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Columba drilling returns 10 meters of 503 gpt silver, 0.1% lead, 0.6% zinc and 9.88 meters of 319 gpt silver, 0.1% lead and 0.6% zinc from the Columba Drill Program
Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSXV: KTN) (OTCQX: KOOYF) (the "Company" or "Kootenay") is pleased to announce additional assay results from nine more drill holes at its Columba High-Grade Silver Project in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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