Condor Metals (ASX: CNK) will target manganese in new exploration at the Kallona project, located around 70 kilometres south-east of Nullagine in the East Pilbara.
Condor said the area contains outcropping Marra Mamba Iron Formation and manganese bearing Carawine Dolomite, both of which are largely covered by weathered and transported material.
The company has received preliminary approval from the working party following the clearance of around 40 kilometres of drilling lines, which cover the 82 hole program extending over an area of 14 kilometres east-west and 2 kilometres north-south.
Mt Magnet Drilling is the contactor for phase one, which will comprise an extensive 5000 metres of reverse circulation drilling and is focussed on the high conductivity manganese targets identified in the VTEM airborne geophysical work.
Deeper extensions of selected holes will also test for mineral anomalies in the fringes of the intrusive body found below the main targets.