Kootenay Silver Inc. announced coring is underway with a second drill working at the Columba Project, Chihuahua state, Mexico. Current work is focused on extending known limits of "D-Vein" and the second drill is positioned to complement this goal by testing the southeastern extensions of "B-Vein" and "B2-Vein". The second drill will work southeastward along the B-Vein trend toward a priority target zone where surface mapping indicates "D -Vein" and the "B-Vein" trends intersect.

The B-Vein trend lies along southeastern extension of the "F-Vein" and contains well mineralized veins as interpreted by previous intercepts. Drillhole CDH-20-0821 intercepted 4.6 meters averaging 1,186 gpt Ag from 184.5 meters downhole and a follow up hole, CDH-21-1122 encountered 2.0 meters core length averaging 1,050 gpt Ag from 212 meters downhole. True widths for both intercepts are estimated at 60-75% of core length.

No drilling has been undertaken on B-Vein since 2022. The current drilling program is designed to find the strike extent of D-Vein mineralization in preparation of infill drilling and a now fully funded follow up program of 20,000 meters, aimed to delineate a maiden resource expected in late 2024. The second drill will assist this goal initially before moving on to perform test extensions of other known vein intercepts and also initial tests of promising but as yet undrilled targets.

Drill results are compiled and released as batches, drill highlights, maps and sections from the project are tabulated on the Company's website at the links below Click to view the drill plan, long section, and cross sections. The company has completed over 30,000+ meters of diamond drilling in 153 holes at Columba since 2019 and intercepted numerous veins with high silver grades and widths indicating excellent resource potential. Prospected veins on the project are hosted within a volcanic caldera setting, the surface extent of mapped veins measuring roughly 4 kilometres by 3 kilometres.