Rockland Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Dr. Tom McCandless to its Board of Directors and Mackenzie (Mac) Watson to the Advisory Board. Dr. McCandless has over 40 years of experience in mineral discovery and development over a broad range of commodities including lithium, uranium, gold, base metals, PGE, and geothermal energy. Most recently he served as Vice President of Exploration for Mountain Province Diamonds, overseeing exploration of their joint venture share at the world-class Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine, and for their Kennady North Project surrounding the mine.

Since 2008 he is the President of MCC Geoscience Inc. and has consulted for grassroots exploration through to operating mines located in North and South America, Africa, and Europe. He is also a registered professional geoscientist (BC, NT/NU) and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta and University of Arizona. Mr. Watson, B.Sc., P.Eng., has over 50 years of experience in exploration, finance, development, and operations in the mining industry.

Mr. Watson has spent his career in the junior mining sector, notably serving as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lynx Canada Exploration Ltd. until 1985, then as CEO for Freewest Resources Inc. until its acquisition by Noranda in 1994. He then served as CEO of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. until its acquisition by Cliffs Natural Resources in 2010. Mac is the first person to receive the Bill Dennis Award for a Canadian Discovery and/or prospecting success twice: first in 1991 for numerous discoveries, and again in 2009 as part of the team responsible for chromite discoveries in the Ring of Fire.

He also holds the Quebec Prospector of the Year Award in 1992 for his participation in the discovery of the Pusticamica and Verneuil gold deposits in Quebec. In January 2015, Mr. Watson was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.