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Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - 10th July 2026 – Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) (the “Company” or “Western Star”) is pleased to report results of the Phase 1 soil-geochemistry program at the past-producing Rowland Tungsten Property in Elko County, Nevada, USA. The results confirmed a coherent, multi-element tungsten-skarn signature in soil over an approximately one-kilometre structural corridor, headlined by a peak of 1,425 parts per million (ppm) tungsten trioxide (WO₃) in soil in the area of the recently re-discovered historical workings. On the strength of these results the Company is mobilising an expanded soil program to commence shortly.

Highlights from Phase 1 Soil Geochemistry

• Exceptional peak tungsten-in-soil: 0.14% WO(1,130 ppm W) returned directly over a recently re-discovered zone of historical workings. 

• Rowland Main confirmed by soil: soils over the main historical workings returned up to 517 ppm and 504 ppm WO 

• Soils coincide with interpreted skarn contacts: the strongest soil anomalies sit on magnetic gradients (lithological / structural contacts) imaged by the Company’s UAV magnetic survey  

• Enhanced understanding of skarn contacts: anomalous geochemistry coincident with magnetic gradients will be used to map the prospective skarn horizon to establish a new search space for the expanded soil program. 

• Multiple critical metals: tungsten is accompanied by coincident diagnostic W-Cu-Mo-Bi(-Be) skarn metals -copper (up to 1,185 ppm), molybdenum (up to 35 ppm), bismuth (up to 5.2 ppm) and beryllium(up to 4.56 ppm). 

• Targeting model validated; program expanding immediately: anomalous soil over both the historical workings and Rowland Main confirms soil geochemistry as an effective, low-cost vector to prospective skarn-contact zones, and an expanded multi-stage soil campaign will begin shortly to grow these zones toward drill-target definition. 

Blake Morgan, President and CEO of Western Star, commented: “As far as we are aware, this is the first ever soil geochemistry survey completed by a public company at Rowland, and returning a high value result of 0.14% WO3 is an excellent start. The anomalous soil results provide a baseline to interpret the expanded soil results once they arrive. Crucially, the soils line up with the contacts our UAV magnetics are mapping, which is the strongest possible vector for where to look next. Expanding the soil program immediately to extend the known zones around Rowland Main and the historical workings, and then into untested ground where an entirely new discovery could be made is an important step in converting these anomalies into ranked drill targets.”

Exceptional, District-Scale Tungsten Opportunity Evolving

The Phase 1 soil grid comprised 93 soil samples at nominal 25 m spacing over the central Rowland workings corridor. Given the property has never been systematically explored in the way Western Star operates, it was important to undertake an orientation sampling program to ensure our main phase of exploration is correctly designed. The encouraging results have shown tungsten is strongly and discretely anomalous against the baseline background values (determined to be approximately 2ppm WO3). Multiple samples exceed 10 ppm, five above 50 ppm and three above 100 ppm W. The anomalous samples are interpreted to reflect a tungsten-skarn system developed along a carbonate–intrusive contact with potentially mineralised NE-SW structures. The peak value (1,425 ppm WO3 at X-3) is in the central zone, while a second strong cluster (up to 517 ppm WO3) overlies the Rowland Main workings to the south. Copper, molybdenum, bismuth and beryllium are elevated in the same samples, confirming a coherent polymetallic skarn signature. Two large target areas have emerged and will be systematically explored by Western Star, along with property wide exploratory sampling.

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Figure 1: Tungsten-in-soil (ppm) results and key target areas for Phase 2. Blue polygon shows the Carbonate unit (OCtd) interpreted to be a key unit associated with tungsten mineralisation

Soils Confirm the Skarn Model — and the Geophysics

Rowland is interpreted as a reduced tungsten (W-Cu-Mo-Bi) skarn, in which tungsten-bearing fluids exsolved from a Cretaceous granite reacted with Ordovician–Cambrian limestone (unit OCtd) to deposit scheelite-bearing skarn at and near the intrusive contact. The Phase 1 soils sit directly on this carbonate host, and the strongest anomalies fall on magnetic gradients (geological and structural contacts as imaged by the Company’s UAV magnetic survey). The coincidence of high-grade, polymetallic-metal soils with these interpreted contacts over an approximately one-kilometre area is a powerful exploration vector. The two figures below show that the orientation soil samples are elevated in the carbonate region and associated contacts, and interpreted fault zones.. Table 1 shows the elevated W-Cu-Mo-Bi-Be values

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Figure 2: Rowland Main zone with anomalous soils approximately mapping out the carbonate (blue) contact. Magnetic gradient is the greyscale image below, where potential contacts are shown as high gradients (whiter colours).

Because the soils respond strongly over both the Central zone of historical workings and Rowland Main, the areas of known mineralisation, the Company has high confidence that soil geochemistry reliably highlights the prospective skarn-contact zones, and can be used aggressively both to extend the known zones and to search for new ones.

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Figure 3: Central zone with anomalous soils appearing related to NE-SW interpreted fault within carbonate unit. Magnetic gradient is the greyscale image below, where potential contacts are shown as high gradients (whiter colours).

Table 1. select individual soil samples (Phase 1).

Next Steps to Expand Soil Anomalism

Western Star is mobilising an expanded soil-sampling program, to commence imminently, designed to trace the prospective skarn contacts outward from the known workings and potential mineralisation controlling faults. Results from the expanded program will be integrated with the UAV magnetic survey and field mapping to generate and prioritise drill targets for a maiden drill program at Rowland.

Sampling and Analytical Procedures

Soil samples were submitted to ALS, an accredited laboratory independent of the Company, and analysed by method ME-MS41L (aqua-regia digest, 51-element ICP-MS) with gold by the same package. Tungsten values are reported in ppm; WO₃ is calculated as W × 1.2611. Anomaly thresholds were defined on log-transformed data using percentile (P90/P95/P98) and median-absolute-deviation criteria; values below detection were handled at half the detection limit for statistical work.

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The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jasper Mowatt, MIMMM (Membership No. 0486653) and MAusIMM (Membership No. 3178851), a consultant to the company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. About Western Star Resources

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About Western Star Resources

Western Star Resources is an emerging junior mineral exploration company focused on revitalizing North America's tungsten supply. The Company is advancing its entry into the U.S. market through past-producing tungsten assets in historically important mining districts and is positioning itself to participate in the growing need for secure domestic critical mineral supply.

For more information, please visit www.westernstarresources.com.

Contact Information

Blake Morgan President, CEO and Director Email: blake@acvc.vc

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