16 July 2010
GEM DIAMONDS LIMITED
("Gem Diamonds" or the "Company")
H1 2010 Trading Update to be released on Monday 19 July
Gem Diamonds Limited (LSE: GEMD) would like to announce that they will be releasing their H1 2010 Trading Update on Monday 19th July 2010 at 7.00am.
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 7861 3232
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.