HummingbirdResources Plc has started detailed engineering for the full-scaleconstruction of its Yanfolila gold project in Mali, the company said July 6.

The gold miner appointed SENET (Pty.) Ltd. as projectmanager, a South African company already involved in the project when it wasstill owned by Gold FieldsLtd.

Under the direction of Wayne Galea, SENET on July 1commenced its engineering, procurement and construction mandate of the 1.24million-tonne-per-annum operation.

Hummingbird had previously US$71 million funding for themine and anticipates production to start by the end of 2017.