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Rockwell welcomes African Renaissance as its BEE partner for its Middle Orange Operations
Rockwell Diamonds Inc.
(A company incorporated in accordance with the laws of British Columbia, Canada)
(Incorporation number BCO354545)
(Formerly Rockwell Ventures Inc.)
(South African registration number: 2007/031582/10)
Share code on the JSE Limited: RDI
ISIN: CA77434W2022
Share code on the TSXV: RDI
CUSIP Number: 77434W103
ROCKWELL WELCOMES AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AS ITS BEE PARTNER FOR ITS MIDDLE ORANGE
OPERATIONS
February 03, 2014 Vancouver, BC – Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE:
RDI) announced that it had reached agreement with African Renaissance Holdings Limited (“ARH”) as its new 1
black institutional investor who will acquire a 30% equity stake in the Company’s Middle Orange operations (1) , as
its black economic empowerment (“BEE”) partner as required by South African Law.
Subsequent to the announcement during early December 2013, ARH has fulfilled most of the conditions
precedent and has already supported the Company in relevant matters.
ARH was established early in 1994 to champion active participation and ownership by black South Africans in
strategic economic sectors. Following a restructuring of its shareholder constellation, ARH currently chaired by
Bobby Makwetla, will pursue its successful investment track record in both listed and unlisted entities in sectors
including telecommunications, mining, diamonds and related services.
“Following an exhaustive process to identify a new partner who shared our approach and vision and wanted to
work with us to deliver on our objectives, we identified ARH who has an established track record in value creating
BEE transactions. We are excited about this new partnership and confident that together this transaction will add
significant value to our business going forward,” said James Campbell, CEO, Rockwell. “Rockwell has always
been committed to participating in the economic transformation in South Africa. We consider the finalization of this
strategic partnership as an important milestone in our voyage towards building a leading value-focused African
diamond business with a strong social license to operate in partnership with all our stakeholders. Further
contributing to this was our recent achievement of 1,000,000 hours of lost time injury free operations across the
1)Northern Cape operations comprise the Saxendrift, Saxendrift Hill Complex, Saxendrift Extension and Niewejaarskraal mines
as well as the Wouterspan project, among others.
whole group in mid January. This is the first time that we have achieved this landmark at a company-wide level
since mid 2012, demonstrating the strength of our safety practices.”
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 Sponsor – PSG Capital +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 has two operational mines, which it is
progressively optimising, as well as a third mine which will come into production in the first quarter of 2014.
Rockwell also has two development projects and a pipeline of earlier stage properties with future development
potential. The operations are based on high throughput processing capability and Saxendrift, the flagship mine
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 gem stone diamonds comprising a major portion of its
diamond recoveries and has 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 would 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.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include uncertainties and
costs related to exploration and development activities, such as those related to determining whether mineral resources exist
on a property; uncertainties related to expected production rates, timing of production and cash and total costs of production
and milling; uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary licenses, permits, electricity, surface rights and title for
development projects; operating and technical difficulties in connection with mining development activities; uncertainties
related to the accuracy of our mineral resource estimates and our estimates of future production and future cash and total
costs of production and diminishing quantities or grades of mineral resources; uncertainties related to unexpected judicial or
regulatory procedures or changes in, and the effects of, the laws, regulations and government policies affecting our mining
operations; changes in general economic conditions, the financial markets and the demand and market price for mineral
commodities such and diesel fuel, steel, concrete, electricity, and other forms of energy, mining equipment, and fluctuations in
exchange rates, particularly with respect to the value of the US dollar, Canadian dollar and South African Rand; changes in
accounting policies and methods that we use to report our financial condition, including uncertainties associated with critical
accounting assumptions and estimates; environmental issues and liabilities associated with mining and processing;
geopolitical uncertainty and political and economic instability in countries in which we operate; and labour strikes, work
stoppages, or other interruptions to, or difficulties in, the employment of labour in markets in which we operate our mines, or
environmental hazards, industrial accidents or other events or occurrences, including third party interference that interrupt
operation of our mines or development projects.
For further information on Rockwell, Investors should review Rockwell's home jurisdiction filings that are available at
www.sedar.com.
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