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07/06/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 8638B  Ariana Resources PLC  07 June 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

RNS Reach

 

7 June 2023

 

AIM: AAU

INVESTOR PRESENTATION

 

Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the AIM-listed mineral
exploration and development company with gold mining interests in Europe, is
pleased to announce that Dr. Kerim Sener and Michael de Villiers will provide
a live presentation and a Q&A session via the Investor Meet Company
platform on Monday, 12 June 2023 at 12:30 pm BST.

 

The presentation will discuss the year-end financial results and other recent
developments at the Company.

 

The presentation is open to all existing and potential investors. Questions
can be submitted pre-event via your Investor Meet Company dashboard up until
9:00 am the day before the meeting or at any time during the live
presentation.

 

Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and add to
meet Ariana Resources plc via:

 

https://www.investormeetcompany.com/ariana-resources-plc/register-investor
(https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investormeetcompany.com%2Fariana-resources-plc%2Fregister-investor&data=05%7C01%7Cshiv%40yellowjerseypr.com%7C980d80ce686c4dd1082808db102cc89a%7Cc7fee44edc6a4490a4ea0667cc994b7d%7C0%7C0%7C638121556758692964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6UFHAIHStdfHplypH3AraWZYFubUr8xORR9t%2F0cV%2FqQ%3D&reserved=0)

 

Investors who already follow Ariana Resources plc on the Investor Meet
Company platform will automatically be invited.

· Whilst the Company may not be in a position to answer every individual
question, the aim is to address the issues raised by investors

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

· Investor feedback can also be submitted directly to management after the
event to ensure the Company can understand all investor views.

For further information, please email: arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com
(mailto:arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com)

 

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Contacts:

 

 Ariana Resources plc                           Tel: +44 (0) 20 3476 2080
 Michael de Villiers, Chairman
 Kerim Sener, Managing Director
 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
 Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Joint Broker)     Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
 John Prior / Hugh Rich / Atholl Tweedie
 WHIreland Limited (Joint Broker)               Tel: +44 (0) 207 2201666

 Harry Ansell / Katy Mitchell / George Krokos

 Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial PR)        arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com (mailto:arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com)

                                                Tel: +44 (0) 7983 521 488

 Dom Barretto / Shivantha Thambirajah /

Bessie Elliot

 

 

About Ariana Resources:

Ariana is an AIM-listed mineral exploration and development company with an
exceptional track-record of creating value for its shareholders through its
interests in active mining projects and investments in exploration companies.
Its current interests include gold production in Turkey and copper-gold
exploration and development projects in Cyprus and Kosovo.

 

The Company holds 23.5% interest in Zenit Madencilik San. ve Tic. A.S. a joint
venture with Ozaltin Holding A.S. and Proccea Construction Co. in Turkey which
contains a depleted total of c. 2.1 million ounces of gold and other metals
(as at February 2022). The joint venture comprises the Kiziltepe Mine and the
Tavsan and Salinbas projects.

 

The Kiziltepe Gold-Silver Mine is located in western Turkey and contains a
depleted JORC Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource of 222,000 ounces gold
and 3.8 million ounces silver (as at February 2022). The mine has been in
profitable production since 2017 and is expected to produce at a rate of
c.20,000 ounces of gold per annum to at least the mid-2020s. A Net Smelter
Return ("NSR") royalty of 2.5% on production is being paid to Franco-Nevada
Corporation.

 

The Tavsan Gold Mine is located in western Turkey and contains a JORC
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource of 307,000 ounces gold and 1.1
million million ounces silver (as at November 2022). Following the approval of
its Environmental Impact Assessment and associated permitting, Tavsan is being
developed as the second gold mining operation in Turkey.  Construction
progress is temporarily suspended pending the outcome of a local court
decision pertaining to the EIA.  A NSR royalty of up to 2% on future
production is payable to Sandstorm Gold.

 

The Salinbas Gold Project is located in north-eastern Turkey and contains a
JORC Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource of 1.5 million ounces of gold
(as at July 2020). It is located within the multi-million ounce Artvin
Goldfield, which contains the "Hot Gold Corridor" comprising several
significant gold- copper projects including the 4 million ounce Hot Maden
project, which lies 16km to the south of Salinbas. A NSR royalty of up to 2%
on future production is payable to Eldorado Gold Corporation.

 

Ariana owns 100% of Australia-registered Asgard Metals Fund ("Asgard"), as
part of the Company's proprietary Project Catalyst Strategy. The Fund is
focused on investments in high-value potential, discovery-stage mineral
exploration companies located across the Eastern Hemisphere and within easy
reach of Ariana's operational hubs in Australia, Turkey and the UK.

 

Ariana owns 75% of UK-registered Western Tethyan Resources Ltd ("WTR"), which
operates across south-eastern Europe and is based in Pristina, Republic of
Kosovo. The company is targeting its exploration on major copper-gold deposits
across the porphyry-epithermal transition.  WTR is being funded through a
five-year Alliance Agreement with Newmont Corporation (www.newmont.com
(http://www.newmont.com) ) and is separately earning-in to 85% of the Slivova
Gold Project.

 

Ariana owns 58% of UK-registered Venus Minerals Ltd ("Venus") which is focused
on the exploration and development of copper-gold assets in Cyprus which
contain a combined JORC Indicated and Inferred Resource of 17Mt @ 0.45% to
1.10% copper (excluding additional gold, silver and zinc.

 

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited and WH Ireland Limited are 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 (http://www.arianaresources.com) .

 

 

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