GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 11, 2020

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RNS Number : 6756P

Gemfields Group Limited

11 June 2020

GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED

(Incorporated in Guernsey)

(Guernsey registration Number: 47656)

(South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10)

Share code on JSE:GML  / AIM:GEM / BSX:GML.BH

ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52            LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31

("Gemfields" or the "Company")

11 June 2020 

Disclosure of beneficial interests in securities

In compliance with paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Gemfields has received formal notification from Rational Expectations (Pty) Ltd ("Rational") on 10 June 2020, that Rational and related parties acquired a beneficial interest in the ordinary shares of the Company, such that the total beneficial interest in ordinary shares of the Company held by Rational is now 6.22% of the total issued shares of the Company. Following the acquisition, Rational held a total of 72,754,759 ordinary shares in the Company.

Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at www.gemfieldsgroup.com

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

Enquiries:

Gemfields	Nominated Adviser and Broker (AIM)
Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Mark Lawrie	finnCap
Tel: +44(0) 20 7518 3400	Chris Raggett/ Edward Whiley
	Tel: +44(0) 20 7220 0500
Sponsor (JSE)	IR / Financial PR
Investec Bank Limited	Camarco
	Gordon Poole / Jennifer Renwick / Nick Hennis
	Tel: +44(0) 20 3757 4980

Additional information on Gemfields

Gemfields is a world -leading supplier of responsibly sourced 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 licenses 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, 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 and has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.

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