Bruce Cleaver

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Bruce Cleaver, and I am the Chair of Gemfields Group Limited. This is the Annual General Meeting of Gemfields Group Limited. To avoid repetition, I shall abbreviate Gemfields Group Limited to Gemfields.

A quorum for this meeting is 3 members entitled to vote whether they are present in person, by corporate representative or by proxy. As there is a quorum present, and it is now 10:00 a.m. BST, I declare this meeting formally open.

If you wish to ask questions electronically on the website, do please submit them now. This meeting is to consider 7 ordinary resolutions, 2 special resolutions and 2 nonbinding advisory votes. All of these resolutions have the full support of the Board of Directors of Gemfields and have been set out in full in the notice of AGM. The notice of AGM was distributed to Gemfields shareholders on 29 April 2026 and sets out the resolutions now to be proposed.

In the absence of any objections, I shall take the notice of this meeting as read. In accordance with Gemfields articles of incorporation, voting will be by way of a poll and every shareholder present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote for every share held. Gemfields registrar Computershare have been appointed official scrutineers of the poll.

Only shareholders present in person, by corporate representative or by proxy are entitled to vote. Shareholders present in person who have already lodged proxy forms prior to the meeting should not complete a poll card unless they have an