Kootenay Silver Reports Exploration Results at Male Gold Project

VANCOUVER,BC - Kootenay Silver Inc. reported high grade gold sampling results on its 100% owned Male gold project ("Male" or "Property") located approximately 100 kilometers south east of the city of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora, Mexico.  The Male property was acquired through Kootenay's generative exploration program.

Prospecting by the Company on Male has outlined numerous zones of anomalous gold mineralization.  Of the 426 predominately grab samples taken by Kootenay from old pits and hand-dug small trenches thirty (30) samples analyzed gold values greater than 10 g/t, highlighted by individual samples returning 260.0 gpt, 85.5 gpt, 81.2 gpt and 53.4 gpt gold.  Overall, a very high number of the 426 samples taken on the Property returned elevated gold values.

Silver values from the samples are irregular, with twenty-one (21) returning greater than 100 g/t silver. Samples taken to date are predominately selective grab samples.  

Male is a granitic-hosted gold dominant polymetallic vein and vein stockwork system covering an area of 1500 x 1500 meters with numerous showings highly anomalous in gold that have significant potential for both high grade vein as well as well as bulk tonnage stockwork deposits.   Mineralization occurs as narrow veins, veinlets and stockworks of quartz with or without sulphides within structures projecting in a dominant northeast trend and a secondary northwest trend. Visible gold is noted in four areas of the Property and individual veins can be traced for over 200 meters of strike length. Despite the project area being an old bed-rock placer working operated by gambusinos some 50-70 years ago, there is little modern exploration and no evidence of previous drilling. 

Kootenay is currently carrying out additional mapping and sampling on the Property to identify drill targets.  Since quartz veins are consistently anomalous in gold exploration will be concentrated on locating zones with sufficient density and areal extent of quartz veining or with sufficient strike continuity to host a deposit. Once the next phase of sampling and mapping is complete Kootenay will consider optioning the project. Results of the current mapping and sampling program will be announced once received and interpreted by the Company.