Gem International Resources Inc. appointed Mr. Rupert Baring to the broad of directors. Mr. Baring has worked for more than 20 years in the diamond industry, including extensive experience as a diamond broker with De Beers and I. Hennig & Co. He has knowledge of the diamond markets in Belgium, Israel, and India and has negotiated mineral licenses in more than a dozen African countries including Botswana, Sierra Leone, Angola, South Africa, and Lesotho.

Mr. Baring is a co-founder and a director of Mantle Diamonds Ltd. Mr. Baring is currently the independent non-executive director of KDL which is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.