VANCOUVER, June 4 /CNW/ - John Bristow, CEO, one of the Executive

Directors of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB: RDIAF)

retracts recent comments made by him to Allan Seccombe Managing Editor of

mining website Miningmx and in a podcast carried by fin24.com. These comments

downplayed management's concerns about the delayed release of audited results

and the reasons for such delay.

Executive management, together with the directors, is taking the ongoing

issue of the internal control breakdown very seriously and is taking steps to

correct the matter. Executive management will be seeking to recruit additional

senior accounting personnel, a shortage of which management believes lies at

the heart of the problem. No implication to the contrary was intended in the

Miningmx and fin24.com interviews.

The Executive Directors have established a purpose-specific web site

www.executivedirectorsrockwell.com where information is available for all

shareholders relating to the issues concerning the Special Meeting. This site

will be updated regularly and kept current leading up to the Special Meeting

on June 17, 2009.

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Contact:

The Laurel Hill Advisory Group by email at rockwellinfo@laurelhillag.com

or by phone at:

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The comments by the Executive Directors in this news release and on the

website are solely their own and not of any other director. For general

information about Rockwell please visit its own website at

www.rockwelldiamonds.com or contact Investor Services at (604) 684-6365 or

within North America at 1-800-667-2114. Investor Services deals with Company

information and is not authorized to discuss matters or answer questions

relating the contested special shareholders meeting. Questions relating to the

Executive's Director's positions in respect of the Meeting should be directed

to Laurel Hill Advisory Group as per above.

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No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information

contained in this news release.

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/For further information: The Laurel Hill Advisory Group by email at

rockwellinfo@laurelhillag.com or by phone at: North America, Toll free

1-888-882-6737; Europe, Toll free 00-800-8655-1111; South Africa, Toll free

0-800-982-179; Or Collect (416) 637-4661/