Rockwell Diamonds Inc. announced that James Campbell, the Chief Executive Officer, has tendered his resignation and in an unrelated development, that Stephen Dietrich and Rick Menell have also tendered their resignations as directors. James Campbell has tendered his resignation and agreed on a structured handover before leaving at the end of November 2016 as per his employment contract. He will also remain a director of the company, working closely with the board and the newly appointed Executive Officer Tjaart Willemse.

Tjaart will assume chief executive authority for day to day operations and plant completion, reporting to the Chairman of the board. Tjaart is a mining engineer by profession with 25 years of senior operational, production and executive management experience, particularly in operating plants in the diamond industry with De Beers in South Africa. Tjaart will also work with the board to continue the review of the company's management structures and operating plans going forward.

As part of this review, the board structure will also change to accommodate the resignation of two non-executive directors: Stephen Dietrich for personal health reasons and Rick Menell for reasons relating to his already demanding schedule. They will be replaced by the appointment of Richard Mhlontlo who will represent Rockwell's Black Economic Empowerment ('BEE') shareholder. Richard was previously the Group Human Resource and Industrial Relations Manager for Rockwell.