Shareholding

Ariana Resources PLC
27 November 2006



27 November 2006
AIM: AAU

                               HOLDING IN COMPANY


Ariana Resources plc ('the Company'), the gold exploration company focused
exclusively on Turkey, announces that it received notification on 24th November
2006 from Matthew Grainger, a former director of the Company, that following
recent share disposals he now holds 1,153,267 shares in the Company,
representing 2.46% of the total outstanding 46,957,362 1p Ordinary shares. As a
result he no longer has a notifiable interest in the Company.





Contacts:

Ariana Resources plc
Steven Poulton, Chief Executive                               Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]                            Mobile: [phone]


Bankside Consultants
Michael Padley / Susan Scott                                  Tel: [phone]


About Ariana Resources

Ariana is a dynamic exploration company focused on the discovery 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 1,755km2, 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. A
two rig drilling programme is currently focussed on defining resources (in
compliance with the JORC code) at the prospects of Kiziltepe and Kepez.


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.


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