FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Likly Bruce M	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
6/16/2014 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Scio Diamond Technology Corp [SCIO]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

C/O SCIO DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY CORP., 411 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, SUITE D	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

GREENVILLE, SC 29601       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	425500  	D  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Likly Bruce M
C/O SCIO DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY CORP.
411 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, SUITE D
GREENVILLE, SC 29601	X				

Signatures		
/s/ Corinne Lawson, Attorney-in-Fact		7/2/2014	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

      I, Bruce M. Likly, hereby authorize and designate each of Bernard M.

McPheely, Blake Cooper and Corinne Lawson signing singly, as my true and

lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1) prepare, execute in my name and on my behalf, and submit to the

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including

amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to

obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic

filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of

the SEC;

      (2) execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as a director of

Scio Diamond Technology Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and

regulations promulgated thereunder;

      (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, and

any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC,

any stock exchange or similar authority, and the NASDAQ Stock Market; and

      (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with

the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be to my

benefit, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood

that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant

to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms

and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's

discretion.

      I hereby further grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if

personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's

substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of

this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  I hereby

acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am

no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of

and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked

by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly

executed as of this 1st day of July, 2014.

/s/ Bruce M. Likly

Bruce M. Likly

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