VANCOUVER, March 28 2019 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc.
(TSXV: KTN) (the "Company" or "Kootenay") is pleased to announce the results from its ongoing mapping and surface
program (the "Program") conducted at the Columba Silver Project ("Columba" or "Property") located in Chihuahua State,
Mexico.
Highlights of recent field work include:
- Sampling continues to confirm increasing grades with increasing depth (lower elevations)
- Discovery of 5 new veins
- Approximately 2 kilometers of additional strike length identified in new veins and vein extensions
- Permitting underway for the first drill program scheduled for early Q2.
Recent mapping and surface sampling at Columba clearly demonstrates grades increase with depth, a characteristic common of
epithermal vein deposits. With the exception of one sample all grades greater than 100 gpt silver occur below the
1820-meter elevation. Historic data indicates this pattern continues in the subsurface as well. Click this link to view a map of the sampling.
During the most recent round of sampling, 14 of 49 samples (43 channel, 5 grab, 1 panel), ranging in lengths of 0.50 and 2.0
meters returned silver values between 30 gpt to 187 gpt and 21 samples returned silver grades greater than 10 gpt. To date,
sampling on surface veins by the Company has returned widths of 0.5 to 6 meters and carried grades of up to 692 gpt silver.
See previous exploration results at Columba, reported November 19, 2018 and January 8, 2019 (click links to view new releases). Sampling highlights
include:
- 692 gpt silver over 0.8 meters;
- 426 gpt silver over 0.7 meters;
- 360 gpt silver over 1.80 meters;
- 330 gpt silver over 2.0 meters;
- 275 gpt silver over 3.5 meters;
- 215 gpt silver over 3.0 meters; and
- 182 gpt silver over 6.6 meters
Kootenay is currently in the process of obtaining permits to carry out the first modern drill program at Columba which is
scheduled to commence in the first half of Q2, 2019. Surface geological mapping and sampling will continue to prioritize
drill targets for the program. Details from any subsequent work will be reported once the Company receives and compiles the
results.
Columba is a past producing high-grade silver mine, which operated on a small scale circa 1910 and again briefly circa
1958-60. The Property covers a large, potentially high-grade silver epithermal system comprised of numerous veins, which the
Company has mapped over strike lengths from 200 meters to up to 2 kilometers. Underground workings found on the concessions
include 4 shafts and 6 levels of drifts that have been reported to measure over 1,000 meters in length. Historic* mine
records indicate grades from these underground workings to range from 300* to 900+* gpt silver with highlights of 1900* gpt
silver over 4 meters and 745* gpt silver along 256 meters of vein strike and 2.8 meters of vein width. Click on this link to view a video that illustrates the historic underground mining data.
* The Company cautions that a qualified person has not done sufficient work to verify the historical sampling
data and has not substantiated any data as it pertains to the Property; therefore, the reader should not rely upon such
historical grades. The information is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Property and is provided as background
and context material for the reader. The Company is treating the historical sampling data as a guideline to determining
potential future exploration programs.
Columba Geology
Mineralization at Columba is text book low to medium sulfidation epithermal vein hosted, displaying the classic zonation from
non or weakly anomalous silver at high elevations that increase with depth into the classic high-grade zones that make them such
profitable deposit types. (Click to view an image that shows this zonation on the Property).
Sampling and QA/QC
Surface samples reported herein are a combination of grab, chip and panel chip. 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 under the direction of qualified geologists. Samples are then labeled placed in plastic bags, sealed and with interval,
location and sample numbers recorded. Samples are delivered by the Company via courier to ALS Minerals ("ALS") in Hermosillo. 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.
Qualified Persons
The Kootenay scientific and 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 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 and in British Columbia, Canada.
Supported by one of the largest 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 two of its priority silver projects located in
prolific mining districts in Sonora, State and Chihuahua, State, Mexico, respectively.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
KOOTENAY SILVER INC.
"James McDonald"
President & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CAUTIONARY NOTES:
The sampling results disclosed in this news release are not necessarily indicative and drilling is required to
confirm a mineral deposit.
The information in this news release has been prepared as at March 27, 2019. This news
release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively,
"forward-looking statements"). All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities,
events or developments that Kootenay Silver Inc. ("Kootenay" or the "Company") believes, expects or anticipates
will or may occur in the future including, without limitation, the anticipated exploration program results from exploration
activities, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits and sampling results from the Columba Project and other properties,
the anticipated content, commencement, and cost of exploration programs in respect of the Company's projects and mineral
properties, the anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the Company, future capital expenditures (including
the amount and nature thereof), business strategies and measures to implement strategies, competitive strengths, goals, expansion
and growth of the business and operations, plans and references to the future success of the Company, and such other matters, are
forward‐looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of
the Company based on information currently available to Kootenay and often use words such as "expects", "plans", "anticipates",
"estimates", "believes", "intends", "potential", "may" or variations thereof or the negative of any of these terms.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the
Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and, even if such actual results are realized
or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Kootenay.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things: the
ability of the Company to obtain sufficient financing to fund its business activities and plans, operating and technical
difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development and mine development activities for Company's projects
generally, actual results of exploration activities (including the estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral
resources), the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing
of the development of new deposits, the availability of a sufficient supply of water and other materials, requirements for
additional capital, future prices of gold and silver, changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets
and in the demand and market price for commodities, possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates, possible failures of
plants, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry,
delays in obtaining governmental and regulatory approvals (including of the TSX Venture Exchange), permits or financing or in the
completion of development or construction activities, changes in laws, regulations and policies affecting mining operations,
hedging practices, currency fluctuations, title disputes or claims limitations on insurance coverage and the timing and possible
outcome of pending litigation, environmental issues and liabilities, risks related to joint venture operations, and risks related
to the integration of acquisitions, as well as those factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent annual
management's discussion and analysis and other filings of the Company with the Canadian Securities Administrators, copies of
which can be found under the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was made, and except as may be required by applicable
securities laws, Kootenay disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or otherwise. Although Kootenay believes that the assumptions inherent in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly
undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to their inherent uncertainty. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements.
Cautionary Note to US Investors: This news release may contain information about adjacent properties
on which we have no right to explore or mine. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit
information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties. This news release may contain forward-looking statements
including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,
receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements.
SOURCE Kootenay Silver Inc.
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