Arian Silver Files San Jose Technical Report Update

LONDON, ENGLAND--(Marketwire - April 25, 2012) -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 José 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 José 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 [7] or on Arian's website at www.ariansilver.com [8].

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 José 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.