Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has released an updated investor presentation, offering shareholders and prospective investors a comprehensive overview of its rapidly advancing North American critical-minerals portfolio. The presentation, available on the Company's website at www.westernstarresources.com, consolidates for the first time the historical production record, modern exploration results, geophysical interpretation, surface sampling, emerging drill targets, and planned advancement strategy across its Eagle Point, Rowland, and White Star tungsten projects in the United States, alongside its drill-permitted polymetallic Western Star Project in British Columbia.
The updated presentation demonstrates the significant transformation Western Star has undergone over the past year, moving from acquiring historically productive mineral assets to actively generating modern exploration data and advancing priority targets toward drill testing. The Company's U.S. tungsten strategy now centers on three past-producing projects in two established mining jurisdictions, each offering different stages of exploration opportunity and collectively providing a growing pipeline of potential drill targets.
At Eagle Point, New Mexico, a 100%-interest past-producing tungsten project, historical production totaled approximately 1,800 tons of scheelite-bearing material shipped to the U.S. Government stockpile during 1943–44, with surface sampling by the USGS/NMBGMR including sample LH705 returning 27.6% WO3 and 0.98% Mo. The Company is targeting a maiden drilling program during 2026, subject to permitting and financing, to test historically identified mineralization and selected extensions. The objective is to generate sufficient modern geological and analytical information to determine whether Eagle Point can support a maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate.
In Nevada, the Rowland and White Star projects form a consolidated Jarbidge–Charleston tungsten footprint covering more than six kilometres of prospective horizons. Western Star's 2026 exploration program at Rowland returned selected rock, float, and channel results of up to 4.02% WO3, with soil geochemistry and UAV magnetics identifying Central and Rowland Main as principal target areas. At White Star, a selective rock sample returned 3.00% WO3 and 711 ppm Mo. Drill permitting has commenced with a USFS Plan of Operations to be submitted shortly.
The presentation also highlights the potential for government support, given tungsten's importance to defense and advanced manufacturing. Western Star has submitted an application to a U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium solicitation for reliable supplies of strategic critical minerals, though there is no assurance of funding. The historical precedent at Eagle Point includes a 1955 DMEA contract that would have funded 75% of an exploration program, but that contract never became effective.
Blake Morgan, President and CEO, commented: "We have assembled three past-producing tungsten projects in the United States and we are no longer simply talking about historical potential. At Rowland and White Star we have generated modern geophysics, geochemistry, and certified laboratory results. At Eagle Point, we are working toward systematically testing a tungsten system that attracted significant U.S. Government attention historically, but where the principal government-backed drilling program was never completed."
The updated presentation also details Western Star's 100%-owned Western Star Property in British Columbia, a 4,740-hectare project permitted for a multi-pad drill program, hosting twelve MINFILE occurrences. While the Company's principal focus remains its U.S. tungsten portfolio, this property provides additional exposure to gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc.
Western Star's strategy is disciplined: define targets, obtain approvals, drill the best opportunities, and advance projects toward compliant mineral resources. As the United States places increasing strategic emphasis on secure supplies of critical minerals, Western Star believes its portfolio is highly relevant. The Company intends to aggressively pursue the geological opportunity while remaining disciplined on capital and focused on creating long-term shareholder value.
