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: Higher-Quality Emeralds
LONDON, 31 MAY 2024
- Total auction revenues of USD 35.0 million
- 46 lots were offered for sale of which 43 were sold (93%)
- Average price of USD 167.51 per carat
- The 48 auctions of Kagem gemstones held since July 2009 have generated USD 1,041 million in total revenues
Adrian Banks, Gemfields’ Managing Director of Product & Sales, commented:
“We are very pleased to report robust auction results despite slightly softer market conditions. Today’s result demonstrates that both demand and willingness to pay premium prices for fine-quality Zambian emeralds remain at healthy levels. The overall price per carat for the lots sold echoes the record figure achieved in Kagem’s preceding high quality auction of May 2023. It should however be noted that today’s figure has been skewed by the fact that two of the unsold lots were among the lower qualities offered at the auction.
“We now look forward to our forthcoming mixed-quality ruby auction in June 2024 and the next commercial-quality emerald auction in September 2024.”
The auction lots were made available for private, in-person viewings by customers in Bangkok. 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 rough emeralds sold were extracted by Kagem (which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% by the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia). The proceeds of this auction will be fully repatriated to Kagem in Zambia with all royalties due to the Government of the Republic of Zambia being paid on the full sales prices achieved at the auction.
The results of the five most recent Higher-Quality Kagem auctions are summarised in the table below (and earlier results are available at www.gemfieldsgroup.com):
| AUCTION RESULTS (HIGHER QUALITY) | Nov-Dec '21 AUCTION (5 sequential mini-auctions) | May '22 AUCTION (5 sequential mini-auctions) | Nov '22 AUCTION (5 sequential mini-auctions) | May-Jun '23 AUCTION (5 sequential mini-auctions) | May '24 AUCTION (5 sequential mini-auctions) |
| Dates | 1 Nov - 6 Dec 2021 | 9 - 26 May 2022 | 30 Oct - 17 Nov 2022 | 15 May - 1 Jun 2023 | 13 - 30 May 2024 |
| Location | Various / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online | Bangkok / Online |
| Type | Higher Quality | Higher Quality | Higher Quality | Higher Quality | Higher Quality |
| Carats offered | 250,764 | 277,775 | 426,180 | 264,132 | 240,000 |
| Carats sold | 250,764 | 277,775 | 401,180 | 264,132 | 208,990 |
| No. of companies placing bids | 58 | 62 | 50 | 69 | 60 |
| No. of lots offered | 32 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 46 |
| No. of lots sold | 32 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 43 |
| Percentage of lots sold | 100% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 93% |
| Percentage of lots sold by weight | 100% | 100% | 94% | 100% | 87% |
| Total sales realised at auction | USD 37.8 million | USD 43.3 million | USD 30.8 million | USD 43.7 million | USD 35.0 million |
| Average per carat sales value | USD 150.65/carat | USD 155.90/carat | USD * 76.78/carat | USD 165.55/carat | USD 167.51/carat |
* Includes the 37kg 'Kafubu Cluster', which comprised 44% of the weight offered at the 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.
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ENQUIRIES
| GEMFIELDS | Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes ir@gemfields.com |
| SPONSOR (JSE) | Investec Bank Limited |
| NOMINATED ADVISER | Liberum |
| FINANCIAL PR/ IR | Camarco |
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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