TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Gemfields plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Disposing shareholder:

Rox Conduit Limited

Acquiring shareholders:

The Pallinghurst Resources Fund L.P. (referred to hereafter as "Pallinghurst")

Investec Pallinghurst (Cayman) L.P. (referred to hereafter as "Investec Pallinghurst")

NGPMR (Cayman) L.P. (referred to hereafter as "NGPMR")

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

(as above)

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

9 January 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

Rox Conduit Limited -

reduced from 59.1% to 0%

Pallinghurst - increased from 3.9% to 33.0%

Investec Pallinghurst - increased from 0% to 16.4%

NGPMR - increased from 0% to 13.6%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ord 1p shares

192,523,639 shares representing 59.1% direct interest held by Rox Conduit Limited

12,830,000 shares representing 3.9% direct interest held by Pallinghurst

192,523,639 shares representing 59.1% direct interest held by Rox Conduit Limited

12,830,000 shares representing 3.9% direct interest held by Pallinghurst

107,433,316 shares held directly by Pallinghurst

53,491,818 shares held directly by Investec Pallinghurst

44,428,505 shares held directly by NGPMR

107,433,316 by Pallinghurst

53,491,818 by Investec Pallinghurst

44,428,505 by NGPMR

33.0% direct interest held by Pallinghurst

16.4% direct interest held by Investec Pallinghurst

13.6% direct interest held by NGPMR

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

107,433,316 held by Pallinghurst

53,491,818 held by Investec Pallinghurst

44,428,505 held by NGPMR

33.0% held by Pallinghurst

16.4% held by Investec Pallinghurst

13.6% held by NGPMR

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Change in shareholdings pursuant to Unbundling process as described in the Gemfields plc shareholder Circular published on 6 December 2012

14. Contact name:

Clive Harris

15. Contact telephone number:

001 345 940 6700