Director's Dealings

RNS Number : 6429V

Bezant Resources PLC

16 January 2012

 



16 January 2012

Bezant Resources Plc

("Bezant" or the "Company")

Director's Dealings

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 today of certain share purchases by its Executive Directors.

These share purchases follow the expiry of an approximate year long close period following the Company's announcement of 5 October 2011 in respect of the grant of an option for the potential disposal of its Mankayan Project and the more recent announcement of 4 January 2012 that Bezant had secured ownership over 100 per cent. of the Eureka Project in Argentina for a reduced final option payment.

Details of the share purchases and the new beneficial shareholdings of the Executive Directors are as follows:

Director	Dates of share purchases	No. of Shares purchased	Average purchase price	Total number of shares now held	Percentage of issued share capital now held
Gerard Nealon	5th, 6th and 9th - 13th January 2012	363,000	27.75p	363,000	0.56%
Bernard Olivier	5th, 6th and 9th - 13th January 2012	445,800	26.10p	445,800	0.69%

For further information, please contact:

Bernard Olivier Executive Director, Bezant Resources Plc  Gerard Nealon Executive Chairman, Bezant Resources Plc                              James Harris / Matthew Chandler / David Altberg Strand Hanson Limited                                                           James Maxwell / Jenny Wyllie Singer Capital Markets Limited                                               Laurence Read / Beth Harris Threadneedle Communications (UK) Email: [e-mail]  or visit http://www.bezantresources.com

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