We have begun a metal-rich planet search project using the HARPS instrument in La Silla , Chile to target planets with a high potential to transit their host star and add to the number of bright benchmark transiting planets .
The sample currently consists of 100 , bright ( 7.5 \leq V \leq 9.5 ) solar-type stars ( 0.5 \leq B - V \leq 0.9 ) in the southern hemisphere which are both inactive ( log R ^ { \prime } _ { HK } \leq -4.5 ) and metal-rich ( [ Fe/H ] \geq 0.1 dex ) .
We determined the chromospheric activity and metallicity status of our sample using high resolution FEROS spectra .
We also introduce the first result from our HARPS planet search and show that the radial-velocity amplitude of this star is consistent with an orbiting planetary-mass companion ( i.e .
Msin i < 0.5M _ { J } ) with a period of \sim 5 days .
We are currently engaged in follow-up to confirm this signal as a bonafide orbiting planet .