Experienced mining engineer Graham Stacey whas been hired as project manager.

He has two decades' experience, spending eight years with Anglo American in the coal and platinum operations and project division.

As well as working with a number of other large mining companies, he spent four years at mining industry consultancy Venmyn Rand, was COO and director at Chromex Mining, and was head of projects at Keaton Energy.

Keras also chose Togo-based Carriere Mines Travaux Public as the turn-key mining and logistics contractor and awarded the bulk sampling plant contract to Johannesburg-based Appropriate Process Technologies.