INVESTOR WEBINAR

28 July 2020

AIM: AAU

INVESTOR WEBINAR

Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the AIM-listed exploration and development company operating in Europe, is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, and Michael de Villiers, Chairman, will provide an investor webinar relating to its final results for the year ended 31 December 2019 on Thursday 30 July at 10.00am.

The webinar is open to all existing and potential investors and will consist of a presentation followed by Q&A session, held on the Investor Meet Company platform.

Ariana is committed to ensuring that there are appropriate communication structures for all elements of its shareholder base so that its strategy, business model and performance are clearly understood.

Given that shareholders will not be admitted to the Company's AGM, shareholders will have the opportunity to ask any questions they may have with regards to the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting during the Q&A session of the webinar.

Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and then click "Add to meet" Ariana Resources via the following link to join the webinar:
https://www.investormeetcompany.com/ariana-resources-plc/register-investor.

Investors who have already registered and clicked "Add to meet" Ariana Resources, will be automatically invited.

·   Investors are encouraged to submit questions pre-event via the Investor Meet Company Platform, once registered.

·   Questions can be submitted pre-event via the "Ask a Question" function located on your Investor Meet Company dashboard, in addition questions can be submitted during the live event.

·   Whilst the Company will not be in a position to answer every question it receives, it will address the most prominent within the confines of information already disclosed to the market through regulatory notifications.

·   Responses to the Q&A will be published at the earliest opportunity on the Investor Meet Company platform.

·     Investor feedback can also be submitted directly to management post the event to ensure the Company can understand the views of all elements of its shareholder base.

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Editors' Note

About Ariana Resources:

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 1.5 million ounces of gold and other metals (as at April 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 gross 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 million ounces of gold equivalent.  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 4Moz 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").  Venus is focused on the exploration and development of copper-gold assets in Cyprus.

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited are broker 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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