Arian Silver Corporation ("Arian" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:AGQ)(AIM:AGQ)(PLUS:AGQ)(FRANKFURT:I3A), a silver exploration,
development and production company with a focus on projects in the silver belt
of Mexico, today announced the release of a Mineral Resource Report dated 18
August 2011 and entitled "Arian Silver Corporation, Resource Estimate 43-101
Technical Report, San Jose Project, Zacatecas, Mexico" prepared by CSA Global
(UK) Limited (the "SJ 2011 Technical Report") relating to the updated mineral
resource estimates contained in Arian's press release dated 20 July 2011
entitled "Arian Silver Announces Significant Increase in Mineral Resources at
San Jose." 


The SJ 2011 Technical Report has been filed on SEDAR and can be found by
visiting the Company's publicly available records at www.sedar.com or on Arian's
website at www.ariansilver.com.


About the Company

Arian is a silver exploration and development company and is listed on London's
AIM; trades on London's "PLUS" market; is listed on Toronto's TSX Venture
Exchange and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Arian is active in Mexico, the
world's largest silver producing country. The Company's main project is the San
Jose project in Zacatecas State. Part of Arian's forward-looking strategy lies
in the envisaged use of large scale mechanized mining techniques over wider
mineralized structures, which reduces the overall unit operating cost of metals,
and to build up NI 43-101 compliant resources.


Qualified Person 

The "Qualified Person" (as such term is defined in Canadian National Instrument
43-101) who supervised the preparation of the SJ Technical Report, is Mr.
Malcolm Titley, who is an employee and Principal Consultant and Director of
independent consultants CSA Global (UK) Limited. Mr. Titley has reviewed,
verified and approved the contents of this release.


Mr. Jim Williams, Eur Ing, Eur Geol, BSc, MSc, D.I.C., FIMMM, the Chief
Executive Officer of Arian, is a "Qualified Person" as defined in the AIM
guidelines of the London Stock Exchange, and a "Qualified Person" as such term
is defined in Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"). This press
release has been prepared under Mr. Williams' supervision.