Good article linked on Drudge today. Looks like they are going to make another attempt at drilling into the mantle. They picked a bad area to drill for it in my opinion, went to a very active spot.

[link to www.express.co.uk]

WARNING: Scientists could spark MEGAQUAKE as they drill below Earth's crust for first time
Scientists from Cardiff University are behind the mission, which hopes to bring the first ever samples of mantle - the rocky substance that makes up most of our planet between the crust and core - back to the surface to be studied.