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GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED - Market Update

Release Date: 20/06/2025 08:01
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Market Update

Gemfields Group Limited
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration number: 47656
South African external company registration number: 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML (General Segment of JSE Main Board) / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Group" or the "Company")

Market Update

LONDON, 20 JUNE 2025


Gemfields hereby provides a market update regarding its three principal subsidiaries.

Montepuez Ruby Mine ("MRM")

Construction of MRM's second processing plant (or "PP2"), designed to triple MRM's ore
processing capacity from 200tph to 600tph, is 95% complete and materially on budget.

PP2 is now expected to produce its first rubies during August 2025 courtesy of the plant's core
components. Final completion of PP2, including the tailings belt conveyor and decanter centrifuge,
is now expected to occur during September 2025.

Final completion has been delayed as a result of, inter alia:

    a.   difficulties in obtaining the requisite work permits, particularly in relation to specialist
         electrical component installation, including the SCADA controls necessary to operate PP2;
    b. transport difficulties, including in relation to a key transformer which was damaged this
         month during transit (some 287 trucks related to the construction - out of an estimated
         300 - have successfully completed their deliveries to MRM); and
    c. security and operational issues arising from, inter alia, high levels of illegal miner
         incursions.

The Group wishes to commend the sterling efforts of both the MRM team and the principal
contractor, Consulmet (Africa) Limited, in positively navigating the very challenging circumstances
experienced in the north of Mozambique during the 22 months since the project was first
announced.


Kagem Emerald Mine ("Kagem")

As announced on 8 May 2025, Kagem has recommenced focused mining by re-opening two
production points in the Chama pit with minimal waste mining. A measured further expansion of
mining operations is expected from July 2025 and will be further shaped according to developing
market conditions. A return to full-scale mining is not presently expected for some months.

Fabergé

The Group continues to explore strategic options in respect of Fabergé, the iconic and wholly-
owned luxury-brand, following the completion of the rights issue which required the process to be
paused.



                                            -ENDS-




               Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
                                   GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM




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



This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European
Union (withdrawal) act 2018 ("MAR").



                                          ENQUIRIES




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

 SPONSOR (JSE)                    Investec Bank Limited




Gemfields Group Limited                                                             
 NOMINATED ADVISER                 Panmure Liberum
 (AIM) & BROKER
                                   Scott Mathieson / Amrit Mahbubani / John More
                                   T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222

 PRESS ENQUIRES,                   Helena Choudhury / Albertina Namburete
 GEMFIELDS HEAD OFFICE,            helena.choudhury@gemfields.com / albertina.namburete@gemfields.com
 LONDON




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

                       GEMFIELDS.COM | INVESTORS |FOUNDATION

                          INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | X | YOUTUBE




                                             FABERGÉ

                FABERGÉ.COM | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | X | YOUTUBE




                              KAGEM MINING LIMITED LINKEDIN

                             MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN




                                                            

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