8 December 2017
AIM: AAU

DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

The Company is pleased to announce that 800,000 ordinary shares in the Company were purchased yesterday at 1.225 pence per share for the account of the wife of William Payne, Director.  Further to this purchase, Mr Payne's holding is now as described below:

Name	Number of ordinary shares purchased	Shareholding further to the purchase	Percentage of issued share capital
William Payne	800,000	7,909,314	0.7

Market Abuse Regulation

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR").
 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 8300
Jon Belliss
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Adam James / Tom Salvesen

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail in respect of the Directors subscribing for Director Shares as described above. 

William Payne

1
Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)
Name
William Payne 

2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer,  emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Ariana Resources plc

b)
LEI
213800LVVY7GZY21LH22
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description  of  the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc

ISIN GB00B085SD50

Nature of the transaction
Purchase of new ordinary shares as described above

c)
Price(s) and volumes(s)

Price(s)	Volumes(s)
1.225 pence	800,000

d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
7 December 2017  
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

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