Ariana Resources PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4276L)

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RNS Number : 4276L

Ariana Resources PLC

12 January 2021

AIM: AAU

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the exploration and development company operating in Europe, announces that it has been informed of the following transaction:

- on 12 January 2021, Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, purchased 108,000 Ordinary Shares in his SIPP at 5.15p per share.

Accordingly the holding of Dr. Sener now stands at 19,093,526 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing a holding of 1.78% of the Company's share capital of 1,075,677,943 Ordinary Shares.

The following information relating to the transaction has been filed with the FCA in accordance with Article 19(1) of the Market Abuse Regulation,

 
 1    Details of t he p erson disc harging managerial responsib 
       ilities / p erson closely associated 
 a)   Name                        Kerim Sener 
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 2    Reason for notification 
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 a)   Position / status           Managing Director 
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 b)   I nitial notification       Initial 
       /Amendment 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 3    Details of t he issu er, emission allow a n ce m a r 
       k et participan t, au ct ion plat for m, au ction eer 
       or auc tion monitor 
     -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Ariana Resources plc 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800LVVY7GZY21LH22 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 4    Details of t he t ransact ion (s): section to be re 
       p eated for ( i) e a ch type of instr u m e n t; (ii) 
       each type of transac tion; (iii) each date; and ( iv) 
       each place w h ere transactions have b een condu cted 
     -------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each 
       financial instrument,       in Ariana Resources plc 
       t ype of instrument 
 
       I d e ntification           ISIN GB00B085SD50 
       code 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
      Nature of the transaction   Purchase of ordinary shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volumes(s) 
                                     Price(s)      Volumes(s) 
                                     5.15 pence    108,000 
                                                  ----------- 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information      n/a 
     --------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     12 January 2021 
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 f)   Place of the transaction    LSE, AIM (XLON) 
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

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 
 
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited          Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 
 John Prior / Hugh Rich / Atholl 
  Tweedie 
 
 Yellow Jersey PR Limited             Tel: +44 (0) 7951 402 336 
 Dom Barretto / Joe Burgess / Henry   arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com 
  Wilkinson

Editors' Note

About Ariana Resources (details as current and before completion of the JV):

Ariana is an AIM-listed mineral exploration and development company operating in Europe. It has interests in gold production in Turkey and copper-gold assets in Cyprus. The Company is developing a portfolio of prospective licences in Turkey, which contain a depleted total of c. 2.1 million ounces of gold and other metals (as at July 2020).

The Red Rabbit Project is comprised of the Company's flagship assets, the Kiziltepe and Tavsan gold projects, and is part of a 50:50 Joint Venture with Proccea Construction Co. Both assets are located in western Turkey, which hosts some of the largest operating gold mines in the country and remains highly prospective for new porphyry and epithermal deposits. The Kiziltepe Sector of the Red Rabbit Project is fully permitted and is currently in production. The total depleted resource inventory at the Project and its wider area is c. 500,000 ounces of gold equivalent (as at April 2020). At Kiziltepe a Net Smelter Return ("NSR") royalty of up to 2.5% on production is payable to Franco-Nevada Corporation. At Tavsan an NSR royalty of up to 2% on future production is payable to Sandstorm Gold.

The 100% owned Salinbas Gold Project is located in north-eastern Turkey and has a total resource inventory of c. 1.5 million ounces of gold. The project comprises three notable licence areas: Salinbas, Ardala and Hizarliyayla, all of which are located within a multi-million ounce Artvin Goldfield. The "Hot Gold Corridor" contains several significant gold-copper projects including the 4 million ounce Hot Maden project, which lies 16km to the south of Salinbas and 7km south of Hizarliyayla. A NSR royalty of up to 2% on future production is payable to Eldorado Gold Corporation on the Salinbas Gold Project.

Ariana is also earning-in to 50% of UK-registered Venus Minerals Ltd ("Venus") and has to date earned into an entitlement to 12%. Venus is focused on the exploration and development of copper-gold assets in Cyprus.

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited is broker to the Company and Beaumont Cornish Limited is the Company's Nominated Adviser and Broker.

For further information on Ariana you are invited to visit the Company's website at www.arianaresources.com .

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