RNS Number : 6561P

Ariana Resources PLC

19 February 2021

19 February 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 18 January 2021, Christopher Sangster, Non-Executive Director, purchased 210,443 Ordinary Shares in his SIPP at 4.75p per share.

Accordingly the holding of Mr Sangster now stands at 3,927,287 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing a holding of 0.36% of the Company's share capital.

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

Christopher Sangster

1

Details of the person discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated

a)

Name

Christopher Sangster

2

Reason for notification

a)

Position / status

Non-Executive 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 ordinary shares

c)

Price(s) and volumes(s)

Price(s) - purchase	Volumes(s)
4.75p	210,443

d)

Aggregated information

n/a

e)

Date of the transaction

18 February 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

LSE, AIM (XLON)  

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
Atholl Tweedie / James Stearns
Yellow Jersey PR Limited	Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512
Dom Barretto / Joe Burgess / Henry Wilkinson	arianaresources@yellowjerseypr.com

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