Western Star Resources (CSE:WSR) has outlined six holes totalling approximately 930m at its Rowland Tungsten Property in Nevada, US, to test targets beneath soil anomalies and historical workings.
The proposed program focuses on Rowland Main and Northern Zone B, with four drill pads on previously disturbed ground. Hole locations and designs remain subject to field verification and permitting.
CEO Blake Morgan says the work has expanded the company’s understanding of the property.
“We started with a historical record that pointed to one past-producing zone, and we are finishing with three zones of confirmed workings, an integrated modern dataset, and a ranked drill target inventory ready for permitting and drill testing,” Morgan says.
At Rowland Main, four holes totalling approximately 564m will test a shallow modelled magnetic body and the bedrock source of a soil anomaly.
Previously reported sampling near the historical open cut returned up to 4.02% tungsten trioxide (WO₃). Soil sample R079 returned 4,240 parts per million tungsten, the highest result from the second-phase soil program.
Northern Zone B has two holes planned for approximately 366m beneath historical shafts and an ore chute. Rock-chip samples there previously returned 0.35–1.22% WO₃.
The targets combine field observations, sampling, an airborne magnetic survey, and three-dimensional modelling. Selective rock samples do not establish representative grades, while magnetic bodies remain interpretations requiring drill testing.
KC Harvey Environmental is said to be preparing a Plan of Operations for submission to the US Forest Service, alongside state reclamation permitting.
The plans follow sampling results from Western Star’s Eagle Point Tungsten Project in New Mexico, previously reported by Mining.com.au, where grab samples returned up to 0.55% WO₃.
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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