Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSX-V: KTN) is pleased to announce the newest batch of results from its Phase 4 drilling program at Columba High-Grade Silver Project in Chihuahua State, Mexico. Results from five drill holes are reported here including one hole from D Vein and four holes from F Vein.  The current diamond drill exploration program is planned at 15,000 meters and designed to step out on mineralized veins along strike and to depth within the target-rich Columba Silver Project. Drilling is currently paused pending assays. The results below successfully extend known mineralization beneath existing drilling at both the D Vein and F Vein targets, additional results are awaited.

Drill Highlights:

F Vein

CDH-22-121

• High grade of 2,330 gpt silver, 0.06% lead and 0.80% zinc across drill length of 1.63 meters
• Extends F Vein 50 meters down-dip of previous intercept on-section (beneath CDH 20-053).
• Mineralization at F Vein remains open at depth and along strike.

D Vein

CDH-22-122

• Interval from 194.1 meters down hole averages 574 gpt silver with 0.19% lead and 0.66% zinc over 3.9 meters.
• Extends D Vein additional 55m beneath previously announced drill intercept (CDH-20-079).
• Highest individual assay grade of 956 gpt silver, 0.27% lead and 1.20% zinc over 0.72 meters.

Link to Drill Plan, and F Vein & D Vein Long Sections

Kootenay Silver’s President and CEO Mr. James McDonald stated “Each new batch of results continues to justify our excitement for the Columba Project. We are seeing both the D and F Vein expanding with additional drilling and are planning additional work to evaluate the many high priority targets that remain undrilled.”

D Vein is a northwest striking, silver-bearing epithermal style vein with associated mineralized quartz stockwork and hydrothermal breccia.  Kootenay Silver has intercepted the D Vein over a strike length of 425 meters to a depth of roughly 340 meters with assays pending, the vein is part of a much larger system and remains open in all directions.  The hole reported herein (CDH-22-122) is part of a systematic exploration program designed to test high priority veins at Columba. The reported intercept is located 50 meters below the nearest drill intercept on-section to date.

The F Vein is located 600 meters northeast of, and roughly parallel to the D Vein and has been mapped for over 1,000 meters on surface. Historical production in the area focused on F Vein, two shafts sunk on the trace of the vein are located roughly 310 meters apart. Underground mining was completed on F Vein over six levels to a vertical depth in excess of 160 meters.

Four drill holes from F Vein are reported below.  CDH-22-120, CDH-22-121, CDH-22-123 and CDH-22-124 represent step-outs on the F Vein structure beneath previous drilling (see drill plan and long section Figure 3 and 4). In addition to encountering F Vein, additional zones of quartz +/- barite-calcite veining ware reported. Exploration continues to define the F Vein on roughly 50-meter centres.

A comprehensive list of drill results completed on the Columba Property since 2019 may be viewed here: Columba Drill Results.

Sampling and QA/QC at Columba

All technical information for the Columba exploration program is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and quality control (“QA/QC”) program. Samples are taken from core cut in half with a diamond saw under the direction of qualified geologists and engineers. Samples are then labeled, placed in plastic bags, sealed and with interval and sample numbers recorded. Samples are delivered by the Company to ALS Minerals (“ALS”) in Chihuahua. The Company inserts blanks, standards and duplicates at regular intervals as follows. On average a blank is inserted every 100 samples beginning at the start of sampling and again when leaving the mineral zone. Standards are inserted when entering the potential mineralized zone and in the middle of them, on average one in every 25 samples is a standard. Duplicates are taken in the mineralized zone, on average 1 to 2 duplicates for each hole.

The samples are dried, crushed and pulverized with the pulps being sent airfreight for analysis by ALS in Vancouver, B.C. Systematic assaying of standards, blanks and duplicates is performed for precision and accuracy. Analysis for silver, zinc, lead and copper and related trace elements was done by ICP four acid digestion, with gold analysis by 30-gram fire assay with an AA finish. All drilling reported is HQ core and has been contracted to Globexplore Drilling from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

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Qualified Persons 

The Kootenay technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects) and reviewed and approved on behalf of Kootenay by James McDonald, P.Geo, President, CEO & Director for Kootenay, a Qualified Person.

About Kootenay Silver Inc. 

Kootenay Silver Inc. is an exploration company actively engaged in the discovery and development of mineral projects in the Sierra Madre Region of Mexico. Supported by one of the largest junior portfolios of silver assets in Mexico, Kootenay continues to provide its shareholders with significant leverage to silver prices. The Company remains focused on the expansion of its current silver resources, new discoveries and the near-term economic development of its priority silver projects located in prolific mining districts in Sonora, State and Chihuahua, State, Mexico, respectively.