Kootenay Reports Drilling Intersects 139 Meters Over 0.71 gpt Gold Including 20 Meters of 2.1 gpt Gold at Cervantes Porphyry Gold Property, Sonora, Mexico

Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN) (the “Company” or “Kootenay”) is pleased to report that Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT) (“Aztec Minerals”) today announced the first five of 15 drill holes from its phase I, 3,000 drill program, currently underway at Kootenay’s Cervantes Project, located in Sonora State, Mexico.

Drilling conducted by Aztec Minerals successfully intersected long intervals of porphyry gold, copper and silver mineralization including shorter intervals of high grade gold mineralization within the California Zone confirming excellent potential to host bulk tonnage porphyry mineralization.

Drill Highlights:

• 139.0 meters from surface grading 0.71 gpt gold, including 20 meters of 2.10 gpt gold in hole 17CER005 at the California Zone
• 117.0 meters from near surface grading 0.63 gpt gold, including 43.0 meters of 1.18 gpt gold in hole 17CER003 at the California Zone

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