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Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights

Published: 2023-10-12 09:00:56 ET
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                      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")




Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting
Rights
LONDON, 12 OCTOBER 2023


Gemfields announces that on Wednesday 11 October 2023, the Company purchased 1,000,000 of
its own ordinary shares of USD0.00001 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an average
price of ZAR3.1500. These Ordinary Shares will be held as treasury shares before being periodically
cancelled. Any cancellations will be announced separately.


Date of purchase:                                          11 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                       1,000,000
Highest price paid per share:                              ZAR3.15
Lowest price paid per share:                               ZAR3.14
Volume weighted average price paid per share:              ZAR3.1500

A list of all trades completed can be found at the bottom of this announcement.


Following this purchase, the total number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury by the Company is
12,779,150. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 1,221,918,104, including treasury
shares.


Therefore, the number of Ordinary Shares that carry the right to one vote is 1,209,138,954. This
is the total voting rights figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they can determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or
a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.




   Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey
                                     T +44 (0)1481 731 554
                                        gemfieldsgroup.com
                                   Number of
                                                 Transaction
 Transaction date and time              shares                 Trading venue
                                                 price (ZAR)
                                  repurchased
 11 October 2023, 11:59 SA time          4,547          3.14              JSE
 11 October 2023, 11:59 SA time          4,166          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 11:59 SA time         25,000          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 11:59 SA time          9,100          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 11:59 SA time         26,844          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 12:34 SA time         25,000          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 12:34 SA time        172,767          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 13:54 SA time         24,743          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 13:54 SA time         75,257          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 13:54 SA time         23,673          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 13:54 SA time          6,107          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 14:31 SA time         21,411          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 14:31 SA time          8,994          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 15:28 SA time         16,490          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:09 SA time          7,149          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:09 SA time         17,810          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         20,288          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         79,712          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         21,447          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         14,973          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         23,407          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         10,701          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         24,254          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time        191,638          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         20,021          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time          8,565          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         20,060          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         14,048          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         22,303          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         22,102          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         22,005          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time         13,326          3.15              JSE
 11 October 2023, 16:39 SA time          2,092          3.15              JSE




                                  -ENDS-




Gemfields Group Limited                                           Page 2 of 4
              Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
                                     GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM




                          To join our investor mailing list, contact us on:
                                        ir@gemfields.com


                           For any press enquiries please contact us on:
                                    gemfields@camarco.co.uk




                                           ENQUIRIES




 GEMFIELDS                         Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes
                                   ir@gemfields.com
                                   T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400

 SPONSOR (JSE)                     Investec Bank Limited


 NOMINATED ADVISER                 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
 (AIM) & JOINT BROKER              Neil McDonald / Edward Whiley / Tim Redfern
                                   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




Gemfields Group Limited                                                          Page 3 of 4
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’ 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 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

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                                            FABERGÉ

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                                   KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN

                             MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN




Gemfields Group Limited                                                                  Page 4 of 4