Western Star Resources (CSE:WSR) has completed a drone magnetic survey to refine targets ahead of maiden drilling at its Eagle Point Tungsten Project in New Mexico, US.
The high-resolution survey covered approximately 4.9km² across the southern and western portions of the Hidalgo County property.
Western Star interprets the boundary between a broad magnetic high and a magnetically quiet domain as the prospective contact between intrusive granite and Horquilla Limestone.
The interpreted contact extends for approximately 3km, including beneath shallow cover across the western portion of Eagle Point. Historical workings and a sampled scheelite-bearing skarn exposure sit at its southern end.
Western Star has added the interpretation to its three-dimensional geological model and positioned a planned 17-hole, 1,850m drill program along the contact.
Six holes will test the contact beneath cover up to approximately 400m northwest of the historical workings.
President and CEO Blake Morgan says the survey has provided greater clarity around the proposed drill locations.
“With the contact mapped and the 3D model updated, we are going into the maiden drill program with a much clearer picture of where to put the holes,” Morgan says.
Magnetic surveys do not directly detect tungsten mineralisation. Drilling will be required to confirm the interpreted geology and determine whether mineralisation continues along the contact.
Surface sampling previously returned tungsten oxide grades above 0.10% from 14 of 23 samples, including grab samples reaching 0.55%, as reported by Mining.com.au.
Mapping and sampling will continue northwest along the contact while Western Star advances permitting and drilling logistics. The company previously targeted a December start after submitting an exploration notice to the US Bureau of Land Management.
Western Star Resources is a Canadian explorer advancing the Eagle Point project in New Mexico and the Rowland and White Star tungsten projects in Nevada, US.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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