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October 7, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (“Rockwell” or the “Company”) (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB: RDIAF) announces the appointment of two new independent Directors.

Rockwell is pleased to announce that it has appointed independent Directors Mr. Richard Linnell and Dr. Willem Jacobs to its board effective September 31, 2009. They replace Mr. Terry Janes and Mr. Gregory Radke who resigned from the Rockwell Board in June 2009.
Richard Linnell has been active in the mineral resources business for nearly 40 years and has significant experience in the international and South African resources and commodities business. He joined Middelburg Steel & Alloys as Marketing Manager for the Stainless Steel division in 1985 and was subsequently involved in the establishment of the Columbus Stainless Steel Project. Thereafter, he became General Manager of the Manganese Division of Samancor, a joint venture between the then Billiton Plc and the Anglo American Corporation. Samancor held a dominant global position in the manganese and chrome markets. He subsequently moved on to head Billiton Plc's Exploration and Development activities within Africa, and gained considerable experience in Guinea, Mauritania, Sudan, Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and South Africa.

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