Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced the first modern assay results from its Eagle Point Tungsten Project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, marking a significant step toward revitalizing a historic tungsten asset that has seen no production since World War II. The results, which include grab samples up to 0.55% WO3 and a continuous channel sample averaging 0.11% WO3 over 13.1 feet, are guiding a planned 17-hole, approximately 6,070-foot drill program designed to test the continuity and geometry of the scheelite-bearing skarn. The news matters because tungsten has become a critical mineral for U.S. national security, and domestic sources are scarce, making Eagle Point a potentially strategic deposit.
The 2026 surface sampling program collected 23 rock samples, of which 14 exceeded 0.10% WO3 and 21 exceeded 100 ppm W. Channel CH1 returned 0.11% WO3 over 13.1 feet, including 0.18% WO3 over 3.3 feet, with an estimated true width of approximately 12.5 feet. Grab samples from historical trenches returned up to 0.55% WO3 at Trench 5, 0.33% WO3 at Trench 4, and 0.28% WO3 at Trench 6; outcrop grabs returned up to 0.35% WO3. Detailed results are available in Table 1: Channel CH1 results (continuous 3.3-foot intervals) and Table 2: Grab sample results (selective; not representative of grade or width). The company cautions that grab samples are selective by nature and may not be representative of mineralization on the property.
Mapping during the 2026 program intermittently traced scheelite-bearing skarn along approximately 2,600 feet of the limestone-granite contact, with measured surface widths of 13 to 18 feet and steep dips averaging approximately 85 degrees. Shortwave ultraviolet examination confirmed blue-white fluorescent scheelite, generally characteristic of low-molybdenum scheelite. The highest tungsten values were returned from Trenches 4, 5 and 6, which lie closest to the mapped granite contact. Tungsten correlates positively with niobium, tantalum and rubidium, which the company interprets as possibly reflecting increasing tungsten toward the intrusive contact, though this interpretation is preliminary and will be tested by drilling. An annotated photograph of Channel CH1 is available in Figure 2: Annotated photograph of Channel CH1. The photograph was digitally annotated because the original chalk markings are not visible. Red lines mark the channel start and end, the blue line marks the sampling line, and green lines mark the boundaries.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, "These are encouraging first results from Eagle Point. We detected tungsten in every sample we collected, and the strongest results cluster in Trenches 4, 5 and 6 near the granite contact. That gives us clear targets for our 17-hole drill program, which we believe will be the first drilling at Eagle Point in more than 70 years. Tungsten supply has become a national-security priority for the United States and we believe domestic deposits like Eagle Point have an important role to play."
The planned drill program will integrate the 2026 results into a Leapfrog Geo model to finalize collar locations. Historical diamond-drill logs indicate that the host limestone overlies granite at a depth of approximately 200 to 300 feet, and planned hole depths reflect this constraint. The company is advancing drilling logistics and permitting. No Mineral Resource has been established at Eagle Point. The property's only recorded historical production is approximately 650–665 short tons grading approximately 0.44% WO3, mined from an open cut and shipped in 1943–44. In 1955, the U.S. Government drafted a Defense Minerals Exploration Administration contract to fund 75% of a shaft sinking and diamond drilling program, but the contract was never executed. Western Star considers this history exceptionally promising and a starting point for its maiden work programs. The original release can be viewed on www.newmediawire.com.
