Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited announced that Mr. Grant Magano the current Mine Manager of Styldrift, will be appointed as the Executive lead to head the new Implats subsidiary, Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited with effect from 1 September 2023. Mr. Magano will report directly to the Implats Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Patrick Morutlwa. In addition, Mr. Chris Setuke has been appointed Mine Manager for the Styldrift mine.

Mr. Magano, 49, moves from his current position as Mine Manager at Styldrift. Originally an Implats bursary student at Impala Platinum Limited (Impala), he graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal as an electrical engineer and thereafter worked at Impala for 13 years. Mr. Setuke, 38, will move from his current position as Operations Manager of the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine to take up the Styldrift Mine Manager role.

He completed his B-Tech Mining Engineering degree at the University of the Johannesburg and was honoured by the University of Johannesburg (school of Mines) in 2014 for being the youngest impactful mining alumni within the South African underground platinum mining sector.