Result of AGM and Directorate Change

Karelian Diamond Resources plc

(“Karelian Diamonds” or “the Company”)

16 December 2019

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Karelian Diamond Resources plc (“Karelian Diamonds”) (AIM: KDR), the diamond exploration and development company focused on Finland, announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed.

All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are set out below.

Resolutions	Votes for*	%	Votes against	%	Votes total	Votes withheld**
Resolution 1	16,379,148	99.99%	800	0.01%	16,379,948	2,200
Resolution 2 (a)	16,331,638	99.69%	50,500	0.31%	16,382,138	10
Resolution 2 (b)	16,327,425	99.69%	50,500	0.31%	16,377,925	4,223
Resolution 3	16,381,648	99.99%	400	0.01%	16,382,048	100
Resolution 4	16,331,232	99.69%	50,916	0.31%	16,382,148	0
Resolution 5	16,331,232	99.69%	50,916	0.31%	16,382,148	0

*Includes discretionary votes

**A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any of the resolutions

As previously announced Louis J. Maguire did not put himself forward for re-election at the AGM. Louis J. Maguire has therefore ceased to be a director of the Company following the conclusion of today’s AGM.

For further information please contact:

Karelian Diamond Resources plc	Tel: [phone]
Professor Richard Conroy, Chairman
Allenby Capital Limited (Nomad)	Tel: [phone]
Nick Athanas/Nick Harriss
Brandon Hill Capital Limited (Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Jonathan Evans
Lothbury Financial Services	Tel: [phone]
Michael Padley
Hall Communications	Tel: [phone]
Don Hall

www.kareliandiamondresources.com