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Arian Silver Announces Progress Update at San Jose; Increase in Concentrate Grade and New Laboratory Operational

LONDON, ENGLAND--(Marketwire - April 11, 2011) - 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, is pleased to report an update on operational activities at its 100%-owned San Jose Property in Zacatecas State, Mexico.

Highlights:
• Laboratory installed and operational at San Jose;
• Increase in milling efficiency due to addition of impact crusher;
• Recent increase in concentrate grade;
• Approximately 200 tonnes of silver bearing concentrate with a composite
• grade of around 550 ounces per tonne produced so far; and
• Further development work to access additional mining areas under way.

Commenting on today's operations update, Arian's Chief Executive Officer, Jim Williams, said:

"We are pleased to report further progressive news with the installation and commissioning, on-site at San Jose, of our fully equipped semi-mobile laboratory, comprising sample preparation, wet-chemistry and fire-assay facilities. Our laboratory, which will be independently managed by personnel from the Stewart Group, will significantly speed up the analysis of our exploration samples. Furthermore, fine-tuning of both the mining and milling operations is progressing well. Approximately 200 tonnes of silver concentrate have been produced to date at a concentrate grade of well over 500 ounces of silver per tonne. Recent mill improvements have started to significantly improve the grade of the concentrate we produce and the additional mine development work we are now undertaking will allow access to more mining areas in due course."

The laboratory comprises a comprehensive sample preparation facility, a fire assay laboratory and a wet-chemistry laboratory with Atomic Absorption Spectrometry ("AAS"). The laboratory, 100% owned by Arian, will be under the sole control and operational management of professional personnel from the Stewart Group(i) in order that results are fully compliant with Arian's strict quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) programme.

An impact crusher has successfully been added to the crushing circuit of our custom mill, to enable finer grinding of material prior to flotation; this has significantly increased the grade of concentrate produced in recent weeks. Tests continue with various reagents to further improve recoveries, which currently are in the order of 80%.