Griqualand West - Dividend Declaration

RNS No 8454u
GRIQUALAND WEST DIAMOND MINING COMPANY
21st May 1998


NOTICE OF DIVIDEND DECLARATION

Notice is hereby given that a dividend of 20.5 cents (1996: 20.5 cents) per
ordinary share being the interim dividend in respect of the year ending 31
December 1998 has been declared payable to ordinary shareholders registered in
the books of the Company at the close of business on Friday 26 June 1998.

CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND

The dividend is declared in the currency of the Republic of South Africa.

Dividend warrants will be posted from the offices of the transfer secretaries
in Kimberley or from the offices of the registrar in the United Kingdom on or
about Monday 3 August 1998, in terms of paragraphs 1 and 2 below.

1(a)  In the case of

(i)   shareholders with registered addresses in Europe (including the United 
      Kingdom), or

(ii)  shareholders who have mandated payments to addresses in Europe, or

(iii) shareholders who have requested payment in United Kingdom currency.

warrants will be posted from the United Kingdom and will be drawn in United
Kingdom currency converted at the rate of exchange applicable on Monday 29
June 1998 less appropriate taxes.

1(b)  Shareholders referred to in paragraph 1(a) above may, however, elect to
      be paid in South African Rands provided that any such request is
      received by the Company's South African transfer secretaries or its United
      Kingdom registrar on or before Friday 26 June 1998.

2. In the case of

(I)   shareholders whose registered addresses are elsewhere than in Europe 
      (including the United Kingdom), or

(ii)  shareholders who have mandated payments to addresses outside Europe, or

(iii) shareholders who have elected to be paid in South African Rands in 
      terms of paragraph 1(b) above,

the dividend will be paid from Kimberley in South African Rands.

Any change of address or dividend instruction involving a change of office of
payment to apply to this dividend must be received by the Company's transfer
secretaries/registrar on or before Friday 26 June 1998.  In this regard,
shareholders must, where necessary, have obtained the approval of the South
African exchange control authorities or any other exchange control authorities
having jurisdiction in respect thereof.

In respect of dividends payable from the offices of the United Kingdom
registrar on account of shareholders whose registered addresses are in the
United Kingdom and on account of other shareholders who have mandated payment
of their dividends to addresses in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom
registrar will deduct United Kingdom income tax at the applicable rate of 20
per cent, except where authority has been received from the Inspector of
Foreign Dividends to pay without such deduction.  In all other cases no United
Kingdom income tax will be deducted.

By order of the board
DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED
Secretaries

Per:  M J WARD

South African Transfer Secretaries:                      Registered Office:

De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited                     36 Stockdale Street
36 Stockdale Street                                          Kimberley 8301
Kimberley 8301                                                 South Africa
South Africa
(P O Box 616
Kimberley 8300)


United Kingdom Registrar:                                   London Office:

Computershare Services PLC                          19 Charterhouse Street
P O Box 82, Caxton House                                   London EC1N 6QP
Redcliffe Way
Bristol  BS99 7NH



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