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.
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A Junior Just Pulled Rock Grading Double the Historical Numbers From a Nevada Tungsten District the U.S. Badly Needs
Western Star Resources Inc. announced rock-chip assay results of up to 4.02% tungsten trioxide from its Rowland Tungsten Property in Nevada, approximately double the historical grades recorded in the district, as the company advances toward drill target generation.
The West Is Running Out of Tungsten Patience, This Junior Just Added the Expertise to Move Fast
Western Star Resources Inc. announced on July 21, 2026 the appointment of Dahrouge Geological Consulting to advance its past-producing tungsten assets in Nevada and New Mexico, with an immediate mandate to define drill targets at the Eagle Point Mine in New Mexico and develop a maiden drill program targeting a historical non-compliant resource in 2026.
Nevada Tungsten District Gets Its First Modern Geophysical Map, and It Found Something New
Western Star Resources Inc. completed a high-resolution UAV magnetic geophysical survey at its White Star Tungsten Project in Elko County, Nevada on July 15, 2026, identifying a previously unmapped intrusive body and four priority drill targets in the first modern geophysical dataset collected across the property since 1967.
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.
America Has No Tungsten Mine and a 2027 Deadline — Now Field Crews Are on the Ground at a Past-Producing Nevada Project
Western Star Resources Inc. mobilized field crews on June 22, 2026 to the past-producing White Star Tungsten Project in Nevada, commencing drone geophysics and soil sampling as the company races against a January 1, 2027 U.S. federal procurement deadline that will bar Chinese tungsten from defense applications.
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.