5 March 2025

Bezant Resources Plc

("Bezant" or the "Company")        

Mankayan Project Update
Visible gold discovered above high grade Cu-Au Porphyry

Bezant (AIM: BZT), the copper-gold exploration and development company, announced on 6 February 2025 that ASX listed Blackstone Minerals Ltd ("Blackstone") had announced a proposed merger (the "Proposed IDM Merger") with IDM International Limited ("IDM") through which the Company holds its interest in the Mankayan Copper Gold project in the Philippines ("Mankayan Project"). Blackstone have on 5 March 2025 released an announcement that visible gold has been identified in a recently completed diamond drillhole at the Mankayan Project.

Please follow the link to Blackstone's announcement titled "Visible Gold Discovered above High Grade Cu-Ay Porphyry" as published on ASX: https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02921220-6A1254205

Under the Proposed IDM Merger IDM shareholders will receive 7.4 Blackstone shares for every 1 (one) IDM share they hold.   

If the Proposed IDM Merger is completed Bezant will receive 148,985,657 Blackstone shares and 2,543,750 options to acquire Blackstone shares at AUD0.06 expiring on 5 February 2029 for its IDM shares and IDM options.

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Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter referred to in it.