Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) 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 adjacent to the company's Rowland Tungsten Project and pending final approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange.
The White Star Tungsten Project is located approximately nine miles by road southwest of Jarbidge in the Charleston Mining District. The company has acted rapidly since acquiring the property to prepare for the maiden exploration campaign. The program aims to deliver geophysical and geochemical datasets needed to define and rank drill targets and support the permitting process with relevant authorities.
Key highlights include the first modern exploration program since the Mission Cross Mine shut down in the 1950s. Property-wide surveys will include a high-resolution UAV magnetometer survey and a soil geochemistry campaign to define the signature of past-producing workings. Historical production at the Mission Cross Mine recorded approximately 1,000 tons of ore assaying up to 1.0% WO3, believed to be part of a larger system.
CEO Blake Morgan stated: 'White Star Property surrounds a documented past producer in a tungsten district 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.'
The proximity of White Star and Rowland projects offers strategic advantages, including shared road access and consolidated logistics. The company believes both properties could belong to a contiguous tungsten-molybdenum skarn complex, covering more than six kilometers of prospective tungsten-bearing horizons.
The 2026 work program is built around generating high-resolution data to understand the scale of the system historically exploited at the Mission Cross Mine. The use of property-wide UAV magnetic survey and soil geochemistry aims to produce structural, geophysical, geochemical, and lithological vectors for drill targets.
The White Star Tungsten Project is hosted within a contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn system. Regional geology includes Paleozoic sedimentary rocks intruded by a Cretaceous quartz monzonite stock, overlain by Tertiary rhyolite flows. Historical operators developed open-pit and underground workings during 1954 and 1956. The granite-carbonate contact is interpreted as the primary zone of prospectivity.
Western Star plans a high-resolution UAV magnetic survey to refine structural interpretation and map intrusive contacts. This is the first modern geophysical survey on the project. Additionally, a systematic soil sampling campaign will help detect dispersion patterns from mineralized skarn zones.
The company is initiating work to submit a Notice of Intent to the U.S. Forest Service for the project. Permitting will advance in parallel with the 2026 exploration program to position the project for drill testing of high-priority targets.
For more information, refer to historical records such as USGS MRDS ID 10197459 and NBMG Bulletin 105.
