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Operational Market Update – 30 June 2023

Published: 2023-07-31 09:00:31 ET

                      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")




Operational Market Update – 30 June 2023
LONDON, 31 JULY 2023


Gemfields shareholders are advised that the Company has released information about its
operational results and financial position for the six months ended 30 June 2023. These unaudited
figures have been produced on a monthly basis for Gemfields’ 75%-owned Kagem emerald mine,
its 75%-owned Montepuez ruby mine and Fabergé, the iconic luxury brand.

Highlights
    •    Strong auction revenues and pricing continue, including the highest ever revenue earned
         from a Kagem emerald auction in June 2023
    •    Total auction revenues of USD 145 million, the third highest half-year in Gemfields’
         history
    •    Net cash of USD 62 million plus auction receivables of USD 64 million as at 30 June 2023.
         A strong position after paying a USD 35 million dividend to shareholders in May 2023


The full operational results can be found on the Company’s website at www.gemfieldsgroup.com.
An excel spreadsheet of all of Gemfields’ historic operational results is now also available as an
easier form to access the data. Commentary on the operational performance and full financial
results will be available in Gemfields’ Interim Results due to be published in September 2023.


Shareholders are advised that all figures are unaudited for which the directors assume full
responsibility.


                                               -ENDS-




   Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey
                                     T +44 (0)1481 731 554
                                        gemfieldsgroup.com
               Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
                                     GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM




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                                        ir@gemfields.com


                           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



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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’ 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 3 of 3

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