Arian Resources Corp. announced that the drill and drill crews are now in Albania. The support facilities are now operational and the crews are currently preparing the drill pads for the first two holes.

Consultant geologist Ken Chapple, who oversaw the previous round of drilling, is on site to manage the drill program. The drill program is designed to test five priority targets from the 2011 Induced Polarization ground geophysical survey with a total of two thousand meters of drilling. The first hole is targeting co-incident induced polarization resistivity and chargeability anomalies defined for 550 metres along the survey line.

The modelled coincident anomalies commence at a depth of around 100 metres and extend to a depth of at least 250 metres. The drill hole is planned to be 400 metres in length. It is anticipated that this drilling program will require up to four months to complete and is budgeted to cost $1,000,000.

This program is being funded by Sinomine and upon the spending of the $1,000,000 Sinomine will have earned a 10% interest in Arian's subsidiary Jab which holds the project.