Vast Resources plc - Marange Diamond Field

Botswana Diamonds PLC

("Botswana Diamonds" or the "Company")

Vast Resources plc - Marange Diamond Field

Botswana Diamonds ('BOD') the AIM and BSE listed explorer notes the reports in the Zimbabwe press that the Minister of Mines has stated that Vast Resources plc ("Vast") will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe. Vast has today announced that it has received no official notification of this position.

The Company will update the market as soon as it receives any official notification.

This release has been approved by James Campbell, Managing Director of Botswana Diamonds plc, a qualified geologist (Pr.Sci.Nat), a Fellow of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Metals and Mining (UK) and with over 33-years’ experience in the diamond sector.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

ENDS

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