Rockland Resources Ltd. appointed volcanologist Dr. M. Bursik to the advisory board. Dr. Bursik has worked extensively on the Company's Utah projects where his knowledge and expertise in volcanology are particularly beneficial. Dr. Bursik is professor emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University at Buffalo (UB), SUNY.

He received his BA (summa cum laude) in geology from Fresno State University, his MS in geophysics and his PhD in geology from Caltech in volcanic and tectonic geology. After an NSF-NATO post-doctoral position at the University of Cambridge and a National Research Council post-doc at NASA'sJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), he continued to work on volcanoes and tectonics at UB. Dr. Bursik has authored over 120 refereed journal articles, book chapters, etc., and is a Life Member of the scholarly society for the study of volcanoes, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior.