9 January 2012
Bezant Resources Plc
("Bezant" or the "Company")
Holdings in Company
Bezant (AIM:BZT), the AIM listed gold and copper exploration and development company operating in the Philippines, Argentina and Tanzania, announces that it received notification on the 9 January 2012 that following a transfer of 1,100,000 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 5 January 2012 from Cubana Investments Limited ("Cubana") to Hrothgar Investments Limited ("Hrothgar"), a sister company to Cubana, Cubana is now interested in 753,915 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 1.16 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Hrothgar Investments Limited is now interested in 6,950,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 10.69 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
Gerry Nealon
Executive Chairman, Bezant Resources Plc
Tel: +61 41 754 1873
Bernard Olivier
Executive Director, Bezant Resources Plc
Tel: +61408948182
James Harris / Matthew Chandler/ David Altberg
Strand Hanson Limited
Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
James Maxwell / Jenny Wyllie
Singer Capital Markets Limited
Tel: +44 (0)20 3205 7500
Laurence Read / Beth Harris
Threadneedle Communications (UK)
Email: Laurence.Read@threadneedlepr.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7653 9855
or visit www.bezantresources.com