Total Voting Rights

30 May 2014

                        Karelian Diamond Resources Plc                         

                                (the "Company")                                

                              Total Voting Rights                              

The Company announces that, pursuant to the requirements of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules, the total number of voting rights in respect of each class
of share in issue and admitted to trading on AIM at the date of this
announcement is as follows:

                                            Number of shares  Numbers of voting
                                                    in issue             rights
                                                                               
Ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each                 286,535,034        286,535,034

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company, under
the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Karelian Diamond Resources plc - Professor      Tel: [phone]           
Richard Conroy, Chairman                                                       
                                                                               
Sanlam Securities UK Limited (Nomad) - Simon    Tel: [phone]          
Clements/Virginia Bull                                                         
                                                                               
IBI Corporate Finance Limited (ESM Adviser) -   Tel: [phone]           
Ger Heffernan                                                                  
                                                                               
Hume Capital Securities plc (Broker) - Jon      Tel: [phone]          
Belliss                                                                        
                                                                               
Lothbury Financial Services Limited - Michael   Tel: [phone]          
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Hall Communications - Don Hall                  Tel: [phone]