16th April 2010
GEM DIAMONDS LIMITED
("Gem Diamonds" or the "Company")
Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD), the FTSE 250 diamond mining company, is today presenting at the RBC Diamond conference in London and copies of the presentation are available on the Gem Diamonds website www.gemdiamonds.com .
For further information:
Investor Relations
Richard Chetwode
Tel: +44 (0) 7590 064 883
Gem Diamond Technical Services
Sherryn Tedder
Tel: +27 (0)11 560 9600
Pelham Bell Pottinger
James MacFarlane/ Charles Vivian
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7337 1538
About Gem Diamonds
Gem Diamonds Limited (LSE: GEMD) is a diamond mining and marketing company with a specific focus towards higher value diamonds, a segment of the market that its management believes will deliver superior long term returns.
Under current market conditions, Gem Diamonds is pursuing a near term strategy of focusing on cash preservation and generating maximum cash flow from its producing assets, the Letšeng Mine in Lesotho and the Kimberley Diamonds' Ellendale E9 Pipe in Australia. These two operations continue to produce amongst the world's finest white and fancy yellow diamonds respectively.