Kootenay Silver {TSX.V: KTN}

Announced that recent surface sampling of outcropping veins is returning consistent anomalous silver and gold results within the newly optioned Copalito Silver Gold project located in he state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

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Kootenay President and CEO James McDonald states, “Based on consistent anomalous silver and gold values both along strike and across excellent vein widths of up to 15 meters, we see good potential for the discovery of a classic high-grade vein hosted silver-gold deposit. The exploration team will continue to systematically map and sample the surface exposures found on the Property in the coming weeks to delineate drill targets.”

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Individual veins are found to be up to 15 meters in true width and have been traced along strike for 2,000 meters, which remain open along strike. Thus far 4 principal veins have been identified in addition to numerous smaller veins. The first chip and grab sampling from two of the four veins is reported here.

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Results of initial mapping and sampling completed by the Company on two of the principal veins, the Cobriza and El Pillar veins, located in the northern area of the Copalito Project, returned impressive gold and silver values.

• Cobriza Vein: 11 samples (5 chip and 6 grab) returned silver grades from 47 gpt to 2,510 gpt with gold from 0.03 gpt to 2.70 gpt.
• El Pillar Vein: 22 samples (17 chip and 5 grab) returned silver grades from 2 gpt to 166 gpt and gold grades from 0.04 gpt to a high of 1.05 gpt.

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