Rogue Iron Ore Corp. announced the appointment of Ronald Mariani, mineral processing engineer, as vice president of operations. Mr. Mariani is an iron ore specialist with 32 years of experience in the iron ore industry having worked with all Cleveland Cliffs iron mining operations in North America. In addition to his industry operations experience, Ron has also worked recently with mining companies in North America and Europe as a consultant participating in or facilitating feasibility and scoping studies, process improvement initiatives and operational reviews. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Ron was assistant general manager of Cliffs Michigan Mining. Prior to assuming the role of assistant general manager of Cliffs Michigan Operations, Ron was a senior staff engineer for Cliffs Research group during which time he participated in a number of due diligence studies of prospective iron ore investments for the company in North and South America and Australia.