Mantle Minerals (ASX:MTL) said it received a co-funded drilling grant under the Western Australian government's exploration incentive scheme, and the grant will support the drilling of two holes at the

Mt Berghaus gold project, according to a Friday Australian bourse filing.

It also said that a tenement, E45/6645, was granted to the firm, completing the project's tenement package.

It plans to finalize planning for the initial drilling campaign at the project and begin drilling of two grant-supported holes targeting priority gravity anomalies.