Drilling Update

Sunrise Diamonds PLC
19 September 2007






                              SUNRISE DIAMONDS PLC


                                                              SEPTEMBER 19, 2007



            SUNRISE STARTS DRILLING TODAY ON THREE KNOWN KIMBERLITES
                                      
                  FOR MICRODIAMOND TESTING AND GRADE EVALUATION


   • Priority Kaavi-Kuopio Targets Chosen From Encouraging Mineral Chemistry
      Results
   • Collection Of 200kg Samples From Pipes 10, 14 And 17
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Sunrise Diamonds Plc (AIM:SDS) is pleased to announce that it will start
drilling today on three known diamondiferous kimberlite pipes in the Company's
Nordic Diamonds Joint Venture claim areas in the Kaavi-Kuopio region of central
Finland where it will collect 200kg samples from each pipe to undergo
microdiamond testing and grade evaluation. The Company is earning up to a 75per
cent interest in these claims from Canada's Nordic Diamonds Inc.

The current drill programme will test Pipes 10, 17 and 14 which were selected
following encouraging mineral chemistry results and perceived shortcomings in
historic evaluation and diamond grades and based on the recommendations of
Mineral Services Canada Inc, consultants to Sunrise.

Mineral Services has also recommended further testing of Pipe 22 and this will
be drilled as the underlying lake freezes during the early winter in Finland.
The Company is also targeting a further eight drill ready kimberlite targets
identified through lake bottom seismic soundings which will be tested within the
winter exploration programme.

Fieldwork is ongoing at other prospects within the Kaavi-Kuopio region and also
in the Kuusamo region of northern Finland where the Company recently completed
gravity and magnetic surveys over the Kalettomanpuro kimberlite - the Company's
original discovery in Finland. The data is before Canadian specialists to
generate drill targets for testing the diamond prospective kimberlite dyke in
the coming months.



Further Information:


Patrick Cheetham, Sunrise Diamonds plc. Tel: [phone]. 
Mobile: [phone]

John Greenhalgh/Ron Marshman, City of London PR Ltd. Tel: +44 ( 0)20-7628-5518
Brett Miller/Roxane Marffy, Ruegg & Co Limited. Tel: [phone]

www.sunrisediamonds.com




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