Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) announced results from a Phase 2 soil geochemical survey at its Rowland Tungsten Property in Elko County, Nevada, USA. The survey defined two discrete, spatially coherent tungsten-in-soil anomalies, each expanding the zones around historical workings and providing new targets for drilling.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, “These results show the methodical exploration approach is paying off. We have defined two significant soil anomalies over the historical workings and extended the recognised footprint well beyond them. Northern Zone B is the tighter of the two, a compact cluster elongate to the northeast, sitting within the modelled intrusive. Rowland Main is the larger footprint, and its best sample, 0.53% WO3, lies 250 metres from the nearest historical working on ground with no recorded past activity. That is the part that interests us most: the strongest result came from ground nobody has tested.”
The Phase 2 survey comprised 315 soil samples collected on lines spaced approximately 100 metres apart with a sample spacing of 25 to 50 metres. The programme was designed to provide continuous geochemical coverage across the property to refine targets as the company progresses to drilling. Key highlights include a highly anomalous value of 4,240 ppm W (0.53% WO3) at sample R079, and two distinct anomalies: the Rowland Main anomaly and the Northern Zone B anomaly.
The Rowland Main anomaly, the larger of the two, lies around the historical Rowland Main workings, from which the company reported a high-grade rock-chip assay of 4.02% WO3 in July 2026. Eighteen samples define a footprint of approximately 190 metres east-west by 630 metres north-south, elongate north-northeast. Six samples exceed 100 ppm W, headlined by R079 at 4,240 ppm W and supported by R082 (422 ppm W), R119 (373 ppm W), R116 (215 ppm W), R078 (176 ppm W) and R120 (110 ppm W). Sample R079 also returned 66.9 ppm Sn against a survey median of 2.8 ppm, the highest tin value recorded in the survey, and a tungsten-tin association consistent with a greisen-modified skarn system.
The Northern Zone B anomaly covers an area of 200m x 200m. The peak value is 228 ppm W at sample R188, supported by R155 (174.5 ppm W), R217 (136.5 ppm W), R156 (110.0 ppm W) and R218 (105.5 ppm W). The anomaly is centered on the rock-chip samples RO-18-01, RO-18-02 and RO-18-03, which returned 0.35%, 1.22% and 0.54% WO3 respectively, as announced by the company in July 2026. The anomaly is developed over tactite and calc-silicate hornfels and Prospect Mountain quartzite.
The two anomalies occupy different geophysical settings. Most of the strongest soil samples in the Northern Zone B area lie within the modelled intrusive body resolved at a susceptibility threshold of 0.010 SI by the three-dimensional magnetic inversion completed by East Coast Consulting, and the anomaly centre lies close to an interpreted magnetic-low lineament. The Rowland Main anomaly lies outside the modelled intrusive footprint and is associated with an interpreted magnetic-high lineament.
Soil geochemistry from the nearby White Star Tungsten Project (253 samples) remains pending and will be reported when received. The soil geochemical results will be integrated with the completed UAV magnetic survey, the three-dimensional magnetic inversion and the rock-chip and channel assay results announced in July 2026 to advance drill target generation across the consolidated Jarbidge-Charleston tungsten footprint.
Quality assurance and quality control protocols were maintained throughout. Soil samples were submitted to ALS Global, a certified independent laboratory, and analysed for 32 elements including tungsten by lithium borate fusion and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (method ME-MS81). Lithium borate fusion was selected because tungsten is refractory and partial digestions under-report tungsten hosted in scheelite and wolframite. WO3 values are calculated from elemental tungsten (W) results using a conversion factor of 1.2611. Soil geochemical values represent surficial dispersion and are not, and should not be interpreted as, indicative of grade or of any mineral resource.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jasper Mowatt, a consultant to the company and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Mowatt is not independent of the company.
Western Star Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and advancement of mineral properties, with a growing strategic emphasis on tungsten and critical minerals in the United States. The company is advancing a portfolio of past-producing tungsten assets in Nevada and New Mexico while maintaining additional exploration exposure through its Western Star property in British Columbia.
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