Kootenay Silver Plans Drill Program at La Negra Diatreme Breccia Prospect

Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSXV:KTN) announced that in August 2014 it will start a Phase I drill program at the Negra Diatreme Breccia prospect, located at its Sonora, Mexico-based Promontorio silver project.

As quoted in the press release:

The program follows a recently conducted strategic hand trenching and chip sampling program that indicated widespread silver mineralization is present on surface within the entire 100 by 400 meter core of the La Negra Diatreme Breccia (See news release May 6, 2014). The current drilling campaign is designed to determine the extent and grades of silver mineralization extending from surface to depth.

James McDonald, president and CEO of Kootenay, commented:

We are very pleased to proceed to the drilling stage on La Negra. La Negra has emerged as one of the Promontorio mineral belt’s premier diatreme breccia prospects. La Negra’s distinct geological characteristics gives it potential to evolve into a near-surface, open-pittable resource and represents a strong complement to our existing NI 43-101 resource located 7 kms to the south. Based on reported silver grades and the extensive silver mineralization identified on La Negra on surface from trenching and sampling to date, we remain highly optimistic the upcoming program can mirror this success as we begin drilling to depth.

Click here to read the full Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSXV:KTN) press release.