Western Star Resources Company (Private search engine: WSR) (Over-the-counter: WSRIF) (“Company” or “Western Star”) is pleased to announce that it has submitted its application in response to a request from the US Defense Industrial Base Association (“Deepak“) to provide the United States with a reliable supply of important minerals, with an emphasis on tungsten (Wo3).
In February 2026, the DIFC issued a new Request for Project Proposal (“RPP“) focused on critical strategic minerals. The Department of Labor has prioritized identifying supply chain alternatives for critical defense minerals used in the production of aircraft, missiles, semiconductors, and other defense technology.
DIFC is managed by Advanced Technology International (“We had it“) on behalf of the US War Department (“DaoThe Dubai World Trade Center aims to expand and diversify the defense industrial base in the United States, enable private sector companies to work in partnership with the US government, provide non-dilutive financing to prime contractors, and provide the US government with access to commercial solutions for defense requirements.
Critical minerals are essential to the U.S. defense industrial base, and the U.S. government engages in strategic planning, initiatives, and funding to ensure it has access to onshore domestic production and supply capabilities.
Blake Morgan, CEO and President of Western Star, said: “Western Star Resources is pleased to support DIFC initiatives focused on critical strategic minerals. Our team will travel to Washington in May for meetings to discuss the past producing tungsten asset. We believe this asset offers significant upside and look forward to demonstrating its potential as we approach our first drilling program in 2026. Additionally, we will provide further updates soon regarding our recently announced Rowland exploration program.”
Plautus’ engagement
The Company announces that it has entered into an Investor Relations and Marketing Services Agreement dated April 28, 2026 (“Plutus Agreement”) with Plutus Invest & Consulting GmbH. ((float“) under which Plutus will provide services to the Company for a period of twelve months commencing on May 1, 2026. Relationship strategies provided by Plutus include consulting on advertising marketing and public relations strategies, and the design and implementation of an advertising-based investor awareness campaign focused on the European investment market on financial news portals, investor newsletters, social media platforms such as The Company has agreed to pay Plutus a fee of €200,000 payable upon commencement of the Services. The Plutus Agreement has been negotiated through independent negotiations and the term of the Plutus Agreement expires on April 30, 2027. Contact information for Plutus is as follows: Buchtstrasse 13, Bremen 28195, Germany.(email protected)) or by phone: (+49 42117540174). Participation by Plutus is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the filing of all required forms with the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”).
Flow through financing
The Company is also pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) of 833,333 flow-through common shares (“FT Shares”) at a price of $0.60 per share per foot for gross proceeds of $500,000.
The gross proceeds received by the Company from the Offering will be used to defer eligible “Canadian Exploration Expenditures” (“CEE”) representing “stream-through mining expenditures” (as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)) relating to the Company’s Western Star Project and will be used as deemed appropriate for expenditures eligible for the Critical Minerals Tax Credit (CMETC).
All FT Shares issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a statutory holding period of four months and one day in accordance with applicable securities laws. Completion of the offering remains subject to stock exchange approval.
About Western Star Resources
Western Star Resources is a mineral exploration and development company. The Company’s goal is to increase shareholder value by developing exploration properties using cost-effective exploration practices, acquiring more exploration properties and seeking partnerships either through joint ventures or sales with industry leaders. The company currently owns the past-producing Roland properties. A former tungsten production asset located in Jarbidge, Nevada. Western Star also owns nine contiguous unsurveyed mineral claims totaling 4,740 hectares, located within the Revelstoke mining division of British Columbia. The Western Star real estate portfolio is located approximately 50 kilometers southeast of Revelstoke, British Columbia, and 10 kilometers north of the former community of Camborne.
Contact information:
Blake Morgan
CEO and Director
(email protected)
www.westernstarresources.com
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
Certain statements and information contained herein may constitute “forward-looking information.” In particular, references to the private placement and future work programs or expectations regarding the quality or results of such work programs are subject to risks associated with operations on the property, exploration activity generally, equipment limitations and availability, as well as other risks of which we may not currently be aware. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
