Announcement • Jul 29
Western Star Resources Inc. Reports Rock-Chip Assays Up To 4.02% WO3 At Rowland Property And 3.00% WO3 At White Star Project
Western Star Resources Inc. announced certified laboratory assay results from its inaugural sampling programs at the Rowland Tungsten Property and the adjoining White Star Tungsten Project, both in Elko County, Nevada. The headline number is a peak rock-chip assay of 4.02% WO3 at Rowland Main, alongside 3.00% WO3 at the White Star Batholith Mine, with several additional samples above 2%. Sampling confirmed high-grade tungsten across all three previously identified zones of historical workings at Rowland (Northern Zone A, Northern Zone B, and Rowland Main), with five Rowland Main samples above 1.0% WO3 and coincident silver, copper, molybdenum and manganese credits. At White Star, the highest-grade sample (3.00% WO3) came from an area not previously known to be mineralised, with a strongly anomalous 711 ppm molybdenum credit, consistent with recorded historical production grades from the Batholith Mine. Results will be integrated with a completed UAV magnetic geophysical survey and pending soil geochemistry to support drill target generation across the consolidated Jarbidge-Charleston tungsten footprint. At the Rowland Tungsten Property, eighteen samples across the Rowland Main workings, where the skarn system is exposed, ranged from 0.01% up to 4.02% WO3, with five samples in excess of 1.0%. The peak sample, RO-16-01, returned 4.02% WO3, supported by 2.69%, 2.56%, 2.11% and 1.25% in nearby samples. Sampling also confirmed mineralisation across the two northern zones, including up to 1.22% WO3 in Northern Zone B near the historical processing infrastructure. At the adjoining White Star Tungsten Project, initial sampling was preliminary and focused on roadside outcrops showing historical workings or visual skarn indicators. Two samples were collected, and the standout, WS-16-02, returned 3.00% WO3 with 711 ppm molybdenum. The company noted that this highest-grade sample came from an area not previously known to be mineralised, which is the kind of result that expands the perceived footprint of a system rather than just confirming what was already known. Running through both properties is a set of coincident credits that matter for a tungsten skarn. The samples carried elevated silver, copper, molybdenum, manganese and tin, the pathfinder chemistry expected from a scheelite-bearing tungsten skarn system, and manganese, itself a critical metal, was consistently high across Rowland Main. None of that is a resource, but it is the geochemical signature a company wants to see before it commits drilling dollars.
