Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has reported results from a Phase 2 soil geochemical survey at its Rowland Tungsten Property in Elko County, Nevada, defining two discrete tungsten-in-soil anomalies that expand the known mineralized footprint around historical workings. The survey, comprising 315 samples collected on lines spaced approximately 100 metres apart with sample intervals of 25 to 50 metres, has refined drill targets and highlighted a high-grade result in an area with no recorded past activity.
The most significant result is a soil sample returning 4,240 ppm tungsten (0.53% WO3) at sample R079, located 250 metres from the nearest historical working. This sample also yielded 66.9 ppm tin, the highest tin value in the survey, suggesting a tungsten-tin association consistent with a greisen-modified skarn system. The Rowland Main anomaly, where this sample lies, covers a footprint of approximately 190 by 630 metres defined by 18 anomalous samples, six of which exceed 100 ppm W. The anomaly is associated with an interpreted magnetic-high lineament and sits outside the modelled intrusive body.
The Northern Zone B anomaly, a more compact 190 by 190 metre cluster, peaks at 228 ppm W and includes 13 anomalous samples. It is centered on rock-chip samples RO-18-01 to RO-18-03, which previously returned 0.35% to 1.22% WO3, as announced in July 2026. This anomaly lies within the modelled intrusive body resolved by the company's three-dimensional magnetic inversion and near an interpreted magnetic-low lineament, over tactite and calc-silicate hornfels and Prospect Mountain quartzite.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, "These results show the methodical exploration approach is paying off. We have defined two significant soil anomalies over the historical workings and extended the recognised footprint well beyond them. Northern Zone B is the tighter of the two, a compact cluster elongate to the northeast, sitting within the modelled intrusive. Rowland Main is the larger footprint, and its best sample, 0.53% WO3, lies 250 metres from the nearest historical working on ground with no recorded past activity. That is the part that interests us most: the strongest result came from ground nobody has tested."
The soil geochemical results will be integrated with the completed UAV magnetic survey, the three-dimensional magnetic inversion, and the rock-chip and channel assay results from July 2026 to advance drill target generation across the consolidated Jarbidge-Charleston tungsten footprint. Soil geochemistry from the nearby White Star Tungsten Project, comprising 253 samples, remains pending and will be reported when received.
Quality assurance and quality control protocols included submission to ALS Global, with samples dried and screened to minus 180 microns, and analysed for 32 elements including tungsten by lithium borate fusion and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Field duplicates were inserted at a rate of approximately one in 32 samples, along with certified reference materials, blanks, and duplicates. The company cautions that soil geochemical values represent surficial dispersion and are not indicative of grade or any mineral resource.
The scientific and technical information has been reviewed and approved by Jasper Mowatt, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Western Star Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on tungsten and critical minerals in the United States, advancing past-producing tungsten assets in Nevada and New Mexico. For more information, visit the original release on www.newmediawire.com.
