Holding(s) in Company

Horizonte Minerals PLC
02 November 2006

        Horizonte Minerals plc / Index: AIM / Epic: HMZ / Sector: Mining



2nd November 2006



                     Horizonte Minerals plc ('the Company')

                               Holding in Company


Horizonte Minerals plc, the AIM listed exploration and development company
focused on Brazil and Peru, was notified on 1st November that CIM Special
Situations Fund Limited had increased its interest in the Company and now holds
900,000 Ordinary Shares representing 3.05 per cent. of the Company's issued
share capital.



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Contacts

Jeremy Martin/David Hall     Horizonte Minerals plc         Tel: [phone]
David Paxton                 Hichens Harrison               Tel: [phone]
Hugo de Salis                St Brides Media & Finance Ltd  Tel: [phone]
John Frain/Fergal Meegan     Davy                           Tel: [phone]








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