory of the Company stands at 448,000 ounces of gold equivalent.
Ariana also has a strategic investment in Tigris Resources Limited (www.tigrisresources.com), a private Jersey-based exploration company, which is focused on the exploration of copper and gold deposits in south-eastern Turkey. Ariana retains 7.6% of Tigris Resources Limited.
Beaufort Securities Limited and Loeb Aron & Company Ltd. 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
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Ariana Resources plc via Globenewswire
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