Rainy Mountain Royalty Corp. announced that it has appointed Robert Middleton, P.Eng., as the company's VP, Explorations. Mr. Middleton's contributions to developing Ontario's mineral wealth are not insignificant.

In 1979, he led the Rosario Resources team that discovered the Bell Creek Mine in Timmins, Ontario and, in 1982, he played a role in drilling the discovery hole at the Goliath Mine in Hemlo, Ontario. He is also credited with discovering the Cross Lake zinc deposit near Timmins, Ontario in 1997 and conducted exploration in the Nipigon Plate that led to the discovery of the Seagull PGE deposits.