Crystallex Completes Private Placement of Warrants

Crystallex International Corporation completed two private placements. The first involved a private placement of special warrants with a U.S. accredited investor for total proceeds of US$10 million and closed on August 29, 2003. The second, a private placement of special warrants for total proceeds of US$28 million, was sold on a best efforts basis by Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited, as lead agent, and by Orion Securities Inc., and closed on September 8.

Crystallex was represented in Canada, by Sean Farrell, Steve Vaughan, Pollyanna Lord, Ted Kelterborn and Shendra Matijasich of McMillan Binch LLP; and in the U.S., by Larry Koltun and Paul Economon of Koltun & King, P.C., in Washington, D.C.

The investor for the first tranche was represented in Canada, by Tim Heeney and Meredith Roth of Goodmans LLP; and in the U.S., by Eleazer Klein and Stacy Cooper of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York.

The agents for the second tranche were represented in Canada, by Jay Kellerman, Robert Mason and Trent Mell of Stikeman Elliott LLP; and in the U.S., by Chris Barry, Ken Sam and Chris Doerkson of Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Seattle.