Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) announced plans for the first phase of exploration at its 100% owned White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada. The project, a past-producing tungsten-molybdenum skarn property, is pending final approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange. The company aims to conduct a maiden exploration campaign to generate geophysical and geochemical datasets to define drill targets and support the permitting process.
The White Star Project is located approximately nine miles southwest of Jarbidge, adjacent to the company's Rowland Tungsten Project. The planned program includes a property-wide high-resolution UAV magnetometer survey and a soil geochemistry campaign, marking the first modern exploration since the Mission Cross Mine shut down in the 1950s. Historical production at Mission Cross recorded approximately 1,000 tons of ore assaying up to 1.0% WO3, according to USGS Bulletin 105, and the company believes this represents part of a larger system.
CEO Blake Morgan stated, “White Star Property surrounds a documented past producer 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.” He added that running this program in parallel with Rowland gives shareholders a single, integrated district story across the Jarbidge and Charleston mining districts.
The White Star Project sits within the same contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn setting as the Rowland Project, and together the properties cover over six kilometers of prospective tungsten-bearing horizons. The 2026 work program is designed to understand the scale of the system exploited at Mission Cross, with potential for multiple similar tungsten opportunities. The company has compiled historical data from sources such as USGS MRDS ID 10197459, NBMG Bulletin 65 (1968), and NBMG Bulletin 105 (1988), and is integrating it with the regional geological framework from the Rowland Project.
Geologically, the project is hosted in a contact metamorphic skarn system involving Paleozoic sedimentary rocks intruded by a Cretaceous quartz monzonite stock. Skarn minerals, including scheelite, powellite, and molybdenite, occur near the intrusive contact. The USGS Bulletin 105 reports that at the Mission Cross Mine, scheelite occurs with molybdenite and powellite in a skarn within a large granite outcrop. Historical open-pit and underground workings were developed in 1954 and 1956. The company believes additional skarn-hosted mineralization may exist along strike and at depth.
The high-resolution UAV magnetic survey will be the first modern geophysical survey on the property, aiming to refine structural interpretation, map intrusive contacts, and identify additional skarn targets. The soil sampling campaign will help detect dispersion patterns from mineralized zones, especially where bedrock is obscured. The company is also initiating the Notice of Intent process with the U.S. Forest Service for drill permitting, with the goal of positioning the project for drill testing of high-priority targets.
Scientific and technical information in this release has been reviewed by Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM, MAusIMM, a Qualified Person under NI 43-101. The acquisition of the White Star Project remains subject to final CSE approval.
