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PRODUCING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY DIAMONDS Shareholder Call 29 January 2020 IMPROVED PRODUCTION VOLUMES & GRADE The new management team took over in May 2019 Volume 000 tonnes 250,000 May and June 2019 saw an immediate increase in


  1. PRODUCING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY DIAMONDS Shareholder Call 29 January 2020

  2. IMPROVED PRODUCTION VOLUMES & GRADE • The new management team took over in May 2019 Volume 000 tonnes 250,000 • May and June 2019 saw an immediate increase in 200,000 production compared with the previous year 150,000 • Recent Q4 update showed improved production 100,000 volumes: 50,000 • FY 2019 up 70% to 323,000 tonnes (FY 2018: 190,000) • Q4 2019 up 108% to 110,000 tonnes (Q4 2018: 53,000) 0 2018 H1 2018 H2 2019 H1 2019 H2 • Q4 update showed improved grade: • FY 2019 4.34 cpht (FY 2018: 3.28 cpht) • Q4 2019 4.65 cpht (Q4 2018: 4.01 cpht) • Q4 update also showed increased average price per carat • FY 2019 up 24% to USD415 per carat (FY 2018: USD334) • Q4 2019 up 30% to USD410 per carat (Q4 2018: USD316) • Ongoing improvements almost entirely due to the introduction of a highly competent technical team, which understand the challenges and has the capacity to resolve them 1 Shareholder Call - 29 January 2020

  3. COST PER CARAT • Unaudited cost per carat produced in H2 2019 fell to USD275 per carat and in 2018 this was above USD400 per carat • Cost per carat linked to: • Economies of scale • Improved operational management & employee commitment • Partnership with professional major contractors • Cost control • Management continues to investigate cost reduction opportunities to impact positively on Life of Mine economies: • Linking up to the electricity grid • Materially increasing volumes • Delivering higher recoveries – 70% to +90% 2 Shareholder Call - 29 January 2020

  4. THE RESOURCE Life of Mine currently around 10 years • Management believe that the resource can sustain increased production • KV1 and KV2 to be mined as one pit • • KV5 operational in 2020 KV3 to be selectively mined – starting with a trial trench in 2020 • INFERRED RESOURCE NOVEMBER 2018 Volume Carats Grade Pipe Tonnes (m 3 ) (+1mm) (cpht +1mm) KVW01 605 800 1 561 400 97 000 6.2 KVW02 734 000 1 909 700 86 600 4.5 KVW03 1 461 600 3 629 200 152 000 4.2 KVW05 253 400 644 300 31 400 4.9 TOTAL 3 054 800 7 744 600 367 000 4.7 3 Corporate Presentation Q4 2019

  5. FUTURE PLANS – A THREE STEP APPROACH St Step 1 - me met Step 2 - unde St underway Step 3 Growth Capacity in executive team and Board to: • Evaluate other diamond mining Step 2 opportunities in Africa Achieve & optimise profitability • Evaluate other mining opportunities in through internal growth Africa Evaluation of how best to optimise the value of Kareevlei Step 1 • Assess increased monthly/yearly Achieve operational profitability volumes above guidance level versus through enhanced production capital cost Currently focussing operational • Evaluate how best to mine the stability and discipline with Initial resource to get maximum value indications being positive • Operate profitably 4 Corporate Presentation Q3 2019

  6. SUMMARY • New management team with strong technical capacity • Met & exceeded all production targets for 2019 • Operationally profitable in H2 2019 • Share price: • Doubled since the fundraising in May 2019 • Outperformed benchmark indices • Has not reflected the recent successes • Step 2 of growth strategy under way: • Develop plans to increase production • Focus on reducing costs further • Step 3 of growth strategy to maximise value to shareholders: • Acquire other high growth assets; and/or • Introduce a progressive dividend policy • Potential future Company revaluation • Average price per carat of +USD380 • Lower cost – USD275 • Potential to increase production • Improved recovery of in-situ diamonds from 70% to +90% (higher revenue outweighs lower average price) 5 Shareholder Call - 29 January 2020

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