Rockland Minerals Corp. announced the demise of Ernest D. Black, P.Eng, a revered member of the company's Senior Advisory team. He founded MPH Consulting Ltd. (mining, petroleum and hydrology) Toronto in 1967 a decade after beginning his exploration career in the southern Labrador Trough and Baffinland iron fields, working for Quebec Cartier Mining Company (US Steel) and Watts, Griffith and McOuat.