Holding(s) in Company

14 Dec 2009 07:00

Gemfields PlcHoldings in Company14 December 2009

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.

Enquiries:

Richard James, CFO Tel: +44 (0)20 7518 3402

Gemfields Plc

Mike Jones/Tarica Mpinga/Andrew Chubb Tel: +44 (0)20 7050 6500

Canaccord Adams Ltd

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker to Gemfields