Western Star Resources Unveils 2026 Exploration Plan for White Star Tungsten Project in Nevada

Western Star Resources Inc. has released the plan for the first phase of exploration at its 100% owned White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada. The project, a past-producing tungsten-molybdenum skarn property, is pending final approval from the Canadian Securities Exchange. The exploration program is designed to deliver geophysical and geochemical datasets to define and rank drill targets and support the permitting process.

The White Star Tungsten Project is located approximately nine miles by road southwest of Jarbidge, in the Charleston Mining District, adjacent to the company's Rowland Tungsten Project. The company has acted rapidly since acquiring the property to prepare the maiden exploration campaign, which will be the first modern program since the Mission Cross Mine shut down in the 1950s.

Key highlights include property-wide surveys using a high-resolution UAV magnetometer survey and a soil geochemistry campaign. Historical production at the Mission Cross Mine recorded approximately 1,000 tons of ore assaying up to 1.0% WO3, believed to be part of a larger system. White Star sits within the same contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn setting as the adjoining Rowland Project, together covering more than six kilometres of prospective tungsten-bearing horizons.

Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, "White Star Property surrounds a documented past producer in a tungsten district that has never been evaluated using modern geophysics or systematic geochemistry. Our plan is straightforward: fly the property with a high-resolution drone magnetic survey and use soil geochemistry to define the true scale of the tungsten system. This is expected to generate datasets leading to drillable targets."

The property's proximity to the Rowland Project provides strategic advantages, including shared road access and consolidated logistics. The company believes both properties could belong to a contiguous tungsten-molybdenum skarn complex. The 2026 work program includes integrating historical data from USGS and NBMG sources with the regional geological framework already developed for Rowland.

The geology is hosted within a contact metamorphic tungsten-molybdenum skarn system, with Paleozoic sedimentary rocks intruded by a Cretaceous quartz monzonite stock. Skarn minerals include scheelite, powellite, and molybdenite. The granite-carbonate contact is interpreted as the primary zone of prospectivity, and Western Star believes additional skarn-hosted mineralization may exist along strike and at depth.

The high-resolution UAV magnetic survey will refine structural interpretation and identify additional skarn targets. The soil geochemistry campaign will detect dispersion patterns from mineralized zones, especially where bedrock is limited. The company is also initiating work to submit a Notice of Intent to the U.S. Forest Service, aiming to position the project for drill testing once datasets are integrated.

For more information, refer to USGS MRDS records: New Chance Mine and Mission Cross / Batholith Mine. The qualified person for this news release is Jasper Mowatt, who has reviewed the technical information.