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Western Star Resources Traces 3 km Granite-Limestone Contact at Eagle Point Tungsten Project
By News Desk ·
Key takeaways
- Western Star Resources flew a drone magnetometer survey over about 4.9 km² at its Eagle Point tungsten project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
- The interpreted granite-limestone contact zone runs about 3 km northwest and passes under shallow cover where it cannot be mapped at the surface.
- The planned 17-hole program totals about 1,850 metres, with six step-out holes up to roughly 400 metres northwest of the historical workings.
- Assay results for 23 samples collected in August 2026 are pending from ALS Geochemistry in Tucson, Arizona.
Western Star Resources said a drone-based magnetometer survey traced the granite-limestone contact zone at its Eagle Point tungsten project in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, for about 3 kilometres northwest beneath shallow cover. The survey covered about 4.9 km², Aktien reported on November 11, 2026.
How the Eagle Point Survey Was Flown
Western Star Resources is a Vancouver-based mineral explorer focused on tungsten and critical minerals in the United States, according to akta.pro company records. AJ Mining LLC flew the survey with a DJI Matrice M300 platform carrying a GSMP-35U potassium-vapour magnetometer at a nominal sensor height of 30 metres, with east-west flight lines spaced 100 metres apart and tie lines at 1,000 metres. Warren Hughes, P.Geo., of East Coast Consulting processed, levelled, gridded and interpreted the data in Geosoft Oasis Montaj at a 25-metre cell size.
The company interprets a broad, arcuate magnetic anomaly as granite, bounded to the northwest by a steep gradient against a magnetically quiet area it reads as Horquilla limestone. Western Star treats the gradient between the two as the skarn-bearing contact zone. The historical workings and the main skarn outcrop sampled in August 2026 sit at the southern end of the interpreted contact, which the company links to the known scheelite mineralisation.
"The magnetics now show us its path: it extends for kilometres northwest beneath the cover," CEO and President Blake Morgan said.
Eagle Point's Planned 17-Hole Program
The magnetic interpretation was merged into the company's Leapfrog three-dimensional geological model, which supports a planned 17-hole program totalling about 1,850 metres (6,070 feet). Six holes are planned as step-outs up to roughly 400 metres northwest of the historical workings to test the contact beneath the debris cone. Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM, MAusIMM, a consultant to the company and a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, reviewed and approved the technical information; the company states he is not independent of it.
Western Star's Path to the Eagle Point Survey
Western Star began a high-resolution UAV magnetic survey at Eagle Point in September 2026, with data expected in three weeks, Stock Titan reported. The company completed its August 2026 geological mapping and sampling at Eagle Point and identified scheelite-bearing skarn, Yahoo reported on September 22, 2026. On October 22, 2026, Western Star filed a 43 CFR 3809 Exploration Notice with the BLM for the project, TradingView reported.
What Comes Next at Eagle Point
Assay results for the 23 samples collected in August 2026 are pending from ALS Geochemistry in Tucson, Arizona, and will be combined with the magnetic data, geological mapping and the three-dimensional model to finalise drill targets. Mapping and sampling continue northwest along the interpreted contact, including over the historical trenches, and the company said it is working on drill logistics and permits for the planned program.