Last checked at 10 Dec 2009 07:00
| Immediate Release | 10 December 2009 |
Petra Diamonds Limited
("Petra Diamonds" or the "Company")
Total Voting Rights
Petra Diamonds Limited, the international diamond mining group, announces that as at 10 December 2009 the total number of issued ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company is 264,005,523, each share having equal voting rights. This increase in shares in issue follows the Company's recent issue of 80 million new Petra shares, being the first tranche of share issued with regards to the placing recently carried out by the Company.
The above figure (264,005,523 shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in Petra Diamonds under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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For further information, please contact:
| Cathy Roberts | Telephone: +44 20 7318 0452 |
| Petra Diamonds, London | cathyr@petradiamonds.com |
| Bobby Morse / James Strong | Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 |
| Buchanan Communications | bobbym@buchanan.uk.com jamess@buchanan.uk.com |
| James Duncan / Nicola Taylor | Telephone: +27 11 880 3924 |
| Russell & Associates | james@rair.co.za nicola@rair.co.za |
| Mike Jones / Ryan Gaffney | Telephone: +44 20 7050 6500 |
| Canaccord Adams | mike.jones@canaccordadams.com ryan.gaffney@canaccordadams.com |