Western Star Resources Inc. has mobilized its field team to the Rowland Tungsten Property in Elko County, Nevada, initiating the first modern exploration program on this past-producing tungsten system. The company announced it has commenced a high-resolution drone magnetic survey, systematic prospecting, sampling of historical waste dumps and workings, and a property-wide soil geochemistry campaign to better define the structural and geological controls on mineralization. The goal is to generate drill-ready targets during the 2026 field season.
The Rowland property has a history of tungsten production, including reported high-grade ore shipments during the 1940s and additional output in the 1950s, though these figures have not been independently verified by the company. CEO and President Blake Morgan stated, “Our team is now on the ground at Rowland and beginning the first modern exploration program on this past-producing tungsten system. The property has documented historical production, visible historical workings, and a compelling skarn geological setting, but it has never been evaluated using modern drone geophysics and systematic property-wide geochemistry.”
The drone magnetic survey is designed to map intrusive contacts, structural corridors, and potential skarn or tactite zones across the property. This high-resolution geophysical data will help refine the company’s understanding of intrusive geometry and identify concealed structural trends. The survey results are expected in the coming weeks, subject to contractor processing timelines.
Field crews will also conduct systematic prospecting of historical workings, including waste dumps, pits, trenches, and adits previously identified through LiDAR review. Portable XRF screening will be used as a field tool to rapidly assess tungsten and associated pathfinder elements, though the company cautions these readings are preliminary and not a substitute for certified laboratory assays. Material of interest will be sent for certified analysis.
The property-wide soil sampling campaign aims to define tungsten geochemical trends across the broader land package. This approach can help detect dispersion patterns from mineralized skarn zones, especially where bedrock exposure is limited. The soil samples will be submitted for laboratory analysis, with results to be released following review.
The Rowland property is located in the Jarbidge mining district of northeastern Nevada, where tungsten mineralization is associated with skarn development along contacts between evolved intrusive rocks and carbonate-bearing sedimentary units. Historical mapping describes scheelite occurring with molybdenite, powellite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and limonite in a garnet-epidote-quartz-calcite skarn assemblage, with skarn zones up to 100 feet wide. Western Star believes the key exploration opportunity lies in the fact that the broader system has not been systematically evaluated using modern tools.
The integration of drone magnetics, prospecting, XRF screening, and soil geochemistry is intended to identify structural corridors, intrusive contacts, concealed skarn zones, and geochemical anomalies. The company expects to generate priority drill targets by the end of the 2026 field season. Morgan added, “This key data will give what we need to generate high priority drill targets really for our maiden 2026 drill program. We will have some news regarding drill permits soon.”
The scientific and technical information in this release has been reviewed by Jasper Mowatt, MAusIMM, a Qualified Person under NI 43-101. Western Star Resources is advancing the Rowland property as part of its objective to increase shareholder value through cost-effective exploration and potential partnerships.
