Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has released the plan for the first phase of exploration at its 100% owned White Star Tungsten Project, a past-producing tungsten-molybdenum skarn property in Elko County, Nevada. The program, pending final approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange, is designed to deliver geophysical and geochemical datasets to define and rank drill targets and support the permitting process.
The White Star Tungsten Project is located approximately nine miles by road southwest of Jarbidge, in the Charleston Mining District, adjacent to the company's Rowland Tungsten Project. Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, “White Star Property surrounds a documented past producer in a tungsten district that has never been evaluated using modern geophysics or systematic geochemistry. Our plan is straightforward: fly the property with a high-resolution drone magnetic survey and use soil geochemistry to define the true scale of the tungsten system at the property.”
Key highlights of the program include the first modern exploration since the Mission Cross Mine shut down in the 1950s, a property-wide high-resolution UAV magnetometer survey, and a property-wide soil geochemistry campaign. Historical tungsten production at the Mission Cross Mine recorded approximately 1,000 tons of ore assaying up to 1.0% WO3 (USGS Bulletin 105), believed to be part of a larger system. The White Star project sits within the same contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn setting as the adjoining Rowland Tungsten Project, covering more than six kilometers of prospective tungsten-bearing horizons.
The proximity of the two properties offers strategic advantages, including shared road access and consolidated logistics, allowing the company to advance both projects under a single district-scale exploration program. The planned 2026 field program focuses on generating high-resolution data to understand the scale of the system historically exploited at the Mission Cross Mine, with potential for multiple similar tungsten opportunities within the claim package.
Geologically, the White Star project is hosted within a contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn system, similar to the Rowland project. Regional geology consists of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks intruded by a Cretaceous quartz monzonite stock, overlain in places by Tertiary rhyolite flows. Skarn minerals include scheelite, powellite, and molybdenite. Historical operators developed open-pit and underground workings during 1954 and 1956.
To address the absence of modern geophysics, Western Star will conduct a high-resolution UAV magnetic survey across the full property, designed to refine structural interpretation, map intrusive contacts, identify additional skarn targets, and test whether the White Star and Rowland workings are connected at depth. A systematic soil sampling campaign will help detect dispersion patterns from mineralized skarn zones, especially where bedrock exposure is limited.
The company is initiating the necessary streams to submit a Notice of Intent to the U.S. Forest Service for the White Star project, advancing permitting in parallel with the 2026 exploration program to position the project for drill testing of high-priority targets. Further updates will be provided as field mobilization and assay results become available.
Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM and MAusIMM, a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this release. The acquisition of the White Star Tungsten Project remains subject to final approval by the CSE.
