Western Star Resources (CSE:WSR) has moved beyond portfolio assembly and is shifting its focus on disciplined execution across its US tungsten portfolio.
The company intends to advance priority targets toward drilling, testing for discovery, and establishing the scale of its US tungsten platform.
At the Eagle Point Project, Dahrouge Geological Consulting has been engaged to assist with technical evaluation and future exploration. The consulting firm will focus on integrating historical geological information with modern datasets and building a practical geological model to support drill targeting.
Western Star aims to design a program capable of systematically testing the historical, non-compliant estimate.
Subject to permitting, final drill design, contractor availability, and other customary considerations, Western Star is targeting a maiden drill program at Eagle Point during 2026. The program will represent an important step in advancing Eagle Point from a historically recognised tungsten occurrence toward modern exploration and potential resource definition.
The company plans for drilling to test the principal historically identified mineralised zones, investigate grade and geological continuity, test geometry and thickness, and provide modern geological and analytical information. Drilling will also test selected extensions along strike and at depth, evaluate additional targets, and provide information to support future resource estimates.
CEO Blake Morgan says Eagle Point has historical production, historical US Government exploration, multiple skarn bodies exposed at surface, historical estimates of tungsten-bearing material, and modern US Geological Survey sampling that returned up to 27.6% tungsten oxide.
“A government supported program was once planned to advance Eagle Point through underground development and diamond drilling, but that drilling was never completed,” Morgan says.
“Our goal is to bring modern exploration standards to that historical opportunity. We intend to drill the historically identified mineralisation and generate the geological and analytical information required to determine whether Eagle Point can support a maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate. At the same time, we intend to test beyond the historical footprint.”
Morgan adds that the Rowland Project is also moving toward drilling in Nevada and the White Star Project gives the company an adjoining district-scale exploration opportunity.
“In less than a year, Western Star has assembled three past-producing US tungsten projects, strengthened its balance sheet, put technical teams in the field and begun moving these assets toward drilling,” he says.
Western Star Resources is an emerging junior mineral explorer focused on revitalising North America’s tungsten supply.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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