Avenira Limited announce the appointment of Dr. Christopher Pointon as an independent non-executive director of Avenira. Dr. Pointon, who is based in the United Kingdom, is a respected mining executive with deep public company board and operational management experience. Dr. Pointon trained as a geologist and has over 35 years experience in the resources business, initially with Rio Tinto and subsequently with Royal Dutch/Shell, Gencor, Billiton and BHP Billiton.