About us

Blacc is one of the emerging multidisciplinary engineering company located in South Africa with an African footprint of projects and engineering studies. It specializes in the following project deliveries; Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management (EPCM) and/or Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) on Mines, Mineral Processing, Water and Energy. Blacc’s expertise, spans over five years, encompasses the design, procuring, construction, project management, commissioning, and plant handover.

We execute projects ranging from gold Carbon-in-Leach (CIL), Carbon-in-Pulp (CIP), Carbon-in-Solution (CIS), heap leaching, tank leaching, pressure leaching, CCDs, Solvent Extraction (SX) and Electro-Winning (EW). We execute mineral processing projects from Greenfield to Brownfield on commodities such as Gold, Diamond, Zinc, Copper, Cobalt, Coal, Chrome, Platinum Group Metals, and Hydrocarbons.

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Mr Karabo Tshoane

Managing Director

Karabo is an ECSA professional engineer with M.Tech :Chemical Engineering, Bsc Honours Technology Management, Programme in Financial Management , Pr Tech Eng,

Karabo prior co-founding Blacc Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd, he started his career with Pro-Process as a Junior Process Engineer then went to joined TMP, TWP ,Worley as process engineer and senior engineer respectively, He has experience spanning over 15 years in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, water and waste water treatment and hydrocarbons storage facilities.

His competency include process studies and design, commissioning, process ramp-up, optimization and plant operation for base metal (Iron, Zinc, Copper and, Nickel), precious group metal (Platinum, Selenium, Tellurium and Palladium), dense medium separation of coal and hydrocarbons (heavy fuel and light cycle oils).

He is now involved in running of the business to ensure it remains competitive in multidisciplinary engineering consulting market and serves as a director on various subsidiaries of Blacc

Karabo prior co-founding Blacc Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd, he started his career with Pro-Process as a Junior Process Engineer then went to joined TMP, TWP ,Worley as process engineer and senior engineer respectively, He has experience in the spanning over 15 years in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, water and waste water treatment and hydrocarbons storage facilities. His competency include process studies and design, commissioning, process ramp-up, optimization and plant operation for base metal (Iron, Zinc, Copper and, Nickel), precious group metal (Platinum, Selenium, Tellurium and Palladium), dense medium separation of coal and hydrocarbons (heavy fuel and light cycle oils). He is now involved in running of the business to ensure it remains competitive in multidisciplinary engineering consulting market and serves as a director on various subsidiaries of Blacc

Mr Tshepiso Banda

Business Development Director

B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, MPhil Engineering Management, MBA in Finance , PPM ( Programme in Project Management), Pr Tech Eng, MSAIMM.

Tshepiso has over 14 years experience in the designing, commissioning and construction management of various mineral processing plants, with more emphasizes on hydrometallurgical. His passion for process engineering, project management and business administration, started from his early days as a junior engineer at TMP where he started his career. He then moved to TWP projects as a process engineer to work on various ore-bodies (Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Chrome, PGMs, Diamond and uranium) in the DRC, Zimbabwe, Angola ,Papua-New Guinea and Sierra Leone. He later joined Worley before co-founding Blacc. Tshepiso has been instrumental in the development and planning of business policies, budget, identification of potential strategic partners and new clients whilst maintaining client relationship.

Mr Nkosinkulu Mamatu

Financial Director

B.Tech : Metallurgical Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in Risk Management (specializing in Financial risk management )

Nkosinkulu is a qualified Metallurgist and He further studied risk management specializing in financial risk and management . He joined an multinational mining house where he gained extensive experience in mineral processing of gold before processing other ore bodies in several African states- Namibia, DRC and Zambia. Nkosi joined Blacc in 2016 as one of the original founders to spearhead the financial department and execute financial management duties - costs control, administration, forecasting, credit risk management, market risk management and ensuring governance and compliance management. Nkosinkulu brings a wealth of experience gained from following international companies; Sibanye-stillwaters, TMP, and Atlas Copco