October 28, 2009
Rockwell Appoints Chief Operating Officer

October 28, 2009, Vancouver, B.C.

Graham Chamberlain is a mining engineer with mineral resource and financial skills and some 26 years of engineering, operational and management experience in the mining industry. He was employed by the Anglo American Group of Companies from 1982 to 2002 and, during this period, gained extensive experience in various engineering fields pertaining to gold and base metal mining, primarily in underground mines.

In 1999, he was seconded to Anglogold's Corporate Office in the Mining Department, specifically,, in the capacity of evaluating current capital projects and setting up audit protocols for these projects. He also gained experience in heading up pre-feasibility teams and being a team player in a full feasibility study. Project management and financial skills were also acquired during this period.

While with Anglo American, he also assumed various senior management positions, including Manager Mining at Black Mountain base metal deposit, and demonstrated a strong ability in terms of leadership, team development and successful project and operations management, particularly in start-up operations. In addition, he travelled abroad extensively to experience audit, safety and mining procedures at Anglo's overseas operations.

His most recent tenure was as Manager of Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations, where he was responsible for the full spectrum of operational and corporate management. While in this position he completed a successful turnaround in the safety and operational culture, and showed the skill and experience to deal with challenging industrial relations matters. Though the lack of new investment capital put the Pamodzi operations into survival mode, the mine continued to operate under his guidance in difficult financial conditions. He was a Director of the subsidiary company Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations.

Graham completed a Higher Diploma in Mining Engineering in 1988 from Technicon of the Witwatersrand and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, from the then University of the Witwatersrand in 1998. Further to this, he has a Management diploma from the University of South Africa (1993) and an Advanced Management Diploma from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (2003).

President and CEO John Bristow stated "Graham's mix of engineering, mineral resource, and financial training, coupled with extensive operational experience in the senior and mid-tier mining sector is ideally suited to strengthening Rockwell's management and operational team. His hands on management and operational skills will provide Rockwell with additional capacity to supplement the small and dynamic team already in place, and his appointment will add value and assist in growing the company in the future.

The recruitment of a COO and recent addition of two experienced independent Directors will stand Rockwell in great stead as it emerges from the challenges of the economic recession and refocuses its strategy to become a world class junior alluvial diamond miner. We look forward to Graham's contribution to Rockwell's growth and consolidation plans over the next few years."

For further details on Rockwell Diamonds Inc., please visit the Company's website at ww.rockwelldiamonds.com or contact Investor Services at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.

John Bristow
President and CEO