Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced results from a high-resolution drone magnetic survey at its 100%-owned Eagle Point Tungsten Project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. The survey, covering approximately 4.9 square kilometres over the southern and western parts of the claims, has mapped the contact between intrusive granite and Horquilla Limestone, the prospective horizon for tungsten-bearing skarn mineralization. The interpretation shows this contact extending north-west from historical workings across the western part of the property, where it is concealed beneath shallow cover.
The magnetic data reveal a broad, arcuate magnetic high interpreted to reflect the granite, bounded to the north-west by a sharp gradient against a magnetically quiet domain corresponding to the limestone. The gradient between them is interpreted to approximate the skarn-hosting granite-limestone contact. According to the company, this contact is traced for approximately 3 kilometres, curving from the north-eastern part of the survey south-west across the western property and projecting beneath cover where it cannot be mapped at surface. The historical Eagle Point workings and the principal skarn exposure sampled in August 2026 sit at the southern end of the interpreted contact, providing a direct link between the magnetic framework and known scheelite mineralization.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, "The drone survey has done exactly what we needed it to do at Eagle Point. The skarn we mapped in August sits on the granite-limestone contact, but most of that contact is hidden under shallow cover. The magnetics now show us where it goes, and it runs for kilometres north-west beneath the cover. With the contact mapped and the 3D model updated, we are going into the maiden drill program with a much clearer picture of where to put the holes."
The magnetic interpretation has been integrated into the company's three-dimensional Leapfrog Geo model and the planned 17-hole, approximately 1,850-metre drill program announced on September 22, 2026. The holes are designed as shallow, closely spaced tests of the steeply dipping skarn contact and are positioned along the interpreted magnetic contact. Six holes step out up to approximately 400 metres north-west of the historical workings to test the contact beneath talus cover. Detailed figures illustrating the magnetic results and planned drill holes are available, including the reduced-to-pole total magnetic intensity map and the planned drill hole locations on the RTP first vertical derivative.
The news matters because tungsten is a critical mineral for which the United States relies heavily on imports. Eagle Point is a past-producing tungsten asset, and the ability to trace the host contact beneath cover could expand the exploration footprint beyond the historical workings. The company notes that historical trenches in the western part of the property lie in the same contact zone and have not previously been followed up with modern exploration. The integration of geophysics with geological mapping and a 3D model is intended to improve drill targeting and reduce risk in the maiden program.
Assay results from 23 samples collected from the principal skarn target in August 2026 remain pending at ALS Geochemistry in Tucson, Arizona. These will be integrated with the magnetic interpretation, geological mapping and three-dimensional model to finalize drill targets. Mapping and sampling will be extended north-west along the interpreted contact, including the historical trenches, and the company is advancing drilling logistics and applicable permitting for the proposed program. The technical information has been reviewed and approved by Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM, MAusIMM, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Magnetic surveys measure a physical rock property and do not detect tungsten; scheelite is not magnetic, and the interpretations require confirmation by drilling.
Western Star Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on tungsten and critical minerals in the United States, advancing a portfolio of past-producing tungsten assets in Nevada and New Mexico, including the Eagle Point Tungsten Project and the Rowland and White Star projects in Nevada. For more information, visit www.westernstarresources.com. The original release is available via www.newmediawire.com.
