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GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED
Regulatory Filings • Jun 19, 2024
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Gemfields Group Limited
19 June 2024
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")
Auction Results: Mixed-Quality Rubies
LONDON, 19 JUNE 2024
Gemfields is pleased to announce the results of a ruby auction comprised of mixed-quality rough rubies held during the period 3 to 18 June 2024.
Highlights: June 2024 Mixed-Quality Ruby Auction
· Total auction revenues of USD 68.7 million
· 94 of the 97 lots (comprising 217,044 carats) offered for sale were sold (97%)
· Average realised price of USD 316.95 per carat
· The 22 auctions of MRM gemstones held since June 2014 have now generated USD 1.12 billion in total revenue
Adrian Banks, Gemfields' Managing Director of Product & Sales, commented:
"This auction marks the 10th anniversary of Gemfields' first auction in June 2014 of rubies from the Montepuez Ruby Mine in Mozambique. We are pleased to announce another strong result demonstrating the confidence that loyal customers have in our product offering and auction platform. While auction results should not be directly compared, our team is proud to have crossed the milestone of an average selling price of USD300 per carat at this auction.
While the industry is currently facing some headwinds, arising in part from a softening in China, we hope this result provides good comfort to other stakeholders in our sector. As always, our thanks and appreciation goes out to the hardworking team at MRM, our partners Mwiriti and the Government of Mozambique, whose support makes these results and achievements possible."
The rough rubies were extracted by Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada ("MRM", which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% by its Mozambican partner Mwiriti Limitada). The proceeds of this auction will be fully repatriated to MRM in Mozambique, with all royalties due to the Government of the Republic of Mozambique being paid on the full sales price achieved at the auction.
The auction lots were made available in Bangkok for private, in-person viewings by customers. Following the viewings, the auctions took place via an online auction platform specifically adapted for Gemfields and which permitted customers from multiple jurisdictions to participate in a sealed-bid process.
The results of the five most recent Mixed-Quality MRM ruby auctions are summarised in the table below (and earlier results are available at www.gemfieldsgroup.com ):
| AUCTION RESULTS (MIXED QUALITY) | Jun '24 AUCTION (7 sequential mini-auctions) |
Dec '23 AUCTION (7 sequential mini-auctions) |
Jun '23 AUCTION (7 sequential mini-auctions) |
Dec '22 AUCTION (7 sequential mini-auctions) |
Jun '22 AUCTION (7 sequential mini-auctions) |
| Dates | 3 - 18 Jun 2024 | 20 Nov - 5 Dec 2023 |
5 - 20 Jun 2023 | 21 Nov - 8 Dec 2022 |
30 May - 17 Jun 2022 |
| Location | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online |
| Type | Rough Ruby (Higher, Medium and Commercial Quality), no 'Low Ruby' 1 or Corundum | Rough Ruby (Higher, Medium and Commercial Quality), no 'Low Ruby' 1 or Corundum | Rough Ruby (Higher, Medium and Commercial Quality), no Corundum | Rough Ruby (Higher, Medium and Commercial Quality), no Corundum | Rough Ruby (Higher, Medium and Commercial Quality), no Corundum |
| Carats offered | 217,044 | 239,591 | 446,202 | 525,246 | 610,135 |
| Carats sold | 216,600 | 239,591 | 302,317 | 431,671 | 387,681 |
| No. of companies placing bids | 52 | 53 | 51 | 44 | 49 |
| No. of lots offered | 97 | 97 | 94 | 104 | 119 |
| No. of lots sold | 94 | 97 | 91 | 98 | 112 |
| Percentage of lots sold | 97% | 100% | 97% | 94% | 94% |
| Percentage of lots sold by weight | 99.8% | 100% | 68% 2 | 82% | 64% |
| Total sales realised at auction | USD 68.7 million |
USD 69.5 million |
USD 80.4 million |
USD 66.8 million |
USD 95.6 million |
| Average per carat sales value | USD 316.95/carat |
USD 290.02/carat |
USD 265.99 /carat |
USD 154.84/carat |
USD 246.69/carat |
1 - The 'Low Ruby' category was not offered at the December 2023 or June 2024 auctions. Approximately 703,000 carats of 'Low Ruby' were sold at the commercial quality ruby auction in September 2023.
2 - One lot of 26,806 grams (representing some 30% of the total weight offered) remained unsold at the June 2023 auction. As a result, the average price per carat realised at this auction was considerably higher than it would have been had this lot also been sold. These gems were then sold at the September 2023 commercial quality ruby auction.
The specific auction mix and the quality of the lots offered at each auction vary in characteristics such as size, colour and clarity on account of variations in mined production and market demand. Therefore the results of each auction are not always directly comparable.
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ENQUIRIES
| GEMFIELDS | Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes [email protected] T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 |
| SPONSOR (JSE) | Investec Bank Limited |
| NOMINATED ADVISER (AIM) & BROKER |
Liberum Scott Mathieson / John More / Anake Singh T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 |
| FINANCIAL PR/ IR | Camarco Gordon Poole / Emily Hall / Charlie Dingwall 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' 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.
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