Western Star Resources (CSE:WSR) has begun a maiden field exploration and drill planning program at the Eagle Point Tungsten Project in New Mexico, US.
The program is designed to validate and refine the geological model, evaluate the continuity and potential extent of tungsten mineralisation, and ground truth proposed drill locations ahead of future drilling.
Dahrouge Geological Consulting has been engaged to undertake the program. The consulting firm’s scope of work includes detailed geological and structural mapping, channel and grab sampling, validation of existing project data, and ground-truthing of proposed drill-hole collar locations.
Importantly, the field team will also evaluate areas surrounding the proposed drilling targets with the aim of identifying opportunities to expand the existing exploration target areas.
Upon completion, Western Star will integrate the results with the project’s historical database. The resulting geological interpretation will assist the company in ranking and refining targets for drill testing, subject to permitting, technical review, financing, and other customary conditions.
CEO Blake Morgan says Western Star is moving from historical records and surface indications to boots-on-the-ground, systematic modern exploration.
“Eagle Point has a combination that is increasingly difficult to find in the US: documented historical tungsten production, multiple mineralised skarn bodies exposed at surface, significant historical US Government involvement, and modern government sampling that has confirmed very high-grade tungsten mineralisation at surface,” Morgan says.
“What excites us most, however, is what has not been done. The US Government previously agreed to support a drilling program at Eagle Point, yet that program was never completed, and the system has never been comprehensively tested using modern exploration techniques.
“We want the next phase of drilling to test the geological system intelligently and aggressively.”
Morgan adds that Eagle Point, together with the tungsten assets in Nevada, gives the company exposure to multiple past-producing US tungsten systems.
Eagle Point is a past-producing tungsten skarn system comprising 24 lode mining claims in the Granite Pass area of the Little Hatchet mining district.
Western Star Resources is a mineral explorer advancing Eagle Point alongside its tungsten portfolio in Nevada, including the Rowland and White Star projects.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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