Noront Resources Ltd. announced that Mr. Gregory Honig, Director of Origination, Canada for Resource Capital Funds, has been appointed to Noront’s Board of Directors in place of Sybil Veenman who will be stepping down as RCF’s appointee on the Board. Mr. Honig has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry with extensive capital markets, M&A, and corporate development experience. Prior to joining RCF, Gregory worked for Xstrata Nickel as Director - Business Development and for Orion Securities as Senior Analyst - Mining Investment Banking. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of First Drilling LLC and received his ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.