RNS Number:0157K
Firestone Diamonds PLC
21 March 2005

21st March 2005

                             Firestone Diamonds plc



Firestone Diamonds plc ("the Company") announces that it has received
notification today from Gartmore Investment Management plc, that Gartmore
Investment Limited, Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partners
have an aggregate revised notifiable interest in 5,333,116 Ordinary Shares of
20p each representing approximately 12.359% of the current issued ordinary share
capital of the Company.  These shares are held as follows:


Fund Managing   Number of Ordinary      Percentage of    UK Registered Owner    Beneficial Owner
Co                  Shares held        Issued Capital
Gartmore Fund        2,492,085             5.775%        HSBC Global Custody    Gartmore Fund Managers
Managers                                                 Nominee UK Ltd         Ltd A/C Gartmore UK &
Limited                                                                         Irish Smaller Companies
                                                                                Strategy Fund


Gartmore              407,151              0.944%        BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS   Gartmore Growth
Investment                                               LTD A/C NWSC           Opportunities plc
Limited

Gartmore              544,589              1.262%        BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS   Gartmore Smaller
Investment                                               LTD A/C LST            Companies Trust plc
Limited

Gartmore              282,800              0.655%        BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS   Gartmore Absolute Growth
Investment                                               LTD A/C GAGIG          and Income Trust (Growth)
Limited

Gartmore              974,483              2.258%        Nortrust Nominees      Strathclyde Pension Fund
Investment                                               Limited
Limited

Gartmore              463,038              1.073%        Vidacos Nominees Ltd A The Alphagen Volantis
Investment                                               /C 1945                Fund Limited
Limited

Gartmore              168,970              0.392%        Goldman Sachs Nominees The Gartmore Limited
Investment                                               Ltd                    Issue UK Small Cap Fund
Limited                                                                         Ltd





The Company has been advised that the above shares are held for investment
purposes only for the clients and client funds concerned.



For further information:


Philip Kenny, Firestone Diamonds            +44 20 7370 6452 /  +44 7831 324 645

Leesa Peters, Conduit PR                    +44 20 7618 8707/ +44 7812 159 885

Jamie Cumming, Bell Lawrie                  +44 141 314 8103






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