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The Nevada Tungsten Past-Producer That Just Filed With the Pentagon's Critical Minerals Body -- and What 17 Historical Workings Could Mean for the 2026 Drill Program
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nThe Nevada Tungsten Past-Producer That Just Filed With the Pentagon's Critical Minerals Body -- and What 17 Historical Workings Could Mean for the 2026 Drill Program\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nIssued on behalf of Western Star Resources Inc.A LiDAR review at the Rowland Tungsten Property identified more than 17 historical open pits, trenches, shafts and adits across two kilometres of mineralization — and a maiden drill program is being designed around them as APT prices push past US$3,000/MTUAmerican News Group News CommentaryVANCOUVER, BC, May 13, 2026 /CNW/ -- Under eight months from now, on January 1, 2027, a U.S. federal procurement rule will bar Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean tungsten from key U.S. defense applications.[1] The U.S. has had no commercial tungsten mine production since 2015, while China still controls roughly 80% of global mine supply and has restricted exports to 15 approved firms through 2027.[1] Rotterdam APT — the benchmark intermediate — is changing hands near US$3,185 per metric tonne unit, up approximately 900% over the trailing 12 months.[1] The defense procurement clock is the most concrete piece of U.S. industrial policy operating on tungsten right now, and it is running against a domestic mining industry that effectively does not exist.  That is the context in which Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) — a Canadian-listed junior with its flagship asset in Nevada — announced on May 1, 2026 that it has submitted an application in response to a solicitation from the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a body managed by Advanced Technology International on behalf of the U.S. Department of War (DoW).[1] The DIBC issued its critical minerals request for project proposal in February 2026, with the DoW prioritizing supply chain alternatives for defense-critical minerals used in aircraft, missiles, semiconductors, and other defense technologies. Western Star's submission focuses on tungsten (WO3).What makes the sub...