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ROCKWELL DIAMONDS INCORPORATED - Rockwell Provides Third Update Regarding Three Subsidiaries In Kimberley, South Africa

Release Date: 02/05/2017 14:00
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Rockwell Provides Third Update Regarding Three Subsidiaries In Kimberley, South Africa

ROCKWELL DIAMONDS INCORPORATED
(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: 7743W103

Rockwell provides third update regarding three subsidiaries in Kimberley, South Africa.

May 2, 2017, Vancouver, BC -- Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX:RDI; JSE:RDI) provides
an update to the interim liquidation orders brought by C-Rock Mining Limited (‘’CML’’) against three subsidiaries of the
Company issued by a judge in Kimberley South Africa on March 23, 2017. The interim orders, which have yet to be
confirmed in a final hearing which will include adjudication of the merits of the application and which has not happened
to date, include Rockwell Resources RSA (Pty) Ltd (Rockwell RSA), HC van Wyk Diamonds Ltd (HC van Wyk) and
Saxendrift Mine (Pty) Ltd (Saxendrift). Interim liquidators have been appointed by the Master of the High Court, in
accordance with requisitions by the major creditors, but their powers have now been suspended in view of further filings
by the Company regarding business rescue. Accordingly, they all remain under the operating control of the Company.

In that respect, the Company confirms that the Wouterspan plant is now in the ramp up stage after commissioning. Last
week, one of the diamonds recovered was a 60 carat stone which sold for USD $8,000 per carat.

The Company appeared before Judge CC Williams again on Wednesday, April 26 in the Kimberley High Court. The
only issue at hand in the hearing was the application by the Company to bring the June 22 hearing date forward to as
early as possible, in order to have the merits of the Company’s liquidation application rebuttals adjudicated. These
rebuttals were outlined in the Company’s press release of April 12, 2017.

Judge Williams made it clear that urgency was no longer a consideration, in view of the business rescue filings, and
that the hearing date remains June 22, 2017. The business rescue hearings are currently scheduled for May 12, 2017.

While the judgement is not what the Company sought, Judge Williams reaffirmed the principle that business rescue
suspends both the powers of the provisional liquidators and the liquidation process, effectively allowing the Company ’s
subsidiaries to carry on business. On this basis, there is no pressing practical need to bring the final hearing date in the
liquidation proceedings forward.

For further information on Rockwell and its operations in South Africa, please contact
Tjaart Willemse                  Chief Executive Officer               +27 (0)83 407 1063

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. The Company also
evaluates consolidation opportunities that have the potential to expand its mineral resources and production
profile and provide accretive value to the Company.

Rockwell is known for producing large, high quality gemstones comprising a major portion of its diamond
recoveries. This is enhanced through a beneficiation joint venture that enables Rockwell to participate in t he
profits on the sale of the polished and certain re-traded diamonds, which are not beneficiated.

Rockwell has set a strategic goal to become a mid-tier diamond production company. In pursuit of this goal the
Company has embarked on a strategy to grow its Middle Orange River (“MOR”) operational base and minimise
production and recovery volatility by setting a medium term target to process 500,000m 3 of gravels per month from
its MOR operations.

Rockwell’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited under the symbol “RDI”.

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 the transaction and the ability of each party to satisfy the conditions precedent in a timely manner or at all,
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 develop ment
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 gen eral
economic conditions, the financial markets and the demand and market price for mineral commodities         such as diesel fuel, steel,
concrete, electricity, and other forms of energy, mining equipment, and fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly with r espect
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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