Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra" or the "Company")

Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Petra announces that its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2017 (the "2017 Annual Report") has been published and is available to view on the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com/investors/results-reports/.

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company will be held at the offices of Buchanan, 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom at 11:00am GMT on 24 November 2017. The Notice of AGM and related voting forms have been published on the Company's website at https://www.petradiamonds.com/investors/shareholders/meetings/.

The 2017 Annual Report and Notice of AGM will be posted to shareholders on 26 October 2017.

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For further information, please contact:

Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203

Cathy Malins                                                               cathy.malins@petradiamonds.com 

Buchanan                                                                  Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000

(PR Adviser)

Bobby Morse                                                               bobbym@buchanan.uk.com

Anna Michniewicz                                                       annam@buchanan.uk.com

About Petra Diamonds Limited

Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in five producing operations: three underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein), the Kimberley Ekapa Mining joint venture (including the Kimberley Underground mine and extensive tailings retreatment operations) and one open pit mine in Tanzania (Williamson).  It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana and South Africa.

Petra has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 5.0 - 5.3 million from FY 2019 onwards. The Group has a significant resource base in excess of 300 million carats.

Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL' and is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. For more information, visit www.petradiamonds.com.