Holding(s) in Company

Horizonte Minerals PLC
21 July 2006



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

21 July 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 20 July 2006 that Anglo Pacific
Group plc had increased its interest in the Company, and as at 20 July 2006,
holds 3,050,000 Ordinary Shares representing 10.34 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]
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