Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced the priority drill targets and a planned six-hole, approximately 3,050-foot (930-metre) drill program for its 100% owned, past-producing Rowland Tungsten Property in Elko County, Nevada, USA. The targets were developed by integrating the Company’s 2026 Phase 1 and Phase 2 field programs, a UAV magnetic survey, three-dimensional magnetic inversion, and rock-chip, channel and soil assay results. This represents the first modern, integrated dataset assembled across the property.
Each planned hole tests a tungsten-in-soil anomaly at depth where it coincides with a contact modelled by the magnetic inversion or with the ground beneath historical workings. All four planned drill pads are sited on existing disturbance. The two priority targets are at Rowland Main and Northern Zone B, where the 2026 soil program defined tungsten-in-soil anomalies over zones of historical workings. The planned six-hole program will be drilled from four pads, with hole locations preliminary and subject to adjustment pending field verification and permitting.
At Rowland Main, four holes totaling 1,850 feet are planned. Three holes from a single pad beside the historical open cut will test a shallow modelled magnetic body beneath the soil anomaly, where rock-chip, float and channel samples returned up to 4.02% WO3. A fourth hole will test the bedrock source of soil sample R079 (4,240 ppm W; 0.53% WO3), the highest value returned by the Phase 2 soil program. The company has provided detailed figures and tables, including Figure 1: Planned drill holes at the Rowland Tungsten Property over gridded tungsten-in-soil results. Hole locations are preliminary and subject to adjustment pending field verification and permitting. and Table 1: Rowland drill targets and planned drilling.
At Northern Zone B, two holes totaling 1,200 feet will test beneath historical shafts and an ore chute, where rock-chip samples returned 0.35% to 1.22% WO3, and the roof of a modelled magnetic body approximately 165 metres below surface. The company has also released Figure 2: Rowland Main – plan and cross-section A–A′ through planned holes ROW26-01 to ROW26-03, with modelled magnetic susceptibility and the soil anomaly. to illustrate the targeting.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, “Rowland has come a long way in a single field season. We started with a historical record that pointed to one past-producing zone, and we are finishing with three zones of confirmed workings, an integrated modern dataset, and a ranked drill target inventory ready for permitting and drill testing. This is exactly the outcome we set out to deliver when we acquired Rowland. With the upcoming drill program getting close at Eagle point and now the Rowland property moving forward. The team at Western Star will be looking to drill multiple assets over the next few months and move towards bring a source of Tungsten back into the hands of the United Staes of America.”
The Plan of Operations for the proposed drill program is being prepared by KC Harvey Environmental for submission to the Mountain City–Ruby Mountains–Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, in parallel with the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation reclamation permit. Pad locations, access and hole designs remain subject to field verification and permitting. The Company will provide further updates as permitting milestones are reached and the drill program is finalised. Detailed collar locations and orientations are available in Table 2: Planned drill hole collar locations and orientations, Rowland Tungsten Property.
In addition to the exploration update, Western Star has engaged PanAm Marketing Inc. to provide digital investor awareness and marketing services. Pursuant to a Master Services Agreement dated September 30, 2026, PanAm will provide programmatic digital advertising, content development, campaign landing pages, and coordination with third-party publishers and content creators. The services are expected to be delivered across online advertising networks, financial and investment websites, social media platforms, email newsletters, and third-party publisher and content-creator channels. The promotional activity is expected to commence on or about October 15, 2026, and conclude on or about November 15, 2026. Following the initial term, the engagement continues on a month-to-month basis unless terminated by either party on thirty days' written notice.
The Company has agreed to pay PanAm total compensation of CAD $60,000.00, payable in cash in advance as a campaign budget allocation. No securities, options, warrants, success fees, or other equity-based or performance-based compensation are payable to PanAm. PanAm’s compensation is not based on the trading price, trading volume, or market performance of the Company’s securities, or on the completion of any financing. To the knowledge of the Company, neither PanAm nor any of its principals holds any securities of the Company. PanAm and its principals have agreed not to purchase, sell, or short sell securities of the Company from the date of the engagement until thirty days after the conclusion of the campaign. PanAm is at arm’s length to the Company and is not a registered adviser or dealer.
All promotional materials produced under the engagement will disclose that PanAm has been compensated by the Company, in accordance with applicable securities laws, the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange, and BC Instrument 51-519. Promotional content will be based on the Company’s public disclosure record and will not contain any prediction, projection, or forecast of the trading price or trading volume of the Company’s securities. The original release can be viewed on www.newmediawire.com.
