Kootenay Silver Inc. {TSX.V: KTN}
Reported that Aztec Minerals Corp. today announced the results of the final 6 core drill holes from its 17-hole phase I drill program totalling 2,674 meters conducted on Kootenay’s Cervantes gold project, located in Sonora State, Mexico.
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VANCOUVER, June 26, 2018 – Kootenay Silver Inc. {TSX.V: KTN} is pleased to report that Aztec Minerals Corp. today announced the results of the final 6 core drill holes from its 17-hole phase I drill program totalling 2,674 meters conducted on Kootenay’s Cervantes gold project, located in Sonora State, Mexico.
The final six holes successfully intersected long intervals of porphyry-type gold (copper, silver) mineralisation and extended the strike length to more than 800 meters at the California and the Jasper prospect areas. Recent drill highlights include 0.48 grams per tonne (“gpt”) gold, 0.07% copper and 2.0 gpt silver over 85.2 meters (approximate true width) in hole CER15, with a higher-grade intercept of 0.66 gpt gold over 30.2 meters.
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The full news release issued by Aztec Minerals can be found at: http://aztecminerals.com/
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The Cervantes Property is held under an earn-in option agreement whereby Aztec Minerals can acquire up to 100% interest in the property in two stages. If Aztec earns 100% interest, Kootenay will retain a 2.5% NSR and receive a payment of US$5.00 per ounce or gold equivalent based on a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate. See Kootenay news release dated October 13, 2015.