Pantera Minerals Limited (ASX:PFE) recommenced drilling at the Weelarrana Manganese Project located in the Collier Basin of Western Australia.
“We are excited to have commenced Phase 2 drilling at Weelarrana, which is the culmination of a substantial effort from our team, with support from the Traditional Owners and local pastoralists,” CEO, Matt Hansen, said.
“This RC drill campaign is the first drill testing of Pantera’s high-grade, outcropping manganese targets at Mn Area 2, 3 and 4 and will include follow up drilling of the high-grade manganese results at Mn Area 1.”
Campaign
The 1,900m RC drill campaign consists of up to 77 planned holes testing outcropping high grade Manganese occurrences with surface grades of between 7.5% Mn to 42% Mn2 at Mn Area 2, 3 and 4.
A further 600m (for a total of 2,500m across the drill campaign) of up to 25 planned holes will infill and seek to extend to the north and east, manganese mineralization encountered in the November 2022 drill program at Mn Area 13.
Pending the outcome of the RC drill campaign, infill drilling at Mn Area 2, 3 and 4 is planned for mid- 2023.
Mn Area 2 Drilling
Drilling at Mn Area 2 consists of up to 16 planned holes testing outcropping manganese mineralization with rock chip samples grades ranging from 8.0% to 35.2% Mn2 over an area of 300m x 100m.
Mn Area 3 Drilling
Drilling at Mn Area 3 consists of up to 33 planned holes testing extensive outcropping to subcropping manganese mineralization with rock chip samples grades ranging from 13.1% to 43.7% Mn2 over an area of 800m x 700m.
Mn Area 4 Drilling
Drilling at Mn Area 3 consists of up to 28 planned holes testing outcropping to subcropping manganese mineralization with rock chip samples grades ranging from 7.5% to 30.1% Mn2 over an area of 300m x 100m.
Mn Area 1 Infill Drilling
Infill drilling at Mn Area 1 consists of 14 planned holes infilling between existing drill holes which encountered manganese mineralisation to confirm the continuity of mineralization. A further 11 planned holes will seek to extend known manganese mineralization up to 150m to the north and 100m to the east.
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