Gemfields Plc

Block Admission Return

22 January 2010

Name of scheme:                         Employee Share Option Scheme           
                                                                               
Period of return:                       26 July 2009 - 25 January 2010         
                                                                               
Balance under scheme from previous      14,043,334                             
return:                                                                        
                                                                               
The amount by which the block scheme    nil                                    
has been increased, if the scheme has                                          
been increased since the date of the                                           
last return:                                                                   
                                                                               
Number of securities issued/allotted    nil                                    
under scheme during period:                                                    
                                                                               
Number of securities under the scheme   408,333                                
which expired during the period:                                               
                                                                               
Balance under scheme not yet issued/    13,635,001                             
allotted at end of period:                                                     
                                                                               
Number and class of securities          309,152,740 ordinary shares of 1p on 6 
originally listed and the date of       June 2008                              
admission:                                                                     
                                                                               
Total number of securities in issue at  324,114,883                            
the end of the period:                                                         

For more information:

Dev Shetty, CFO dev.shetty@gemfields.co.uk

Gemfields Plc Tel: +44 (0)20 7518 3402

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

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