LSE:AAU (Ariana Resources plc)

Ariana Resources plc (AIM: AAU, ASX: AA2, "Ariana" or the "Company"), the mineral exploration, development and production company with gold project interests in Africa and Europe, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic investment term sheet with Hongkong Xinhai Mining Services Ltd. (part of Shandong Xinhai Mining Technology & Equipment Inc.) ("Xinhai") to provide the Company with A$8 million in immediate funding and to conduct a Metallurgical Sampling and Testwork Programme and to progress the Definitive Feasibility Study at the Dokwe Gold Project ("Dokwe" or "the Project") in Zimbabwe which is 100% owned by Ariana ("Xinhai Strategic Investment").