Alan Coutts was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Noront on October 1, 2013. He has more than 25 years of domestic and international experience in mining exploration, feasibility, construction and production across a broad range of commodities. Most recently, Mr. Coutts was with Xstrata Nickel as Managing Director, Australasia. based in Perth, Australia and prior to that was General Manager, at Xstrata’s Brunswick Mine in Canada. He previously was with Falconbridge where he held a variety of roles including General Manager, Chief Geologist and Regional Exploration Manager. Mr. Coutts has an Honours degree in Geology from the University of Alberta and Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo) status in the province of Ontario.
