Rockwell Diamonds is taking decisive action to improve the recovery of diamonds and turn its underperforming assets around, the company has announced.

James Campbell, who officially took office as president and CEO on June 1, 2011, said that Rockwell had invested significant time and effort in fully understanding its resources and noted that grades and diamond values were supported by production data. Campbell said the company sought to translate its resources into "efficient extraction."



The company has accelerated a number of projects to enhance the recovery of diamonds on existing operations as well as at the Tirisano diamond project, currently under development.



Rockwell also welcomed the appointment of James Campbell to the board of directors with immediate effect, as well as new chief operating officer Michael Stanley Hunt. Hunt will replace Graham Chamberlain who has agreed to take over as general manager at Tirisano and as director of Rockwell Diamonds Northwest.