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Rockwell Diamonds issues warrants to Ascot Diamonds Proprietary Limited and Emerald Holdings Limited

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Rockwell Diamonds issues warrants to Ascot Diamonds Proprietary Limited and Emerald Holdings Limited

Rockwell Diamonds issues warrants to Ascot Diamonds Proprietary Limited and Emerald Holdings Limited

Canada NewsWire

VANCOUVER, Dec. 24, 2015 /CNW/ - Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI) announces that further to the previously announced restructuring of debt owed by the Company to Ascot Diamonds Proprietary Limited ("Ascot") and Emerald Holdings Ltd. ("Emerald"), and further to shareholder approval for, among other things, the issuance by Rockwell of up to 31,783,651 common share purchase warrants ("Warrants"), the Company has issued 18,952,316 Warrants to Ascot and 2,362,924 Warrants to Emerald at an exercise price of $0.20.

For further information on Rockwell and its operations in South Africa, please contact

James Campbell                  

CEO                                              

+27 (0)83 457 3724

Stéphanie Leclercq              

Investor Relations                           

+27 (0)83 307 7587

David Tosi                           

PSG Capital – JSE Sponsor            

+27 (0)21 887 9602

About Rockwell Diamonds:

Rockwell is engaged in the business of operating and developing alluvial diamond deposits, with a goal to become a mid-tier diamond production company. The Company's flagship mine is the Saxendrift Mine, in the Middle Orange River. It has recently built two new internally funded mines in the Middle Orange river region, namely the Saxendrift Hill Complex and the Niewejaarskraal Mine which are both in production. Rockwell also has a development project and a pipeline of earlier stage properties with future development potential. The operations are based on high throughput processing capability and Saxendrift has among the lowest unit costs in the industry as a result of implementing fit for purpose technologies.

The Company is known for producing large, high quality gemstone comprising a major portion of its diamond recoveries that is enhanced through a beneficiation joint venture that enables it to participate in the profits on the sale of the polished diamonds.

Rockwell also evaluates merger and acquisition opportunities which have the potential to expand its mineral resources and production profile and to provide accretive value to the Company.

No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.

Forward Looking Statements
Except for statements of historical fact, this news release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law. Forward-looking information is frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. 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.

SOURCE Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

on Rockwell, Investors should review Rockwell's home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.Copyright CNW Group 2015



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