Bezant Resources plc announced an operational update in respect of the Company's Choco gold-platinum project in Western Colombia. Gold-platinum recovery analysis programme on schedule: Initial surface and shallow pit sampling successfully completed with 105 individual samples of alluvial material collected from the FKJ-083 licence area in the Choco Province of Colombia; and Phase 1 of a large trial pit completed, with Phase 2, extending to deeper levels, having commenced. Grades and trial mining analysis have to date confirmed reported grades and conditions from historic third party mining operations. Further to the results returned to date from test pitting operations, the Company has engaged INGEX Grupo Minero, a mining consultancy firm based in Colombia with experience of alluvial mining in Choco, to prepare a financial scoping study. The study will be principally based on: results from the pilot open pits; and cost models from comparative alluvial operations in Colombia.