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Western Star Resources Maps Prospective Tungsten Contact with Drone Magnetic Survey at Eagle Point Project
November 11, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced promising results from a high-resolution drone magnetic survey at its Eagle Point Tungsten Project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. The survey successfully mapped the contact between intrusive granite and Horquilla Limestone, providing crucial insights into the location of tungsten-bearing skarn mineralization beneath shallow cover and talus.
The interpreted contact extends north-west from historical workings across the western portion of the property, an area previously concealed by cover. This magnetic interpretation has been integrated into the Company's three-dimensional geological model, guiding the planned 17-hole drill program.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated that the drone survey provided essential data, illuminating the path of the granite-limestone contact for kilometers north-west beneath cover. This clarity, coupled with an updated 3D model, will inform the maiden drill program.
The survey, covering approximately 4.9 km², was processed and interpreted by Warren Hughes of East Coast Consulting. A significant finding was the identification of a broad, arcuate magnetic high interpreted as granite, bordered by a magnetically quiet domain corresponding to the Horquilla Limestone. The sharp gradient between these domains is believed to approximate the skarn-hosting granite-limestone contact.
This interpreted contact has been traced for approximately 3 kilometers, revealing its trend across the western part of the property where it lies beneath shallow cover. The historical Eagle Point workings and a principal skarn exposure, sampled by the Company in August 2026, are situated at the southern end of this interpreted contact, establishing a direct link between the magnetic data and known scheelite mineralization.
Consequently, the planned 17-hole, approximately 1,850-meter drill program has been strategically positioned along this interpreted contact. Six holes will test the contact beneath talus cover, extending up to approximately 400 meters north-west of the historical workings.
Assay results from 23 samples collected in August 2026 are currently pending and will be incorporated with the magnetic data and the 3D model to refine drill targets.
Tungsten skarns form at the contact between granitic intrusions and carbonate sequences, where hydrothermal fluids react with limestone to create skarn rock containing the tungsten mineral scheelite. At Eagle Point, the contact between intrusive granite and Horquilla Limestone, identified in August 2026, hosts scheelite-bearing skarn. However, extensive talus cover obscures much of this contact, making mapping beneath cover a primary objective of the drone survey.
The magnetic data reveal the contact’s extent for approximately 3 kilometers within the surveyed area, including across the western part of the property where it is covered. Historical trenches in this area also lie within the same contact zone.
The integration of this magnetic interpretation into the Company’s Leapfrog Geo 3D model underpins the planned drill program. The drill holes are designed as shallow, closely spaced tests of the steeply dipping skarn contact.
Next steps include the integration of pending assay results from August samples, further mapping and sampling along the interpreted contact, and advancing drilling logistics and permitting. Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM, MAusIMM, a consultant to the Company, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this release as a Qualified Person.
Western Star Resources is a mineral exploration company focusing on tungsten and critical minerals in the United States, advancing past-producing tungsten assets including the Eagle Point Tungsten Project.
Source: Western Star Resources Inc.