Dominion Diamond Corporation Announces Election of Directors

Dominion Diamond Corporation (TSX: DDC, NYSE: DDC) (the "Company") today announced that the nominees listed in the management information circular for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders were elected as directors of the Company at its Annual Meeting held on July 15^th, 2015. The results of the votes are as follows:

Nominee		Votes For		% of Votes For		Votes Withheld		% of Votes Withheld
Graham G. Clow		66,862,264		99.94		37,457		0.06
Robert A. Gannicott		65,508,648		97.92		1,391,073		2.08
Daniel Jarvis		65,985,625		98.63		914,096		1.37
Tom Kenny		66,872,806		99.96		26,915		0.04
Manuel Lino Silva de Sousa-Oliveira		66,050,638		98.73		848,690		1.27
Fiona Perrott-Humphrey		66,867,911		99.95		31,810		0.05
Chuck Strahl		66,804,551		99.86		94,777		0.14

About Dominion Diamond Corporation
Dominion Diamond Corporation is a Canadian diamond mining company with ownership interests in two major producing diamond mines. Both mines are located in the low political risk environment of the Northwest Territories in Canada.

The Company operates the Ekati Diamond Mine through its 88.9% ownership as well as a 65.3% ownership in the surrounding areas containing additional reserves and resources, and also owns 40% of the Diavik Diamond Mine. It supplies rough diamonds to the global market through its sorting and selling operations in Canada, Belgium and India and is the world's third largest producer of rough diamonds by value.

For more information, please visit www.ddcorp.ca

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Contacts:

Dominion Diamond Corporation
Mr. Richard Chetwode, +44 (0) 7720-970-762
Vice President, Corporate Development
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Ms. Kelley Stamm, [phone]
Manager, Investor Relations
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