RNS Number:6575E
Firestone Diamonds PLC
29 October 2004

29 October 2004

                             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 5,268,116 Ordinary Shares of
20p each representing approximately 12.208% 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              449,651              1.042%        BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS   Gartmore Growth
Investment                                               LTD A/C NWSC           Opportunities plc
Limited

Gartmore              465,943              1.080%        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              887,665              2.057%        Nortrust Nominees      Strathclyde Pension Fund
Investment                                               Limited
Limited

Gartmore              379,056              0.878%        Vidacos Nominees Ltd A The Alphagen Volantis
Investment                                               /C 1945                Fund Limited
Limited

Gartmore              250,116              0.580%        Goldman Sachs Nominees The Gartmore Limited
Investment                                               Ltd                    Issue UK Small Cap Fund
Limited                                                                         Ltd


Gartmore              60,800               0.141%        Chase Nominees Limited Gartmore Capital Strategy
Investment                                                                      Fund Limited UK Smaller
Limited                                                                         Companies Fund





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 7936 9095/ +44 7812 159 885

Jamie Cumming, Bell Lawrie White                     +44 141 314 8103 / +44 776 8044 620






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