KOPANE DIAMOND DEVELOPMENTS PLC

Kopane Diamond Developments announced a new JORC compliant, risk adjusted resource statement for its Main Pipe at Liqhobong in the Kingdom of Lesotho, as part of its definitive feasibility study. Main Pipe indicated resource increased by 141% to 38.6 million tonnes. Improvement in grade confidence, based on 141% increase in indicated resource to 38.6 million tonnes, potentially increases the depth of a future open pit to 180 m. Main Pipe total resource is 90.03 million tonnes, representing an increase of 19.1% over the interim resource statement issued in November 2008.