Arian Resources Corp. and Sinomine Resources Exploration Co. Ltd. have received results for nine drill holes completed as a part of the 5,000 meter drill program related specifically to the development of the Perlat high-grade copper-gold project in Albania.

The drilling was designed to build upon the company's understanding of the Perlat deposit. The mineralization at Perlat was historically mined using underground techniques and the mineralization was intersected as expected below a depth of around 200 meters. These nine holes, all drilled vertically with HQ (63.5mm diameter core) except hole 14BRP008 which was reduced to NQ (47.6mm diameter core),were designed to confirm mineralization identified by historic drilling conducted on the project.

However, recent work has shown that the deposit has the potential to host significant quantities of gold, silver, and zinc. Thus, in addition to confirming the tenor of the copper mineralization, the core was assayed for this expanded suite of metals. Samples from the recently completed holes were sent for processing to the Sinomine Rock and Mineral Analysis (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. laboratory which is ISO 17025 and ISO 9001 accredited and completes analyses for third party clients. Samples were analyzed using the GB/T 14353-2010 and DZG93-09 techniques.

Initially a split of the core was crushed to 80% passing a 20 mesh sieve prior to a split being pulverized to 85% passing a 200 mesh sieve. Ten grams of the pulverized material is then digested with aqua regia with analyses completed using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). A 0.2 gram charge of the pulverized material is also subjected to 4 acid digestion prior to be analyzed by AAS for copper.

Certified chemical standards are inserted within each sample shipment to ensure the precision and accuracy of the analyses. Standards are inserted approximately every 20th sample. Blanks are also regularly inserted approximately every 30th sample.