Montreal Gazette
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May 4, 2026
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Western Star Files Application With U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium as Tungsten Prices Rip and the West Scrambles for Non-China Supply
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Issued on behalf of Western Star Resources Inc. A submission into a U.S. DoW critical minerals solicitation, an inbound IR engagement targeting the European market, and a flow-through financing arrive in the middle of a tungsten supercycle — and 8 months before the U.S. defense procurement ban on Chinese tungsten takes effect. VANCOUVER, British Columbia,...
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