Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) has completed a high-resolution drone magnetic survey at its 100%-owned Eagle Point Tungsten Project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and the results have significant implications for the company's exploration strategy. The survey, covering approximately 4.9 square kilometers, has successfully mapped the contact between intrusive granite and Horquilla Limestone, the prospective horizon for tungsten-bearing skarn mineralization. This contact is largely concealed beneath talus and shallow cover, making surface mapping alone insufficient to establish its full extent and geometry. The magnetic interpretation now provides a reliable guide for the planned 17-hole, approximately 1,850-metre drill program.
According to the company, a broad, arcuate magnetic high is interpreted to reflect the granite, bounded to the north-west by a sharp gradient against a magnetically quiet domain corresponding to the limestone. The gradient between them approximates the skarn-hosting granite-limestone contact, which has been traced for approximately 3 kilometers, curving from the north-eastern part of the survey south-west across the western part of the property. Importantly, this interpreted contact extends north-west from the historical workings, projecting beneath shallow cover where it cannot be mapped at surface. The historical Eagle Point workings and the principal skarn exposure sampled in August 2026 sit at the southern end of the interpreted contact, directly linking the magnetic framework to known scheelite mineralization.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, stated, "The drone survey has done exactly what we needed it to do at Eagle Point. The skarn we mapped in August sits on the granite–limestone contact, but most of that contact is hidden under shallow cover. The magnetics now show us where it goes, and it runs for kilometres north-west beneath the cover. With the contact mapped and the 3D model updated, we are going into the maiden drill program with a much clearer picture of where to put the holes."
The magnetic interpretation has been integrated into the company's three-dimensional geological model, and the planned drill holes are positioned along the interpreted contact. Six holes will step out up to approximately 400 metres north-west of the historical workings to test the contact beneath talus cover. This approach is expected to increase the efficiency and success rate of the drill program by targeting the most prospective zones. The company has also released figures illustrating the magnetic survey results and the planned drill holes. Figure 1 shows the reduced-to-pole total magnetic intensity with the claim boundary and historical workings, while Figure 2 presents the first vertical derivative with the interpreted contact. Figure 3 displays the tilt derivative, and Figure 4 shows the planned drill holes on the interpreted contact.
Assay results from 23 samples collected in August 2026 remain pending and will be integrated with the magnetics and the three-dimensional model to finalize drill targets. The company is also extending mapping and sampling north-west along the interpreted contact, including the historical trenches, and is advancing drilling logistics and permitting. For more information, visit www.westernstarresources.com.
