LYDIAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Lydian International Ltd. today announced further results from its 2009 step-out drill program at its Amulsar gold discovery in Armenia. New diamond drilling results suggest that oxide gold mineralization is controlled principally by steep to moderately dipping fractures and faults extending to at-least 250m vertical depth with higher grades (including 32m at 2.0/t gold) hosted in more densely fractured stratabound zones. Gold mineralization remains open and untested to the west and along strike to the north and south. Best results include from DDA-030, 229m at 1.0 g/t gold, including 32m at 2.0 g/t gold and including 22m at 2.2 g/t gold and from RCA-162, 22m at 2.7 g/t gold (End of Hole). The Amulsar group of licenses is 95% owned by Lydian’s wholly owned Armenian subsidiary (Geoteam CJSC). The project is currently being explored as part of a joint venture with Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation.