Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced priority drill targets at its 100%-owned White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada, completing the company's planned 2026 Nevada drill program. The White Star program adds four holes totalling approximately 1,950 feet to the six holes previously announced at the nearby Rowland Tungsten Property, bringing the combined campaign to 10 holes and approximately 5,000 feet across seven drill pads. Investors may be watching how permitting progresses before drilling commences across both properties as a single district-scale campaign.

Key Points

  • Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) is a Nevada-focused tungsten exploration company
  • White Star adds four holes (~1,950 ft) to Rowland's six holes (~3,050 ft), completing a 10-hole, ~5,000-foot 2026 Nevada drill program
  • Two priority targets defined — North Zone and South Zone — anchored by the highest soil value at White Star of 2,230 ppm W (0.28% WO₃) at sample B206
  • Permitting through the U.S. Forest Service and Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation is advancing in parallel for both properties

White Star North and South Zone Targets Anchor the Four-Hole Program

The White Star program is structured around two tungsten-in-soil anomalies identified during the 2026 Phase 2 soil survey. The North Zone is targeted by two holes totalling 1,000 feet, testing beneath rock-chip sample WS-16-01 (0.126% WO₃) and the southern portion of the soil anomaly across the quartz monzonite–tactite contact mapped by Coats (1964), a conventional setting for tungsten skarn mineralisation. The South Zone is targeted by two holes totalling 950 feet, both drilled from a single pad and focused beneath soil sample B206, which returned 2,230 ppm W (0.28% WO₃) — the highest value recorded at White Star.

Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Methods Drive Target Generation at White Star

Drill targets were developed using an integrated approach combining the maiden White Star field program, a UAV magnetic survey, three-dimensional magnetic inversion modelling, and rock-chip and soil assay results — the same methodology applied at Rowland. The South Zone targets sit above a non-magnetic trough identified by the inversion, flanked by weakly magnetic ground. All planned drill pads are sited on existing disturbance. The release states that no new assay results are reported, and that soil geochemical values represent surficial dispersion and should not be interpreted as indicative of grade or any mineral resource.

Permitting Advances to Consolidate Rowland and White Star Into One Campaign

The Plan of Operations for White Star is being prepared by KC Harvey Environmental for submission to the U.S. Forest Service, advancing in parallel with the Rowland permitting process and the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation reclamation permit. The company's objective, as stated in the release, is to drill both Rowland and White Star as a single district-scale campaign. Pad locations, access routes, and hole designs remain subject to field verification and permitting. White Star is described as the third project in the company's U.S. tungsten portfolio to reach the drill-target stage in 2026.