Continued Exploration At The Copalito Silver-Gold Project

VANCOUVER – Kootenay Silver Inc. reported that additional encouraging assay results have been received from surface sampling program conducted on the outcropping veins within the recently optioned Copalito Silver-Gold Project located in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Sampling of the La Chiva, Agua and the 5 Senores veins, located in the southern portion of the Property returned consistent anomalous silver and gold values, which continue to demonstrate the potential of the Copalito Project. These veins are part of the main principal vein system currently identified within the Property, (click here to view map) and are situated south of the Coribiza and El Pillar veins. 

Kootenay President and CEO James McDonald said, "In this classic low sulfidation vein system it is very encouraging to see chip results returning 1,700 gpt, 1,030 gpt, 1,155 gpt silver with gold up to 1.2 gpt. These grades indicate potential for discovery of truly high-grade ore shoots. It is also positive that sampling is returning consistently anomalous silver and gold. The next stage of work will consist of continued mapping and detailed chip and panel sampling across the veins once the rainy season ends."

The Copalito Project is a classic low sulphidation epithermal vein system which has numerous small old workings and no evidence or reports of historic exploration drilling. The Property consists of seven concessions totaling approximately 3,700 hectares and is located 35 kilometers east of McEwen Mining’s "El Gallo Mine" complex in Sinaloa State, along the western fringes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico. The Copalito Project has good access, topography and infrastructure. Kootenay’s wholly owned Mexican subsidiary can acquire a 100% ownership in the concessions by making staged payments over a 4-year period totaling an aggregate of US$985,000.