Month

December 2009

Annual General Meeting Result and Directorate Change

Gemfields is pleased to announce that at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 30 December 2009, all resolutions proposed to shareholders were duly passed save for the resolution proposing the re-election of Mr Richard James as a director of the Company.

Holdings in Company

Gemfields Plc (“Gemfields” or “the Company”, Ticker “GEM”) received notification on 15 December 2009 from QVT Financial LP (“QVT”) that on 11 December, QVT through shareholdings of QVT Fund LP, Quintessence Fund L.P. and Deutsche Bank AG London purchased 12,500,000 of the Company’s ordinary 1p shares. Following this transaction, QVT has an interest through direct ownership in a total of 25,264,875 shares.

Notification of Annual General Meeting

Further to Gemfields’ results announcement of 7 December 2009 and posting of such together with notification of the Company’s annual general meeting (“AGM”) to shareholders, the Company’s AGM will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 30 December 2009 at the Company’s offices: 8th Floor, 54 Jermyn Street, London, SW1Y 6LX, UK.

Holdings in Company

Gemfields Plc (“Gemfields” or “the Company”, Ticker “GEM”) received notification on 11 December 2009 from Goldrock International Corp. (“Goldrock”) that on 11 December Goldrock disposed of 12,500,957 of the Company’s ordinary 1p shares. Following this transaction, Goldrock has an interest through direct ownership in a total of 12,029,000 shares which represents 3.71% of the ordinary shares of 1p in the Company.

Second Rough Emerald Auction of 2009

Gemfields held its second rough emerald auction for the year between 23 and 27 November 2009. The auction, orchestrated by Gemfields’ Product Director Adrian Banks, saw 1.12 million carats of high quality rough emeralds offered in 19 separate lots. Gemfields set undisclosed reserve prices for each lot in advance of the auction which was attended by more than 20 companies from India. Participation in Gemfields’ auctions is by invitation only.

Holdings in Company

Gemfields Plc (“Gemfields” or “the Company”, Ticker “GEM”) received notification on 4 December 2009 from Rox Limited (“Rox”) that on 4 December Rox disposed of 24,529,957 of the Company’s ordinary 1p shares. Following this transaction, Rox has an interest through direct ownership in a total of 196,403,639 shares which represents 60.60% of the ordinary shares of 1p in the Company.

Holdings in Company

Gemfields Plc (“Gemfields” or “the Company”, Ticker “GEM”) received notification on 7 December 2009 from Goldrock International Corp. (“Goldrock”) that on 4 December Goldrock acquired 24,529,957 of the Company’s ordinary 1p shares. Following this transaction, Goldrock has an interest through direct ownership in a total of 24,529,957 shares which represents 7.57% of the ordinary shares of 1p in the Company.