BlueRock Diamonds PLC Continued recovery of exceptional diamonds (0862P)

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BlueRock Diamonds PLC

05 February 2019

BlueRock Diamonds PLC / AIM: BRD / Sector: Natural Resources

5 February 2019

BlueRock Diamonds PLC ('BlueRock' or the 'Company')

Continues to recover exceptional quality diamonds

BlueRock Diamonds PLC, the AIM listed diamond producer, which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine ('Kareevlei') in the Kimberley region of South Africa, is pleased to announce the recovery of an exceptional 8.97 carat diamond on Friday 1(st) February.

This will be the third stone independently valued in excess of $50,000 mined from Kareevlei; the two previous record value stones were a 7.76 carat stone recovered in 2017 and sold for $10,070 per carat and a 10.58 carat stone recovered in 2018 and sold for $7,047 per carat.

Adam Waugh, BlueRock's CEO commented, "The 8.97 carat stone recovered on Friday 1(st) February, along with two other high-quality 6.36 carat and 3.64 carat diamonds, reinforces the exceptional quality being produced at Kareevlei."

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure - Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.

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For further information, please visit BRD's website www.bluerockdiamonds.co.uk or contact:

 
 BlueRock Diamonds PLC                 awaugh@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk 
  Adam Waugh, CEO                      dfacey@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk 
  David Facey, FD 
 SP Angel (NOMAD and Broker)                Tel: +44 (0)20 3470 0470 
  Stuart Gledhill / Caroline 
  Rowe 
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 SVS Securities plc (Joint Broker) 
  Tom Curran                                Tel: +44 (0)20 3700 0100 
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 Turner Pope Investments (Joint 
  Broker)                                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 3621 4120 
  Lewis Jones/Andy Thacker 
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 St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial          Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177 
  PR) 
  Melissa Hancock / Juliet Earl 
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Notes to editors:

BlueRock Diamonds is an AIM-listed diamond producer which operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine near Kimberley in South Africa which produces diamonds of exceptional quality and ranks in the top ten in the world in terms of average value per carat. The Kareevlei licence area covers 3,000 hectares and hosts five known diamondiferous kimberlite pipes. As at November 2018, it was estimated that the remaining Inferred Mineral Resource from the four kimberlite pipes (KV1, KV2, KV3 and KV5) represents a potential inground number of carats of 367,000.

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