Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced priority drill targets and a planned four-hole, approximately 1,950-foot (594-metre) drill program at its 100% owned White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada. The White Star program, combined with the six holes and approximately 3,050 feet previously announced at the nearby Rowland property, completes a planned 2026 Nevada drill program of 10 holes totaling approximately 5,000 feet (1,524 metres) from seven drill pads across the two properties.
The White Star targets were developed using an integrated approach combining the maiden field program, a UAV magnetic survey with three-dimensional magnetic inversion, and rock-chip and soil assay results. Each planned hole tests one of two tungsten-in-soil anomalies defined in 2026: the North Zone and the South Zone. All four holes will be drilled from three pads sited on existing disturbance, minimizing surface impact.
At the North Zone, two holes totaling 1,000 feet will test beneath rock-chip sample WS-16-01 (0.126% WO3) and the southern part of the soil anomaly, which is developed across the quartz monzonite–tactite contact mapped by Coats (1964). The South Zone will see two holes totaling 950 feet testing beneath soil sample B206 (2,230 ppm W; 0.28% WO3), the highest value returned at White Star, and adjacent anomalous samples B205 and B203. The Table 1: White Star drill targets and the combined 2026 Nevada drill program. provides a summary of the targets and the combined program.
Detailed cross-sections show the North Zone holes targeting the magnetic body modeled by the inversion, while the South Zone holes test a non-magnetic trough coinciding with an interpreted magnetic-low lineament. The Figure 2: North Zone – plan and cross-section A–A′ through planned holes WST26-01 and WST26-02, with modelled magnetic susceptibility and the soil anomaly. and Figure 3: South Zone – plan and cross-section B–B′ through planned holes WST26-03 and WST26-04, showing the non-magnetic trough beneath the soil anomaly. illustrate the geologic setting.
Permitting is advancing in parallel, with a Plan of Operations being prepared by KC Harvey Environmental for submission to the U.S. Forest Service and a reclamation permit from the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation. The objective is to drill Rowland and White Star as a single, district-scale campaign. Blake Morgan, CEO and President, stated, “Following our Rowland announcement, White Star moves into the drill-target stage on the back of the same integrated field season. The Batholith Mine is the only documented historical tungsten producer in the Charleston Mining District, and our maiden program has built a modern dataset around it for the first time.”
This announcement matters because it marks the third project in Western Star’s U.S. tungsten portfolio to reach the drill-target stage in 2026, signaling progress toward potential resource definition in a district with historical production. Tungsten is a critical mineral with essential industrial and defense applications, and domestic supply is limited. The www.newmediawire.com release notes that no new assay results are reported, and soil geochemical values represent surficial dispersion, not grade. Investors and industry observers will watch permitting milestones closely, as they determine the timeline for drilling and the potential for Western Star to advance its Nevada tungsten assets.
