BlueRock Diamonds PLC Result of General Meeting (2623K)

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BlueRock Diamonds PLC

09 April 2018

9 April 2018

BlueRock Diamonds PLC

("BlueRock" or the "Company" or "BRD")

Result of General Meeting

BlueRock Diamonds plc, the AIM listed diamond mining company which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa ("Kareevlei"), is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at the General Meeting held today were duly passed.

Accordingly, application has been made for 5,708,334 Placing Shares (the "Second Tranche Shares"), which will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company, to be admitted to trading on AIM ('Admission'). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings will commence at 8.00am on 10 April 2018.

Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the Second Tranche Shares, the issued share capital of the Company will consist of 173,157,575 Ordinary Shares. No shares were held in treasury at the date of this announcement. The total current voting rights in the Company are therefore 173,157,575.

The above total current voting rights number is the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.

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.

For further information, please contact:

BlueRock Diamonds plc

Adam Waugh, CEO

[e-mail]

David Facey, FD

[e-mail]

SP Angel (NOMAD and Broker)

Stuart Gledhill / Lindsay Mair/Caroline Rowe

[phone]

SVS Securities plc (Joint Broker)

Tom Curran / Ben Tadd [phone]

Yellow Jersey (PR and IR)

Georgia Colkin / Joe Burgess / Katie Bairsto

[phone]

About BlueRock Diamonds plc (AIM: BRD)

BlueRock is a diamond mining company with activities in the Kimberley region of South Africa. BlueRock own a diamond processing plant and the mining right over the Kareevlei Tenements in South Africa.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name:                              David Facey 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status:                   Finance Director 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment:    Initial notification 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name:                              BlueRock Diamonds 
                                          plc 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI:                               213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 4.   Details of the transaction(s): section to 
       be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
       (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
       date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the financial       Ordinary shares 
       instrument, type of instrument:    of 1 pence each 
       Identification code:               GB00B84H1764 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction:         Participation 
                                          in the Fundraising 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s):              Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
                                            1.5p       1,666,666 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:            Single transaction 
       Aggregated volume:                 as in 4 c) above Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       Price:                             ---------  ---------- 
                                           1.5p       1,666,666 
                                          ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction:           9 April 2018 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction:          Outside a trading 
                                          venue 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name:                              Paul Beck 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status:                   Non-Executive 
                                          Chairman 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment:    Initial notification 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name:                              BlueRock Diamonds 
                                          plc 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI:                               213800LVSJ2RNI3SSN92 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 4.   Details of the transaction(s): section to 
       be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
       (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
       date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the financial       Ordinary shares 
       instrument, type of instrument:    of 1 pence each 
       Identification code:               GB00B84H1764 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction:         Participation 
                                          in the Fundraising 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s):              Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
                                            1.5p       1,000,000 
                                           ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information:            Single transaction 
       Aggregated volume:                 as in 4 c) above Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       Price:                             ---------  ---------- 
                                           1.5p       1,000,000 
                                          ---------  ---------- 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction:           9 April 2018 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction:          Outside a trading 
                                          venue 
---  ---------------------------------  --------------------------------------- 
 

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