Rockwell Recovers Large Stones from Holpan and Saxendrift

Rockwell Recovers Large Stones from Holpan and Saxendrift

Wed Jan 13 08:30:00 2010
EST
VANCOUVER, Jan 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ --
Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB:
RDIAF) reports that it has recovered several large stones - plus-50 carats in size
- from the Saxendrift and Holpan mining operations.
Some of these large diamonds were produced prior to the short break for the
holiday season, and others were recovered since operational start-up on January
8, 2010. They are:


- 52.40 carat clean light fancy yellow diamond from Holpan;

- 60.52 carat light yellow octahedral diamond from Saxendrift;

- 74.99 carat clean white irregular blocky stone from Saxendrift;

- 54.23 carat light yellow broken macle stone with inclusions from
Saxendrift; and

- 60.51 light yellow rounded flat stone with oxide coating and minor
inclusions from Saxendrift.


The stones are being cleaned to ensure that their proper characteristics,
including colour and clarity, are apparent for valuation by the Company's diamond
experts.The Saxendrift mine is located adjacent to the Middle Orange River approximately
160 kilometers southwest of Kimberley, and the Holpan mine is located approximately
40 kilometers north of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The four diamonds recovered at Saxendrift were mined from basal gravel and Rooikoppie
deposits, whereas the Holpan stone was likely mined from paleochannel deposits.President and CEO John
Bristow stated "Our Saxendrift mine continues to impress
with its regular yield of large and exceptional stones, highlighting the remarkable
geological setting of this, and other, Middle Orange River deposits. This is also
the setting for the Wouterspan deposit and reinforces our decision to implement
the planning and re-commissioning of operations there which yields a similar diamond
population. Aside from heavy rain at Holpan and Klipdam on the 7th and 8th of January
which impacted processing and earth moving operations, we are pleased to report
a smooth start-up in 2010. Our management and operations team are fully focused
on ensuring a year of good production and growth for Rockwell."

John Bristow
President and CEO


No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained
in this news release.Forward Looking StatementsThis release includes certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking
statements". Other than statements of historical fact all statements in this release
that address future production, reserve or resource potential, exploration drilling,
exploitation activities and events or developments that each Company expects are
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed
in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements
are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, changes in and the
effect of government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration
and exploitation, availability of capital and financing, geopolitical uncertainty
and political and economic instability, and general economic, and market or business
conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees
of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on
Rockwell, Investors should review Rockwell's annual Form 20-F filing with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commissionwww.sec.comand the Company's home jurisdiction
filings that are available atwww.sedar.com.SOURCE Rockwell Diamonds Inc.Copyright (C) 2010 PR Newswire.
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