Firesteel Resources Inc. announced that it has appointed Joe Ranford as Chief Operating Officer for Firesteel. Mr. Ranford will also assume the position of General Manager of the Laiva Mine. Mr. Ranford will be resident in Finland. Prior to joining the company, Joe was General Manager and Chief Technical Officer of Terramin Australia Limited. Joe is a Non-Executive Director of Resources and Engineering Skills Alliance (RESA) and a Founding board member of RESA Australia. The Laiva Mine is expected to start production in the third quarter of 2018. Joe's more than 25 years of extensive international mining engineering, consulting and operating experience will ensure that the mine returns to production as quickly as possible. He will also ensure that the approach to mining the deposit and processing the ore is driven by sound engineering and mining science.