Western Star Resources Inc. commenced a maiden field exploration program at its Eagle Point tungsten project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico on August 11, 2026, with Dahrouge Geological Consulting conducting systematic geological mapping, sampling, and drill-site validation targeting completion by August 31, 2026—the first modern systematic exploration of a past-producing skarn that was estimated to contain approximately 170,000 tons of mineralization but never drilled despite U.S. Government funding commitment in the 1950s.
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Western Star Spent Eight Months Building a U.S. Tungsten Platform. Now It’s Time to Drill
Western Star Resources Inc. closed an oversubscribed C$3.69 million private placement and submitted a U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium application as it moves from assembling a three-asset U.S. tungsten portfolio to executing a maiden drill program at Eagle Point targeted for 2026.
A Past-Producing Nevada Tungsten Mine Just Lit Up in Soil — and Western Star Is Already Expanding the Hunt
Western Star Resources Inc. reported Phase 1 soil-geochemistry results at its past-producing Rowland Tungsten Property in Nevada on July 10, 2026, returning a peak of 1,425 ppm WO₃ in soil that aligns with drone-based magnetic geophysics, prompting the company to mobilize an expanded soil program.
Tungsten Is the Critical Mineral Canada Owns — and One Junior Just Financed Its Way Into the Reshoring Trade
Western Star Resources Inc. announced a non-brokered flow-through financing of $500,000, a 12-month European investor relations mandate valued at €200,000, and submitted an application to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium for tungsten, positioning itself to develop the past-producing Rowland Tungsten Property in Nevada ahead of a January 1, 2027 federal procurement rule that will bar Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean tungsten from U.S. defense applications.
Western Star Files Application With U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium as Tungsten Prices Rip and the West Scrambles for Non-China Supply
Western Star Resources Inc. submitted an application to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium in response to a critical minerals solicitation focused on tungsten supply alternatives, as Rotterdam ammonium paratungstate prices have risen roughly 350% year-to-date and a federal procurement rule banning Chinese tungsten from U.S. defense applications takes effect January 1, 2027.