HorizonteMinerals Plc was awarded three new concessions in Brazil, totaling3,142 hectares, adjacent to its recently acquired Glencore Araguaia project, part of the company'swholly owned Araguaia nickel project.

The company has also filed further applications for threeadditional concessions, covering 5,998 hectares near the southern limit of the acquiredproject, it said July 26.

Horizonte now has 19 active concessions totaling 113,314hectares in the Araguaia nickel belt.