Western Star Resources (CSE:WSR) has outlined four holes totalling approximately 594m at its White Star Tungsten Project in Nevada, US, subject to permitting.
The program will test two tungsten-in-soil anomalies at the North and South zones, approximately 4km south of the company’s Rowland Tungsten Property. All three proposed drill pads sit on previously disturbed ground.
At the North zone, two holes will test beneath rock-chip sample WS-16-01, which returned 0.126% tungsten trioxide (WO₃), and the southern portion of a soil anomaly crossing a quartz monzonite-tactite contact.
Two holes at the South zone will test beneath soil sample B206, which returned 2,230 parts per million tungsten, equivalent to 0.28% WO₃. This is the highest soil value reported at White Star.
Western Star developed the targets using soil results, historical workings, rock-chip assays, and three-dimensional magnetic inversion. Neither soil nor selective rock-chip samples establish subsurface grades or continuity.
Nevada campaign reaches 1,524m
The White Star plan complements six holes totalling approximately 930m at Rowland, as previously reported by Mining.com.au. Combined, the two programs comprise 10 holes totalling 1,524m from seven pads.
President and CEO Blake Morgan says the coordinated programs bring the company’s adjoining properties into a single drilling campaign.
“With both Rowland and White Star now ready for drill testing, the consolidated Jarbidge–Charleston tungsten footprint can move into the drill program as a single, district-scale campaign,” Morgan says.
KC Harvey Environmental is preparing a plan of operations for submission to the US Forest Service, alongside a state reclamation permit. Final hole locations remain subject to field verification and regulatory approval.
Western Star Resources is a Canadian explorer advancing tungsten properties in Nevada and New Mexico in the US, alongside its Western Star Property in British Columbia, Canada.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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