Kootenay Silver Reports that Pan American Silver Commences Drilling at La Negra Project, Mexico

VANCOUVER, July 11, 2017 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc.  (TSXV: KTN) (the "Company" or "Kootenay") is pleased to announce that Pan American Silver Corp. ("Pan American") has informed Kootenay that a drill program has commenced on the Company's La Negra high grade silver discovery contained within the Promontorio Mineral Belt Project located in Sonora State, Mexico.

The program, operated by Pan American, will total approximately 4,055 meters of core drilling over 25 holes.  Drilling will focus on brownfield targets and consist of primarily infill drilling as well as step out holes to depth.

The drill program is part of an earn-in option agreement between Kootenay and Pan American that provides Kootenay with a series of work and cash commitments and a carried to production interest on La Negra. Click to view: Details of La Negra Option Agreement with Pan American.

About the La Negra High Grade Silver Discovery

The La Negra discovery is a hydrothermal-diatreme breccia exposed over a 150 x 500 meter area contained within the Promontorio Mineral Belt Project, approximately seven (7) kilometres north of the Promontorio silver deposit in Sonora State, Mexico.

Since the initial discovery in 2014, Kootenay has completed a total of 6,200 meters of drilling over 41 core holes. Results have confirmed significant intervals of high grade, widespread silver mineralization extending from surface to depth of 300 meters. Highlights from these drill programs include hole LN- 21 reporting 200 metres of 156 g/t silver with the bottom 50 metres grading 420 g/t silver including 6 metres of 1,337 g/t silver.

Pan American began managing the La Negra exploration program in April 2016. Drilling conducted by Pan American confirmed high-grade results previously reported by Kootenay as well as the presence of a second breccia zone further to the south, which currently remains open at depth. To date, Pan American has completed a total of 6,800 meters of drilling over 29 core holes.  Click to view: Comprehensive Drill Results Completed on the La Negra Discovery.

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