Non-Executive Director Resignation GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656. South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10 Share code on JSE:GML / AIM:GEM ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31 ("Gemfields" or the "Company") Non-Executive Director Resignation LONDON, 1 July 2022 Gemfields advises that Mr Carel Malan tendered his resignation as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 29 June 2022, with such resignation to take effect from latest 31 December 2022. Mr Martin Tolcher, Chairman of the Board, commented: “We thank Carel whole-heartedly for his contributions to the Board, especially in his role as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and wish him well in his new role at Glencore - which necessitated his resignation as a Director of the Company. Carel has kindly agreed to stay on at the Company for up to six months longer so that his current responsibilities can be taken on.” Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at: GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM To join our investor mailing list, contact us on: companysecretary@gemfields.com For any press enquiries please contact us on: gemfields@camarco.co.uk ENQUIRIES GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Mark Lawrie T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited SEDIBELO SALE PROCESS Liberum Scott Mathieson T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 NOMINATED ADVISER finnCap (AIM) & JOINT BROKER Christopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward Whiley T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500 JOINT BROKER Liberum Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 FINANCIAL PR/ IR Camarco Gordon Poole / Emily Hall T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS Gemfields is a world-leading miner of responsible 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 licences 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 through Fabergé designs, 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 that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector. GEMFIELDS.COM | INVESTORS |FOUNDATION INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE FABERGÉ FABERGÉ.COM | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE KAGEM MINING LINKEDIN MONTEPUEZ RUBY MINING LINKEDIN Date: 01-07-2022 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.