Issue of Equity DiamondCorp plc JSE share code: DMC & AIM share code: DCP ISIN: GB00B183ZC46 (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registration number 05400982) (SA company registration number 2007/031444/10) ("DiamondCorp", “the Group” or "the Company") ISSUE OF EQUITY DiamondCorp announces that it has issued 1,500,000 new ordinary shares of 3p each in the capital of the Company to a financial advisor in respect of a success fee for introducing Laurelton Diamonds Inc. (“Laurelton”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tiffany & Co. As previously reported, Laurelton has completed a diamond offtake agreement with the Company’s 74% owned subsidiary, Lace Diamond Mine. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for admission of the 1,500,000 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM and AltX and dealings are expected to occur on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 (“Admission”). Total Voting Rights Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 276,839,478 ordinary shares of 3p each, none of which are held in treasury. The above figure of 276,839,478 ordinary shares should be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Contact details: DiamondCorp plc Paul Loudon, Chief Executive Tel: +44 20 3151 0970 +27 56 212 2930 UK Broker & Nomad Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Dominic Morley/Adam James Tel: +44 20 7886 2500 Joint Broker SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Ewan Leggat/Laura Littley Tel: +44 207 598 5368 JSE Sponsor PSG Capital (Pty) Limited John-Paul Dicks Tel: +27 21 887 9602 19 April 2013 Date: 19/04/2013 08:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.