Purchase of Shares

Petra Diamonds Ld
09 September 2003

For immediate release - 9 September 2003

                       PETRA DIAMONDS LTD ('THE COMPANY')

Purchase of shares by director

On 8 September 2003 the Company was notified that one of its directors, David
Gadd-Claxton, had on 5 September purchased 113,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence
in the Company at a price of 46 pence per share. The total holding of Mr
Gadd-Claxton following this purchase is 113,000 shares, representing 0.22% of
the issued share capital of the Company.

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For further information, please contact:

David Abery - Finance Director            Justine Howarth
Petra Diamonds                            Parkgreen Communications
Tel: [phone]                  Tel: [phone]


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