Monthly Operational Market Update – 31 August 2018 GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED (formerly Pallinghurst Resources Limited) (Incorporated in Guernsey) (Guernsey registration Number: 47656) (South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10) Share code on the BSX: GML.BH ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 Share code on the JSE: GML ("Gemfields" or the "Company") Monthly Operational Market Update – 31 August 2018 Gemfields shareholders are advised that the Company has released information about its business related and operational results and financial position up to and including August 2018. The figures have been produced on a monthly?basis for both Gemfields’ 75% owned Kagem emerald mine and Fabergé – the iconic luxury brand. Gemfields will follow up with its Montepuez ruby mine figures in due course. The operational results can be found on the Company’s website at www.gemfieldsgroup.com. Shareholders are advised that all figures are approximated and are unaudited for which the directors assume full responsibility. Shareholders are informed that the full competent person’s report (CPR) for Kagem Mining Limited can also be found on the Company’s website at www.gemfieldsgroup.com/assets/mineral?resources?and? mineral?reserves/. The CPR for Montepuez?Ruby?Mining Limitada is currently under review by the JSE and will be released on the Company’s website once approved. Additional information on Gemfields Gemfields is a world leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licenses in Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé ? an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage ? enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured gemstones, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision. Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields’ business model and has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector. Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at www.gemfieldsgroup.com. For any press enquiries please contact us on investor.relations@gemfields.com. Guernsey 10 October 2018 Sponsor Investec Bank Limited Date: 10/10/2018 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.