Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has provided a corporate and exploration update, highlighting its rapid assembly of a portfolio of past-producing tungsten assets in the United States. Since the end of 2025, the company has built a portfolio of three active U.S. tungsten projects across Nevada and New Mexico, expanded the Rowland Tungsten Property by approximately 170%, acquired the adjacent White Star Tungsten Project, and secured a 100% interest in the Eagle Point Tungsten Project in New Mexico. The company has also commenced modern systematic exploration programs, completed high-resolution UAV magnetic geophysical work, and identified a one-kilometre tungsten-skarn geochemical corridor at Rowland with peak soil results of approximately 1,425 ppm WO3.
The company's focus has shifted from portfolio assembly to disciplined execution, with priority targets advancing toward drilling. At Eagle Point, Western Star is targeting a maiden drill program in 2026, subject to permitting and other considerations. The objective is to test historically identified mineralization using modern exploration techniques and, if supported by sufficient data, advance toward a maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate. Historical U.S. Government work outlined substantial near-surface tungsten mineralization, with estimates ranging from 100,000 to 150,000 tons grading approximately 0.5% WO3. However, these estimates are historical and not current mineral resources or reserves.
Eagle Point stands out due to its past production of approximately 1,800 tons of scheelite-bearing material, historical U.S. Government estimates, and modern USGS sampling returning up to 27.6% WO3 and 0.98% molybdenum. The project features eight historically mapped skarn bodies and limited historical drilling, despite a U.S. Government-backed exploration program planned in the 1950s that was never executed. Western Star's strategy at Eagle Point is to validate the historical geological model, drill the identified mineralization, establish continuity, test extensions, and potentially advance toward a maiden resource estimate.
Blake Morgan, President and CEO, commented: “Eagle Point is an important opportunity for Western Star because we are not starting from first principles. The project has historical production, historical U.S. Government exploration, multiple skarn bodies exposed at surface, historical estimates of tungsten-bearing material and modern USGS sampling that returned up to 27.6% WO3. Our goal is to bring modern exploration standards to that historical opportunity. We intend to drill the historically identified mineralization and generate the geological and analytical information required to determine whether Eagle Point can support a maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate.”
Western Star has also engaged Dahrouge Geological Consulting to assist with technical evaluation and future exploration across its tungsten assets. The company's progress since the end of 2025 has positioned it for a new phase, moving from acquisition to definition and drilling. With Rowland advancing toward drilling, White Star undergoing its first integrated modern exploration program, and Eagle Point being prepared for a maiden drill campaign, Western Star intends to execute its U.S. tungsten strategy in a disciplined manner through the remainder of 2026.
The company's objective remains to discover and define meaningful domestic tungsten resources capable of contributing to a secure North American critical-mineral supply chain. The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jasper Mowatt, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
