Holding(s) in Company

River Diamonds PLC
17 October 2007



 River Diamonds plc

  ('River Diamonds' or the 'Company')

Holdings in Company



The Company has today been notified by Templar Minerals ltd that following
purchases of 10,000,000 shares between 15 and 16 October 2007, its holding in
the Company has increased to 280,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p representing
25.72% of the total issued share capital of River Diamonds.





Enquiries:



Colin Orr-Ewing, Executive Chairman

River Diamonds plc

Tel: [phone]



Dave Paxton

Hichens Harrison & Co. plc

Tel: [phone]



Laura Llewelyn/Beth Harris

Parkgreen Communications

Tel: [phone]



James Joyce/David Porter

W.H. Ireland Limited

Tel: [phone]




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