Statement re. Press Comment

    RNS Number : 3131B
  River Diamonds PLC
  14 August 2008
   

    
    14 August 2008     AIM: RVD


    River Diamonds Plc

    ("River Diamonds" or "the Company")

    Statement regarding Press Article


    River Diamonds notes the article published in the Evening Standard newspaper on 13 August 2008 ('the article').

    The Company can confirm that there is no claim at all against River Diamonds in the court and that the Company is not facing any legal
claim for any sum as the article misleadingly reported.

    As far as the Company is aware, the dispute referred to in the article is between two shareholders of the Company (Viso Gero Global Inc.
and Templar Minerals Ltd.) and has no impact on the Company's or its operations at the Vatukoula gold mine.


    Enquiries: 

 River Diamonds plc
 Colin Orr-Ewing           + 44 20 7016 5100
 Kiran Morzaria



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 David Porter              + 44 20 7220 1666
 James Joyce

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 Louise Goodeve            + 44 20 7933 8780
 Sue Scott



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