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GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED - Trading Statement for six months ended 30 June 2026

Gemfields Group Limited
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What this filing means

Gemfields expects a net loss after tax of USD 73.5 million for the six months to 30 June 2026 — more than triple the USD 20.5 million loss a year earlier — driven primarily by a USD 125.2 million non-cash impairment at Montepruce Ruby Mining. The share had already run up 25% into the print, so the headline deterioration is not a fresh shock, but the restatement of the FY2025 impairment upward by USD 30 million is a new reliability question. Headline EPS turned positive at USDc 0.6, but only because the impairment is excluded.

Gemfields is telling the market it lost a lot more money than last year, but almost all of the damage is a paper write-down of the value of its ruby mine — not cash leaving the business. The worrying part is that it also had to correct last year's write-down upward by USD 30 million, which makes investors question how reliable the earlier numbers were.

Bull case

  • Headline EPS turned positive at USDc 0.6 versus a USDc 1.5 loss in H1 2025, reflecting the exclusion of a USD 125.2m non-cash impairment.
  • Kagem delivered solid operational performance and good premium emerald recoveries, providing a positive segment-level contribution despite elevated costs.

Bear case

  • H1 2026 net loss after tax more than tripled to USD 73.5m from USD 20.5m a year earlier.
  • USD 125.2m MRM impairment reflects a 'more conservative approach to forecasting grade recoveries', implicitly retracting prior optimism on premium ruby grades.
  • FY2025 impairment restated upward by USD 30m (from USD 35m to USD 65m), undermining prior-period reliability.
  • Weighted average shares jumped ~40.7% to 1,724,230,526 from 1,224,967,113, materially diluting per-share metrics.
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AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

The fundamental direction is negative on absolutes — a tripling of the net loss and a large impairment retraction of prior grade optimism — but the market-impact read is Neutral because the share had already run up 25% into the print and the operational update on 30 July had flagged the MRM challenges. The positive HEPS swing is a non-cash exclusion artefact, not an operating recovery. The restatement of the FY2025 impairment is the most genuinely new and concerning element. So what: the market still needs the interim results on 30 September to show cash, debt and liquidity, and whether the impairment marks a floor or a first step in a longer downgrade cycle.

The interim results on 30 September are where the market will test whether cash flow and liquidity support the carrying values behind the impairment.

Evidence from the filing

  • Headline EPS turned positive at USDc 0.6 versus a USDc 1.5 loss in H1 2025, reflecting the exclusion of a USD 125.2m non-cash impairment.

    “Headline earnings per share is expected to be USDc 0.6 (2025 H1: Headline loss per share – USDc 1.5)”

  • Kagem delivered solid operational performance and good premium emerald recoveries, providing a positive segment-level contribution despite elevated costs.

    “Kagem, meanwhile, delivered solid operational performance and good premium emerald recoveries during the period, albeit against a backdrop of elevated operating costs”

  • H1 2026 net loss after tax more than tripled to USD 73.5m from USD 20.5m a year earlier.

    “Gemfields is reasonably certain that its net loss after tax will be USD 73.5 million for the six months ended 30 June 2026 (2025 H1: net loss after tax of USD 20.5 million)”

  • USD 125.2m MRM impairment reflects a 'more conservative approach to forecasting grade recoveries', implicitly retracting prior optimism on premium ruby grades.

    “The expected net loss after tax was driven primarily by a non-cash impairment charge of USD 125.2 million recognised in respect of MRM”

  • FY2025 impairment restated upward by USD 30m (from USD 35m to USD 65m), undermining prior-period reliability.

    “the FY2025 impairment has been restated from USD 35.0 million to USD 65.0 million following the identification of a USD 30.0 million adjustment”

  • Weighted average shares jumped ~40.7% to 1,724,230,526 from 1,224,967,113, materially diluting per-share metrics.

    “The Company's weighted average shares in issue for the six months ended 30 June 2026 was 1,724,230,526 (weighted average for 2025 H1: 1,224,967,113)”
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Published
Sep 25, 2026

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