OUR TEAM

Black Iron's Management and Board of Directors have a track record of success in the iron and steel industry as well as strong support from the Ukraine government.

Storage of drill core from Black Iron’s Shymanivske iron ore deposit .
Standing on pastureland atop Black Iron’s Shymanivske iron ore deposit.
Chairman

Dave Porter

Former VP for Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada and COO of Algoma Steel.
CEO

Matt Simpson

Former General Manager, Mining for Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada; Worked for Hatch designing global metallurgical refineries.
Director

Pierre Pettigrew

Former Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Director

John Detmold

Chairman & Founder of Invecture Group, S.A. de C.V. which owns Frontera Copper Corporation.
Director

Zenon Potoczny

President of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce & VP Operations for Ukrainian World Congress.