Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) announced that field crews have mobilised to its 100% owned White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada, to commence the 2026 exploration program. The project, located in the Charleston Mining District adjacent to the company's Rowland Tungsten Property, was recently acquired and is now the focus of the first modern exploration campaign on the property, including the past producing Mission Cross Mine workings.
Key activities include a property-wide high-resolution UAV (drone) magnetic geophysical survey and a systematic soil geochemistry survey. UAV magnetic survey results are expected over the coming weeks, and rock-chip and soil samples will be submitted to the laboratory for certified assay. Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated that mobilising to White Star, with the Rowland program already underway and the recently acquired Eagle Point project in New Mexico, gives the company three active U.S. tungsten projects in 2026. He noted that White Star sits in the same skarn setting as Rowland and is largely under-explored, and that running an integrated drone magnetic survey and focused soil and rock-chip program is the fastest path to defining drill targets, matching the approach used at Rowland.
The initial White Star program mirrors the integrated workflow applied at Rowland, comprising a property-wide UAV magnetic survey to provide the first modern high-resolution geophysical dataset, systematic mapping and ground-truthing of historical mine workings including open-pit and underground workings, surface trenches, shafts, adits, and waste dumps, and reconnaissance soil sampling across the broader White Star claim package, including ground between the White Star workings and the adjoining Rowland Property. The company expects to receive preliminary processed geophysical products from the contractor over the coming weeks, and soil samples will be submitted for certified laboratory analysis, with assay results to be released once received and interpreted. The combined White Star and Rowland datasets are intended to support a single, district-scale geological model spanning the consolidated Jarbidge–Charleston tungsten footprint.
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by qualified person Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM and MAusIMM, as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Western Star Resources is an emerging junior mineral exploration company focused on revitalizing North America's tungsten supply, advancing its entry into the U.S. market through the acquisition of a past-producing tungsten mine in Nevada. The company also owns nine non-surveyed contiguous mineral claims in the Revelstoke mining division of British Columbia.
