FORMER Straits Resources Ltd general manager operations, Iain Scott (above), has been appointed to the board of Precious Metals Australia Ltd, as managing director. Dr Scott will spearhead an expanding management team focused on completion of the financing and development of PMA’s 90 per cent-owned Windimurra Vanadium Project in Western Australia. Dr Scott spent 18 years in the mineral sands industry and is a leader in synthetic rutile production technology, a process similar to vanadium extraction. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the minerals processing industry, holds a PhD in mineral processing and a first-class honours degree in metallurgy. Dr Scott will replace long serving PMA managing director and founder, Roderick Smith.