Noront Resources Ltd. announced that John Pollesel, Senior Vice President, Mining at Finning Canada has been appointed to the company's Board of directors. Mr. Pollesel has over 25 years of mining, operations and finance experience. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and Director of Base Metals Operations for Vale's North Atlantic Operations, with responsibility for Sudbury, Voisey's Bay and Manitoba operations along with other mining and metallurgical assets. Prior to that, he was Vice President and General Manager for Vale's Ontario Operations. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Compania Minera Antamina in Peru, where he was responsible for executive management at copper/zinc mining and milling operations.