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 23
April 2012 and entitled "Arian Silver Corporation, Resource Estimate 43-101
Technical Report, San Jose Project, Zacatecas, Mexico" prepared by CSA Global
(UK) Limited (the "2012 Technical Report") relating to the updated mineral
resource estimates contained in Arian's press release dated 12 March 2012
entitled "Arian Silver Increases Contained Silver at San Jose by 32% to More
Than 117 Million Ounces in Updated Mineral Resource Estimate".


The 2012 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 Persons" (as such term is defined in Canadian National Instrument
43-101) who supervised the preparation of the SJ Technical Report, are Mr Galen
White, who is an employee and Principal Consultant of independent consultants
CSA Global (UK) Limited, and Mr Martin King, who is a Geological Consultant to
CSA Global (UK) Limited. Messrs White and King have 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.