Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sunrise Diamonds PLC
18 April 2007



TR-1(i): Notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |      Sunrise Diamonds plc      |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting   |                                |
|rights are attached(ii):                    |                                |
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|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |         |
|boxes)                                                             |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may      |         |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |         |
|rights are attached                                                |         |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   |         |
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|Other (please specify):Reconfirmation of holding under DTR         |    X    |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    |        Patrick Cheetham        |
|notification obligation(iii):               |                                |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|                                |
|from 3.)(iv):                               |                                |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on     |                                |
|which the threshold is crossed or reached if|                                |
|different)(v):                              |                                |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |         17 April 2007          |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |               3%               |
|reached:                                    |                                |
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|8. Notified details:                        |                              | |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
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|Class/type  |Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|of shares   |previous to the|(vii)                                               |
|            |Triggering     |                                                    |
|if possible |transaction    |                                                    |
|using the   |(vi)           |                                                    |
|ISIN CODE   +-------+-------+---------+---------------------+--------------------+
|            |Number |Number |Number of|Number of voting     |% of voting rights  |
|            |of     |of     |shares   |rights ix            |                    |
|            |Shares |Voting +---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|            |       |Rights |Direct   |Direct x  |Indirect  |Direct   |Indirect  |
|            |       |viii   |         |          |xi        |         |          |
+------------+-------+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|GB00B075Z681|       |       |6,000,000|6,000,000 |          |4.8%     |          |
+------------+-------+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                      |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date xiii  |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date xiv          |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6,000,000                            |4.8%                                   |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:            |
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|In addition, Patrick Cheetham holds 5,787,250 shares and is a Director of    |
|Tertiary Minerals plc which in turn holds 22,899,990 (18.33%) shares in      |
|Sunrise Diamonds plc                                                         |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |                            |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |                            |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |                            |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     |                                            |
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|14. Contact name:               |Patrick Cheetham                            |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |01625 626 203                               |
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