Bezant Res Regulatory News (BZT)

15 October 2012

Bezant Resources Plc

("Bezant" or the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Bezant (AIM: BZT), the AIM listed gold and copper exploration and development company operating in the Philippines and Argentina, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Laurence Read as a Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect.

Mr Read has spent the last 12 years advising natural resource companies, funds and advisers on strategic development and global investor relations. He has experience working with off-take groups, producers, resource developers, service providers and explorers across a diverse range of minerals. Mr Read was previously a founding director of the natural resources team at Threadneedle Communications and a founding director of Conduit PR. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Mowbrai Limited, a company which acts as a strategic partner to companies across the commodities sector.

Gerry Nealon, Executive Chairman of Bezant, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Laurence to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. With his considerable experience advising natural resource companies, he brings invaluable knowledge and expertise to assist with the group's future growth and development."

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Additional information on Mr Laurence Read:

Mr Laurence Thomas Martin Read, aged 35, is currently a director of Mowbrai Limited. In the last five years he has been an equity partner of Porta Communications that had a controlling stake in Threadneedle Communications Limited.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies of the London Stock Exchange.