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Kootenay Provides Update on Upcoming Drill Program at Columba Silver Project, Mexico
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKootenay Provides Update on Upcoming Drill Program at Columba Silver Project, Mexico\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, May 1, 2019\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, May 1, 2019 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc.  (TSXV: KTN) (the \"Company\" or \"Kootenay\") is pleased to announce that road construction is underway at the Columba silver project (\"Columba\" or \"Property\") located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. \n\n \n \n\n \nThe access road is presently being built for Kootenay to carry out the first modern drill program at the Columba high grade silver project.  The Company has received necessary government permits and is in the process of reviewing tenders from drilling companies before awarding the contract for the upcoming drill program at Columba.  Kootenay anticipates drilling to begin within the first part of May 2019.  \nColumba is a past producing high-grade silver mine, which operated on a small scale circa 1910 and again briefly circa 1958-60.  The Property covers a large, potentially high-grade silver epithermal system comprised of numerous veins, which the Company has mapped over strike lengths from 200 meters to up to 2 kilometers.  Underground workings found on the concessions include 4 shafts and 6 levels of drifts that have been reported to measure over 1,000 meters in length.  Historic* mine records indicate grades from these underground workings to range from 600 to 900 gpt silver with highlights of 1900 gpt silver over 4 meters and 679 gpt silver along 133 meters of vein strike and 1.3 meters of vein width. (Click on this link to view a video that illustrates the historic underground mining data). \n* The Company cautions that a qualified person has not done sufficient work to verify the historical sampling data and has not substantiated any data as it pertains to the Property; therefore, the reader should not rely upon such historical grades. The information is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Property and is provided as background and context material for th...