VANCOUVER, BC, April 22, 2021 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver
Inc. (TSXV: KTN) (the "Company" or "Kootenay") is
pleased to announce that drilling is proceeding as scheduled at the
Copalito silver-gold project, located in Sinaloa State,
Mexico. To date, the Company has
completed 1,600 of the planned 3,500 meters (the "Program") over 19
shallow drill holes, ranging from 50 to 160 meters in depth. As
previously announced in the Company's new release related to
Columba property dated April 15,
2021, laboratory delays for assay turn around time has been
longer than expected causing result announcement delays.
The Program is a follow up to last year's maiden drill program
along the five principal veins. Notable drill results from 2020
program included:
BDH-20-004 (5 Senores Vein)
- 2,843.1 silver equivalent ("AgEq"); 2,830 gpt
silver and 0.145 gpt
gold over 1.0 meters, includes:
-
- 1,322.65 gpt AgEq; 1,297 gpt
silver and 0.285 gpt
gold over 3.2 meters and
BDH-20-015 (Pilar
Vein)
- 110.60 gpt AgEq; 40 gpt silver, 0.482 gpt gold, 1.2% Pb+Zn over
7.0 meters, includes:
-
- 394 AgEq; 51 gpt silver, 2.28 gpt gold, 6.18 % Pb+Zn over
1.2 meters
BDH-20-033 (Pilar
Vein)
- 215.27 gpt AgEq; 101 gpt silver, 0.7 gpt gold, 2.28 % Pb+Zn
over 2.7 meters includes:
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- 1,209.59 gpt AgEq; 59 gpt silver, 7.05 gpt gold, 13.55 %
Pb+Zn over 0.2 meters.
BDH-20-040 (5 Senores Vein)
- 1,813 gpt AgEq; 16.95 gpt
gold, 369 gpt silver and 3.74% lead
plus zinc over 0.51 meters within
-
- 933 gpt silver AgEq; 6.65 gpt gold, 335 gpt
silver and 2.6% lead plus zinc over 2.25 meters;
and
- 311 gpt silver AgEq; 2.09 gpt gold, 124 gpt silver
and 0.795% lead plus zinc over 9.05 meters.
The Program has focused primarily on the 5 Senores vein, with
drilling now stepping out to test the Agua and Chiva Veins. The
Company will announce results when received and compiled.
About Copalito Silver-Gold Project
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.
Qualified Persons
The Kootenay 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 of Kootenay
by James McDonald, P.Geo, President,
CEO & Director for Kootenay, a Qualified Person.
Sampling and QA/QC
All technical information for the Copalito exploration program
is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and
quality control ("QA/QC") program. Samples are taken from core cut
in half with a diamond saw under the direction of qualified
geologists and engineers. Samples are then labeled, placed in
plastic bags, sealed and with interval and sample numbers recorded.
Samples are delivered by the Company to ALS Minerals ("ALS") in
Hermosillo, Sonora. The samples
are dried, crushed and pulverized with the pulps being sent
airfreight for analysis by ALS in North
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. All drilling reported is HQ core and has
been contracted to Globexplore Drilling from Hermosillo, Mexico.
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.
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 junior 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 its priority silver projects located in the states
of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua, Mexico, respectively.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS:
The information in this news release has been prepared as at
April 21, 2021. Certain statements in
this news release, referred to herein as "forward-looking
statements", constitute "forward-looking statements" under the
provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws. These statements
can be identified by the use of words such as "expected", "may",
"will" or similar terms.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a
number of factors and assumptions that, while considered reasonable
by Kootenay as of the date of such statements, are inherently
subject to significant business, economic and competitive
uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, known and
unknown, could cause actual results to be materially different from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date made. Except as otherwise required by law, Kootenay
expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect
any change in Kootenay's expectations or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
based.
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.
This press release uses the terms "Measured", "Indicated",
and "Inferred" resources. United
States investors are advised that while such terms are
recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them.
"Inferred Mineral Resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as
to their existence, and as to their economic and legal feasibility.
It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral
Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian
rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the
basis of feasibility or other economic studies. United States investors are cautioned not to
assume that all or any part of Measured or Indicated Mineral
Resources will ever be converted into Mineral Reserves.
United States investors are also
cautioned not to assume that all or any part of a Mineral Resource
is economically or legally mineable.
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