Western Star Resources Inc. has released an updated investor presentation that consolidates its expanding U.S. tungsten platform and outlines a clear pathway toward drilling and potential resource definition. The presentation, now available on the Company’s website at www.westernstarresources.com, brings together for the first time the historical production record, modern exploration results, geophysical interpretations, surface sampling, emerging drill targets, and planned advancement strategy across its Eagle Point, Rowland, and White Star tungsten projects in the United States, alongside its drill-permitted polymetallic Western Star Project in British Columbia.
This update marks a significant transformation for Western Star from acquiring historically productive mineral assets to actively generating modern exploration data and prioritizing targets for drill testing. The Company’s U.S. tungsten strategy now centers on three past-producing projects in two established mining jurisdictions—New Mexico and Nevada—each offering a different stage of exploration opportunity. Together, they provide a growing pipeline of potential drill targets that could contribute to domestic critical-mineral supply chains.
At the Eagle Point project in New Mexico, the Company holds a 100% interest in a past-producing tungsten property hosting eight historically mapped skarn bodies along approximately 1,500–2,000 feet of prospective granite-limestone contact. Historical production during 1943–44 shipped about 1,800 tons of scheelite-bearing material to the U.S. Government stockpile at Deming, with settlement based on 0.48% WO₃. Surface sampling by the USGS and NMBGMR includes sample LH705, a scheelite-rich outcrop returning 27.6% WO₃ and 0.98% Mo. Notably, in 1955, the U.S. Government prepared and recommended a Defense Minerals Exploration Administration contract (Idm-E783, Docket DMEA-3701) that would have funded 75% of an exploration program involving shaft sinking and diamond drilling, but the contract never became effective.
Western Star’s objective at Eagle Point is to generate sufficient modern geological, analytical, and QA/QC information to determine whether the project can support a maiden mineral resource estimate in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. The Company is targeting a maiden drilling program during 2026, subject to permitting, financing, and other customary considerations. The proposed program aims to investigate the geometry, grade, and continuity of historically identified tungsten-bearing skarn mineralization and test selected extensions along strike and at depth.
In Nevada, the Rowland and White Star projects form the consolidated Jarbidge–Charleston tungsten footprint, covering more than six kilometres of prospective tungsten-bearing horizons. At Rowland, 2026 exploration returned selected rock, float, and channel results of up to 4.02% WO₃ (sample RO-16-01), and soil geochemistry identified Central and Rowland Main as principal target areas within an approximately one-kilometre geochemical corridor. At White Star, a selective rock sample (WS-16-02) returned 3.00% WO₃ and 711 ppm Mo, and a high-resolution UAV magnetic dataset has identified multiple interpreted target zones beyond known historical workings. The Company has initiated drill-permitting activities with a USFS Plan of Operations due to be submitted shortly to cover the consolidated district.
CEO Blake Morgan commented: “The purpose of this new presentation is to show investors exactly what Western Star has built and, more importantly, where we intend to take it next. We have assembled three past-producing tungsten projects in the United States and we are no longer simply talking about historical potential. At Rowland and White Star we have generated modern geophysics, geochemistry and certified laboratory results. At Eagle Point, we are working toward systematically testing a tungsten system that attracted significant U.S. Government attention historically, but where the principal government-backed drilling program was never completed.”
The updated presentation also highlights Western Star’s 100%-owned Western Star Property in British Columbia, which is permitted for a multi-pad drill program with the associated government bond paid. The property hosts twelve documented MINFILE mineral occurrences and provides additional exposure to gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc while the Company’s principal focus remains on its U.S. tungsten portfolio.
Tungsten’s importance to defence, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and technology has placed secure critical-mineral supply chains firmly within U.S. strategic policy discussions. Western Star intends to continue assessing available U.S. federal programs that may support domestic critical-mineral exploration, development, and supply-chain security, including potential grant, cost-sharing, and other non-dilutive funding opportunities. As previously disclosed, the Company has submitted an application in response to a U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium solicitation relating to reliable supplies of strategic critical minerals, though there is no assurance of qualification or award.
With a disciplined strategy of defining targets, obtaining approvals, drilling the best opportunities, and advancing toward compliant mineral resources, Western Star aims to create long-term value for shareholders while contributing to the security of U.S. critical-mineral supply.
