Trading Statement

In compliance with paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Gemfields received formal notification on 5 October 2022 of a change of major holdings from Rozendal Associate Holdings (Rational Expectations Ltd). Following Gemfields’ issuance and allocation of 20,144,730 new ordinary shares on 5 October 2022, Rozendal Associate Holdings’ total positions reduced from 10.03 per cent of voting rights to 9.96 per cent of voting rights. The total number of shares held by Rozendal Associate Holdings is unchanged, holding a total of 120,094,065 ordinary shares.

Further to the Company’s announcement on 29 April 2022, shareholders should note the following in respect of access to the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) to be held on Wednesday 29 June 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (British Summer Time) at The Rubens at the Palace, 39-43 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PS, United Kingdom.

In compliance with AIM Rule 17, shareholders are advised that Gemfields received formal notification on 31 May 2022 from Rational Expectations Proprietary Limited (“Rational Expectations”) that it, combined with related parties, now hold a total of 118,602,785 ordinary shares in the Company, equivalent to 10.03% of the total issued shares in the Company.

In accordance with AIM Rule 17, shareholders are advised that Gemfields has issued and allotted 210,000 new ordinary shares of USD0.00001 each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) following the exercise of employee share options.

Further to the Company’s announcement on 25 March 2022 containing details of the Special Dividend (“Dividend”) declared by Gemfields, notice is hereby given that the dividend, being a gross dividend of approximately USDc 1.70109 per ordinary share, payable from income reserves, will be converted from United States Dollars (USD) to South African Rand (ZAR) and Great British Pounds (GBP) at the below exchange rates on Thursday, 7 April 2022, obtained from currency conversion transactions the Company entered: JSE shareholders – USD/ZAR 14.7323, equating to a dividend of approximately ZARc 25.06097 per share AIM shareholders – USD/GBP 0.7630, equating to a dividend of approximately GBP pence 1.29785 per share

In accordance with AIM Rule 17, shareholders are advised that Gemfields has issued and allotted 1,518,900 new ordinary shares of USD0.00001 each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) following the exercise of share options by certain employees.