Black Range Minerals has appointed Alan Scott to the position of non-executive chairman and Tim Flavel as company secretary. Mr Scott is currently managing director and chief executive of HiTec Energy and was formerly managing director and chief executive of Aurora Gold. Prior to this, Mr Scott spent 22 years working with Rio Tinto and CRA, with involvement in joint venture management, finance, acquisitions and divestments, commercial negotiations and project engineering. He is a qualified accountant and spent 13 years working with Coopers & Lybrand in Sydney, Montreal, London and Wollongong before moving into the mining industry.Mr Flavel is a qualified chartered accountant and company secretary, with more than 18 years’ experience in the mining industry and accounting profession both in Australia and overseas.