Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has announced the first modern assay results from its Eagle Point Tungsten Project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, a property that last produced tungsten during the Second World War. The results, detailed in a NEWMEDIAWIRE release, show widespread tungsten mineralization and have prompted the company to advance a planned 17-hole, approximately 6,070-foot drill program.
Fourteen of 23 surface samples returned more than 0.10% WO3, including grab samples up to 0.55% WO3 from scheelite-bearing skarn that 2026 mapping has intermittently traced along roughly 2,600 feet of the limestone-granite contact. A continuous 13.1-foot channel sample averaged 0.11% WO3, including 0.18% WO3 over 3.3 feet. The channel sampled 13.1 feet of an 18.0-foot measured width, with an estimated true width of approximately 12.5 feet. Detailed results are available in Table 1: Channel CH1 results (continuous 3.3-foot intervals) and Table 2: Grab sample results (selective; not representative of grade or width). The company cautions that grab samples are selective and may not be representative of mineralization.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President, said, "These are encouraging first results from Eagle Point. We detected tungsten in every sample we collected, and the strongest results cluster in Trenches 4, 5 and 6 near the granite contact. That gives us clear targets for our 17-hole drill program, which we believe will be the first drilling at Eagle Point in more than 70 years. Tungsten supply has become a national-security priority for the United States and we believe domestic deposits like Eagle Point have an important role to play."
The 2026 field program collected 23 rock samples from August 19–28. Twenty-one of 23 samples exceeded 100 ppm W. Shortwave ultraviolet examination confirmed blue-white fluorescent scheelite, generally characteristic of low-molybdenum scheelite. Molybdenum was not analyzed but will be added in follow-up work. The skarn has measured surface widths of 13 to 18 feet and steep dips averaging approximately 85 degrees. Samples cover about 1,680 feet of the mapped contact, with talus obscuring portions.
Western Star will integrate the results into its Leapfrog Geo model to finalize collar locations for the planned 17-hole program. Historical diamond-drill logs indicate the host limestone overlies granite at depths of approximately 200 to 300 feet, and planned hole depths reflect this. The company is advancing drilling logistics and permitting. No Mineral Resource has been established at Eagle Point.
Historically, scheelite was discovered at Eagle Point in 1940, and the property was examined by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and U.S. Geological Survey between 1942 and 1957. The only recorded production is approximately 650–665 short tons grading about 0.44% WO3, mined and shipped in 1943–44. No work has been conducted since 1957. In 1955, the U.S. Government drafted a Defense Minerals Exploration Administration contract to fund 75% of shaft sinking and diamond drilling, but it was never executed. The company considers this a promising starting point.
For readers tracking critical minerals, the results underscore the potential for domestic tungsten supply at a time when the U.S. government has prioritized tungsten as a national-security concern. If drilling confirms continuity, Eagle Point could move toward a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, offering a new source of this strategically important metal. The full release is available on www.newmediawire.com.
