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RDI - Rockwell Diamonds Incorporated - Board appointment
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: CA77434W1032
Share code on the TSX: RDI CUSIP Number: 77434W103
Share code on the OTCBB: RDIAF
("Rockwell")
ROCKWELL APPOINTS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
October 28, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. - Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the
"Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB: RDIAF) announces the appointment of
Graham Chamberlain as its Chief Operating Officer ("COO"), effective November
1, 2009.
Graham Chamberlain is a mining engineer with mineral resource and financial
skills and some 26 years of engineering, operational and management experience
in the mining industry. He was employed by the Anglo American Group of Companies
from 1982 to 2002 and, during this period, gained extensive experience in
various engineering fields pertaining to gold and base metal mining, primarily
in underground mines.
In 1999, he was seconded to Anglogold`s Corporate Office in the Mining
Department, specifically,, in the capacity of evaluating current capital
projects and setting up audit protocols for these projects. He also gained
experience in heading up pre-feasibility teams and being a team player in a full
feasibility study. Project management and financial skills were also acquired
during this period.
While with Anglo American, he also assumed various senior management positions,
including Manager Mining at Black Mountain base metal deposit, and demonstrated
a strong ability in terms of leadership, team development and successful project
and operations management, particularly in start-up operations. In addition,
he travelled abroad extensively to experience audit, safety and mining
procedures at Anglo`s overseas operations.
His most recent tenure was as Manager of Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations,
where he was responsible for the full spectrum of operational and corporate
management. While in this position he completed a successful turnaround in the
safety and operational culture, and showed the skill and experience to deal with
challenging industrial relations matters. Though the lack of new investment
capital put the Pamodzi operations into survival mode, the mine continued to
operate under his guidance in difficult financial conditions. He was a Director
of the subsidiary company Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations.
Graham completed a Higher Diploma in Mining Engineering in 1988 from Technicon
of the Witwatersrand and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, from the then
University of the Witwatersrand in 1998. Further to this, he has a Management
diploma from the University of South Africa (1993) and an Advanced Management
Diploma from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (2003).
President and CEO John Bristow stated "Graham`s mix of engineering, mineral
resource, and financial training, coupled with extensive operational experience
in the senior and mid-tier mining sector is ideally suited to strengthening
Rockwell`s management and operational team. His hands on management and
operational skills will provide Rockwell with additional capacity to supplement
the small and dynamic team already in place, and his appointment will add value
and assist in growing the company in the future.
The recruitment of a COO and recent addition of two experienced independent
Directors will stand Rockwell in great stead as it emerges from the challenges
of the economic recession and refocuses its strategy to become a world class
junior alluvial diamond miner. We look forward to Graham`s contribution to
Rockwell`s growth and consolidation plans over the next few years."
For further details on Rockwell Diamonds Inc., please visit the Company`s
website at ww.rockwelldiamonds.com or contact Investor Services at
(604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
John Bristow
President and CEO
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information
contained in this news release.
Johannesburg
28 October 2009
Sponsor
Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited)
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