The Audit Committee of the Board will ensure that the lead audit partner and the audit review partner be rotated every five (5) years as is required by SEC and NASDAQ rules.

Annual retainer for Audit Committee Chair: $165,000

Additional retainer for Audit Committee chair: $20,000

“Annual Director’s Fee” shall mean # the annual retainer fee payable to a Director, which fee may be modified from time to time, and which shall include all Director compensation, including attendance at Board and committee meetings (the “Annual Retainer”) and # any amounts paid in connection with service as a chairperson of any committee (the “Chairperson Retainer”). The Specified Percentage of the Annual Retainer shall be provided in the form of Deferred Stock Units as provided in Section 4(a) of the Plan, with the remainder of the Annual Retainer to be provided in cash, which may be deferred and converted into additional Deferred Stock Units pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Plan. Any Chairperson Retainer shall be provided in cash and may be deferred and converted into additional Deferred Stock Units pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Plan.

The fees that will be paid to our non-employee directors for service on the Board, and for service on each committee of the Board on which the director is then a member, and the fees that will be paid to the chairperson of each committee of the Board will be as follows:

Chairman of the Audit Committee: additional $15,000 annually paid in cash.

On occasion, short-term ad hoc committees may be formed by the Board to address particular oversight needs. In the event that an ad-hoc committee is formed by the Board, the committee chairperson shall be paid a quarterly retainer of $2,000 and each other committee member shall be paid a quarterly retainer of $1,000, payable in each case at the end of each fiscal quarter during which the ad hoc committee existed.

To Ensure the Integrity of Financial Information. The Audit Committee of the Board evaluates the integrity of Scio Diamond’s accounting and financial reporting systems, including the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements by the independent auditors, and that appropriate disclosure controls and procedures and systems of internal control are in place. The Audit Committee reports to the Board on a regular basis and the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, takes the actions that are necessary to ensure the integrity of Scio Diamond’s accounting and financial reporting systems and that such controls are in place in accordance with SEC and NASDAQ requirements.

Chairperson of the Board

James P. Girard, Chairperson