VANCOUVER, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI; OTCBB: RDIAF) advises shareholders that earnings and headline per share for the nine month period ending November 30, 2008 are expected to show an estimated earnings of approximately Canadian $0.01 per share. Basic and fully diluted per share figures will be included in the definitive statements.

The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company's auditors. The unaudited results for the period ended November 30, 2008 are expected to be published on or about January 14, 2009.

The Company will host a telephone conference call on Thursday, January 15 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Pacific; 5:00 p.m. Johannesburg) to discuss these results. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (877) 857-6173, or (719) 325-4788 internationally. A live and archived audio webcast will also be available on the Company's website at www.rockwelldiamonds.com.

The conference call will be archived for later playback until midnight, Thursday, January 22, 2009 and can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 in Canada and the United States, or (719) 457-0820 and using the passcode 7449151.

    John Bristow
    President and CEO

     No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information
                       contained in this news release.


                         Forward Looking Statements

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". Other than statements of historical fact all statements in this release that address future production, reserve or resource potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that each Company expects are forward-looking statements. 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 forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, changes in and the effect of government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, availability of capital and financing, geopolitical uncertainty and political and economic instability, and general economic, and market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Rockwell, Investors should review Rockwell's annual Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.com and the Company's home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

SOURCE Rockwell Diamonds Inc.