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Auction Results: Mixed-Quality Rubies
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")
Auction Results: Mixed-Quality Rubies
LONDON, 19 JUNE 2024
Gemfields is pleased to announce the results of a ruby auction comprised of mixed-quality rough
rubies held during the period 3 to 18 June 2024.
Highlights: June 2024 Mixed-Quality Ruby Auction
- Total auction revenues of USD 68.7 million
- 94 of the 97 lots (comprising 217,044 carats) offered for sale were sold (97%)
- Average realised price of USD 316.95 per carat
- The 22 auctions of MRM gemstones held since June 2014 have now generated USD 1.12 billion in total revenue
Adrian Banks, Gemfields' Managing Director of Product & Sales, commented:
"This auction marks the 10th anniversary of Gemfields' first auction in June 2014 of rubies from the Montepuez
Ruby Mine in Mozambique. We are pleased to announce another strong result demonstrating the confidence that
loyal customers have in our product offering and auction platform. While auction results should not be directly
compared, our team is proud to have crossed the milestone of an average selling price of USD300 per carat at this
auction.
While the industry is currently facing some headwinds, arising in part from a softening in China, we hope this result
provides good comfort to other stakeholders in our sector. As always, our thanks and appreciation goes out to the
hardworking team at MRM, our partners Mwiriti and the Government of Mozambique, whose support makes
these results and achievements possible."
The rough rubies were extracted by Montepuez Ruby Mining Limitada ("MRM", which is 75%
owned by Gemfields and 25% by its Mozambican partner Mwiriti Limitada). The proceeds of this
auction will be fully repatriated to MRM in Mozambique, with all royalties due to the Government
of the Republic of Mozambique being paid on the full sales price achieved at the auction.
The auction lots were made available in Bangkok for private, in-person viewings by customers.
Following the viewings, the auctions took place via an online auction platform specifically adapted
for Gemfields and which permitted customers from multiple jurisdictions to participate in a sealed-
bid process.
The results of the five most recent Mixed-Quality MRM ruby auctions are summarised in the table
below (and earlier results are available at www.gemfieldsgroup.com):
Jun '24 Dec '23 Jun '23 Dec '22 Jun '22
AUCTION
AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION
RESULTS
(7 sequential (7 sequential (7 sequential (7 sequential (7 sequential
(MIXED
mini- mini- mini- mini- mini-
QUALITY)
auctions) auctions) auctions) auctions) auctions)
3 – 18 Jun 20 Nov – 5 – 20 Jun 21 Nov – 30 May –
Dates
2024 5 Dec 2023 2023 8 Dec 2022 17 Jun 2022
Bangkok / Bangkok / Bangkok / Bangkok / Bangkok /
Location
Online Online Online Online Online
Rough Ruby Rough Ruby
Rough Ruby Rough Ruby Rough Ruby
(Higher, (Higher,
(Higher, (Higher, (Higher,
Medium and Medium and
Medium and Medium and Medium and
Type Commercial Commercial
Commercial Commercial Commercial
Quality), no Quality), no
Quality), no Quality), no Quality), no
'Low Ruby' (1) 'Low Ruby' (1)
Corundum Corundum Corundum
or Corundum or Corundum
Carats
217,044 239,591 446,202 525,246 610,135
offered
Carats sold 216,600 239,591 302,317 431,671 387,681
No. of
companies 52 53 51 44 49
placing bids
No. of lots
97 97 94 104 119
offered
No. of lots
94 97 91 98 112
sold
Percentage of
97% 100% 97% 94% 94%
lots sold
Percentage of
lots sold by 99.8% 100% 68% (2) 82% 64%
weight
Total sales
USD 68.7 USD 69.5 USD 80.4 USD 66.8 USD 95.6
realised at
million million million million million
auction
Average per
USD USD USD USD USD
carat sales
316.95/carat 290.02/carat 265.99/carat 154.84/carat 246.69/carat
value
1 - The 'Low Ruby' category was not offered at the December 2023 or June 2024 auctions. Approximately 703,000 carats of 'Low Ruby'
were sold at the commercial quality ruby auction in September 2023.
2 - One lot of 26,806 grams (representing some 30% of the total weight offered) remained unsold at the June 2023 auction. As a result, the
average price per carat realised at this auction was considerably higher than it would have been had this lot also been sold. These gems were
then sold at the September 2023 commercial quality ruby auction.
The specific auction mix and the quality of the lots offered at each auction vary in characteristics
such as size, colour and clarity on account of variations in mined production and market demand.
Therefore the results of each auction are not always directly comparable.
-ENDS-
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GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union
(withdrawal) act 2018 ("MAR").
ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes
ir@gemfields.com
T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400
SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited
NOMINATED ADVISER Liberum
(AIM) & BROKER Scott Mathieson / John More / Anake Singh
T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222
FINANCIAL PR / IR Camarco
Gordon Poole / Emily Hall / Charlie Dingwall
T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS
Gemfields is a world-leading responsible miner and marketer of 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 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.
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Date: 19-06-2024 08:00:00
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