ROCKWELL DIAMONDS INCORPORATED - Rockwell Announces Voting Results Of The Annual General And Special Meeting Of Shareholders

Rockwell Announces Voting Results Of The Annual General And Special Meeting Of Shareholders

ROCKWELL DIAMONDS INCORPORATED
(A company incorporated in accordance with the laws of British Columbia, Canada)
(Incorporation number BC0354545)
(Formerly Rockwell Ventures Inc.)
(South African Registration number 2007/031582/10)
Share Code on the JSE Limited: RDI
ISIN: CA77434W2022
Share code on NEX: RDI.H
CUSIP Number: 7743W103
(“Rockwell”)


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ROCKWELL ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
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October 3, 2017, Toronto, ON – Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (“Rockwell” or the “Company”) (NEX: RDI.H; JSE: RDI) is
pleased to announce that all the resolutions put forward in the Company’s Notice of Meeting and Management
Information Circular, both dated August 29, 2017, were passed by the shareholders at the annual general and special
meeting held in Toronto today.


Votes representing 18,585,038 shares (33.80% of the issued and outstanding shares at the record date) were cast.


Shareholders voted in favour of setting the number of directors at four (4) and elected all incumbent directors.
The ballot votes submitted for each director were as follows:


           DIRECTOR                            VOTES FOR                            VOTES WITHHELD

                                              12,538,920     74.73 %               4,239,999    25.27 %
         Mark Bristow

                                              12,537,810     74.72 %               4,241,109     25.28 %
         Willem Jacobs

                                              12,772,810     76.12 %               4,006,109     23.88 %
         Johan van’t Hof

                                              12,767,810     76.09 %               4,011,109    23.91 %
         Oupa Sekhukhune
Shareholders voted in favour of PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as auditor of the Company.


The resolution to approve the Company’s 2017 Share Option Plan, as set out in the Notice of Meeting and Management
Information Circular was approved. The ballot votes submitted were as follows:


             RESOLUTION                          VOTES FOR                           VOTES AGAINST

                                                 12,757,200    76.03 %                4,021,719    23.97 %
         2017 Share Option Plan


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

Mark Bristow                      Chairman                                +44 7880711386

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 and provide
accretive value to the Company.

Rockwell has set a strategic goal to become a mid-tier diamond production company with specific focus on the Middle
Orange River region in South Africa.

As at the date of this document, Rockwell’s subsidiary in South Africa (Rockwell Resources RSA Pty Limited) and its
two subsidiaries (HC van Wyk Diamonds Limited and Saxendrift Mine Pty Limited) had again been placed in provisional
liquidation and the mandate of the Business Rescue Practitioners terminated.

Rockwell’s common shares trade on NEX under the symbol “RDI.H” and on the JSE Ltd under the symbol “RDI”. Trading
of Rockwell’s shares remains suspended at the request of the Company.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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 forwar d-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 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 as 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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