Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656. South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10 Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31 ("Gemfields" or the "Company") Results of Annual General Meeting LONDON, 27 JUNE 2023 Shareholders are advised that the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) was held today, Tuesday 27 June 2023. The Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed by the requisite majority of shareholders. An extract of the Minutes of the AGM have also been published onto our website, with the Company’s response to questions received by shareholders. This extract can be found as an appendix to this announcement under the section titled ‘News and Media’. Details of the voting results at the AGM are as follows: Total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights 1) 1,216,857,062 Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including 702,900,192 proxies at the meeting (including shares abstained from voting) Percentage of Ordinary Shares represented at the meeting 57.76% Resolution proposed For Against Abstain Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey T +44 (0)1481 731 554 gemfieldsgroup.com Ordinary resolution 1: To adopt the Company’s Annual Report for the 702,762,155 38,200 99,837 year ended 31 December 2022 99.99% 0.01% Ordinary resolution 2: To re-elect Martin Tolcher, who is retiring by 579,008,801 39,362 123,852,029 rotation, as a Director of the Company 99.99% 0.01% Ordinary resolution 3: To re-elect Lumkile Mondi, who is retiring by 578,939,173 39,362 123,921,657 rotation, as a Director of the Company 99.99% 0.01% Ordinary resolution 4: To re-elect Lumkile Mondi (subject to his re- 578,914,623 39,362 123,946,207 election as a Director pursuant to ordinary resolution 3), to the Company’s Audit Committee 99.99% 0.01% Ordinary resolution 5: To re-elect Mary Reilly to the Company’s Audit 702,620,606 63,870 215,716 Committee 99.99% 0.01% Gemfields Group Limited Page 2 of 6 Ordinary resolution 6: To re-elect Carel Malan to the Company’s Audit 702,603,074 63,870 233,248 Committee 99.99% 0.01% Ordinary resolution 7: To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s 702,750,809 38,562 110,821 auditor (until the conclusion of the 2024 annual general meeting) and to authorise the Directors to 99.99% 0.01% fix their remuneration Special Resolution 1: General authority to issue shares for cash 608,253,519 94,587,839 58,834 86.54% 13.46% Special Resolution 2: General authority to acquire (repurchase) ordinary 702,663,328 177,557 59,307 shares 99.97% 0.03% Special Resolution 3: General authority to cancel shares 702,695,574 118,074 86,544 99.98% 0.02% Gemfields Group Limited Page 3 of 6 Special Resolution 4: Approval of a new Long Term Incentive Plan 699,715,207 3,094,776 90,209 99.56% 0.44% Non-binding advisory vote: Endorsement of the Company’s Remuneration 699,127,746 526,954 3,245,492 Policy 99.92% 0.08% Non-binding advisory vote: Endorsement of the Company’s Remuneration 699,116,728 526,954 3,256,510 Implementation Report 99.92% 0.08% Notes: 1 This excludes all Treasury shares held by the company. Treasury shares are not entitled to vote -ENDS- Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at: GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM To join our investor mailing list, contact us on: ir@gemfields.com Gemfields Group Limited Page 4 of 6 For any press enquiries please contact us on: gemfields@camarco.co.uk This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (withdrawal) act 2018 ("MAR"). ENQUIRIES GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes ir@gemfields.com T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited NOMINATED ADVISER finnCap (AIM) & JOINT BROKER Christopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward Whiley T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500 JOINT BROKER Liberum Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 FINANCIAL PR/ IR Camarco Gordon Poole / Emily Hall T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS Gemfields is a world-leading responsible miner and marketer of coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Gemfields Group Limited Page 5 of 6 Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage - enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision. Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector. GEMFIELDS GEMFIELDS.COM | INVESTORS |FOUNDATION INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE FABERGÉ FABERGÉ.COM | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN Gemfields Group Limited Page 6 of 6