Kootenay Silver Inc. announced results from the first 8 holes of its 30,000 meter, multi-phase drill and resource expansion program on its Promontorio Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico. All 8 holes were step out holes outside of the resource boundaries at intervals of 50 to 100 meters. Drilling Highlights: DH 121-12: 62 gpt silver Eqv over 47 meters including 94 gpt silver Eqv over 17 meters (47 meters grading 31 gpt Ag and 1.32% Pb+Zn including 17 meters grading 48 gpt Ag and 2.0 % Pb+Zn); DH 124-12: 152 gpt silver Eqv over 5 meters (grading 89 gpt Ag and 2.74% Pb+Zn), 80 gpt silver Eqv over 6 meters (36 gpt Ag and 1.89% Pb+Zn), 129 gpt Ag Eqv over 3 meters (74 gpt Ag and 2.4% Pb+Zn) within 20 meters of 36 gpt silver Eqv (19 gpt Ag and 0.73% Pb+Zn); DH 125-12: 119 gpt silver Eqv over 6 meters (106 gpt Ag and 0.59% Pb+Zn), 94 gpt silver Eqv over 14 meters including 199 gpt silver Eqv over 3 meters (129 gpt Ag and 3.06% Pb+Zn).

Further drilling is planned for the Northeast Zone to define the geometry and size of mineralization. Multi-phase drilling is now focused on the Dorotea area and southwest of the Pit Zone. The current 30,000 meter drill program, which is the drill campaign conducted on Promontorio to date, is designed to substantially increase the overall size of Promontorio's contained silver resource and to expedite the path to a production decision.