Bezant Resources PLC Regulatory News (BZT)

11 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 11 January 2012 that following a transfer of 753,915 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 9 January 2012 from Cubana Investments Limited ("Cubana") to Hrothgar Investments Limited ("Hrothgar"), a sister company to Cubana. Cubana no longer holds an interest in any Ordinary Shares. Hrothgar Investments Limited is now interested in 7,703,915 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 11.85 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