Stornoway Diamond Corporation announced the appointment of Mr. Douglas Silver to the Corporation's Board of Directors. Mr. Silver is a highly regarded mining and investment executive with more than 30 years of experience in the international mining industry. He is currently a portfolio manager of Orion Mine Finance, and joins the Stornoway board as a nominee of Orion following the recent closing of Stornoway's CAD 946 million comprehensive financing package for the Renard Diamond Project.

Mr. Silver was the founder, CEO and Chairman of International Royalty Company, until its sale to Royal Gold Inc. in 2010.