Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Rockwell Diamonds has in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016, registered a loss of 5.5 million Canadian dollars, against a loss of 10.5 million Canadian dollars in the previous quarter. The company reduced losses due to litigation and due to the suspension of mining operations in South Africa.
The Rockwell said that its revenue fell by 65% compared with the same period last year, to 2.4 million Canadian dollars, due to the delay in the development of the mine Vouterspen (Wouterspan) against the background of the judgment.
A former contractor miners, C-Rock Mining (CML) , November 7th through the court suspended the company ownership of projects Vouterspen, Saksendrift (Saxendrift), complex Saksendrift Hill (Saxendrift Hill), Niveyarskraal (Niewejaarskraal), project Remhugte / Holsloot (Remhoogte / Holsloot) .
However, the court rejected the petition on December 6 the CML, returning the assets of Rockwell. The diamond mining company said that with the return to the concessions she discovered damage to or destruction of property, that is, in her opinion, a deliberate act of sabotage. Currently, the company carries out repairs of equipment, which is likely to be completed at the end of this month.
At the same time, total revenue Rockwell fell by 51% year on year to 3.5 million Canadian dollars.
CEO Tyart Willems (Tjaart Willemse) noted that the approval of $ 8 million cost of the financing plan will help lay the foundation on which the company will return to profitability, to pay the debt and start to bring real income to its shareholders.
"It was a tough quarter, but I am confident that we have managed to make a U-turn in our path to profitability", - he said.
Willems also said that production growth has been slower than expected, mainly as a result of unexpected problems with excavation equipment as a result of sabotage.
He also said that the company has entered into an agreement to sell its non-core mines Remhugte / Holsloot Saksendrift and a reasonable monetary compensation.
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