Rockwell Diamonds Inc. has announced that its Saxendrift mine produced 373 carats on August 2, 2011 – representing approximately half of the mine's budgeted monthly production in a single day. This is not only a record at the mine, but the highest daily production ever achieved within Rockwell's five-year operating history. Among the diamonds recovered were four large stones weighing 180, 94, 43 and 34 carats.



"Rockwell's competitive advantage in the diamond world is the regular production of large high quality diamonds and although recoveries such as recently experienced at Saxendrift are rare they enhance the profitability of our mine," explained president and CEO James Campbell.



In other news, Rockwell has also announced that the last outstanding conditions for the completion of the Tirisano acquisition have been fulfilled. Rockwell can now take ownership of the diamond mining rights at Tirisano and bring the first two streams (production lines) of the newly built processing plant into commercial production which is planned for the end of the third quarter.