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African Diamonds PLC
15 December 2003

                FIRST DIAMOND FOUND IN ORAPA KIMBERLITE DRILLING

African Diamonds is pleased to announce the discovery of a diamond from our
kimberlite drilling program in the Orapa area of Botswana.

Onsite analysis from drill hole 6 on kimberlite BK10 discovered a good quality
0.11 carat stone. Analysis of the remaining 14 drill holes continuing using an
onsite jig plant.  All of the concentrates from the jig will be sent to a South
African facility for processing through an X ray diamond recovery plant.

John Teeling, chairman of African Diamonds commented:

"This is great news. It is every explorers dream to find what you are looking
for. Do not underestimate what has occurred. For 2000 million years this small
piece of carbon sat undisturbed. A small drilling team, working in an extreme
climate, using a drill hole only a few inches in diameter, found this diamond.

This diamond is small but where there is one there are more. This discovery
confirms our belief that the Orapa licence offers every hope of generating a
viable diamond mine. Remember we need only 10 carats equal to 2 grams of gem
quality diamonds per 100 tons of rock to be commercial".


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