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Kootenay Reports Positive Metallurgical Results from Cervantes Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico - Under Option to Aztec Minerals
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKootenay Reports Positive Metallurgical Results from Cervantes Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico - Under Option to Aztec Minerals\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.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, March 12, 2019\n\n\n\n/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/\n VANCOUVER, March 12, 2019 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc.  (TSXV: KTN) (the \"Company\" or \"Kootenay\") is pleased to report that Aztec Minerals Corp. (\"Aztec Minerals\") today announced positive bottle roll gold recoveries from metallurgical test-work conducted by Bureau Veritas on the California porphyry gold-copper drill core from the Cervantes property in Sonora, Mexico.\n\n \n \n\n \nDrill core samples were grouped into 4 separate types of mineralization (\"Domains\"), \"Oxide 1\", \"Oxide 2\", \"Mixed Oxide/Sulfide\" and \"Sulfide\".  Theses Domains were defined by mineralization type, gold grade, and depths to fit the possibility of a future open pit mining scenario. Testing was conducted for 240 hours, although good recoveries generally plateaued at 48 hours, and the tests showed low cyanide and lime consumption. Highlights of the bottle roll gold recovery results are as follows:\n85.1% recovery on 2.0mm material and 94.3% on 75 micron material in sample \"Oxide 1\" 87.7% recovery on 2.0mm material and 94.2% on 75 micron material in sample \"Oxide 2\" 77.9% recovery on 2.0mm material and 89.0% on 75 micron material in sample \"Mixed Oxide/Sulphide\" 51.2% recovery on 2.0mm material and 78.7% on 75 micron material in sample \"Sulphide\"The full news release issued by Aztec Minerals can be found at: http://aztecminerals.com/\nThe Cervantes Property is held under an earn-in option to agreement whereby Aztec Minerals can acquire up to 100% interest in the property in two stages, with Kootenay retaining a 2.5 % NSR and receiving a payment of US$5.00 per ounce or gold equivalent based on a NI 43-101 Resource Estimate. See Kootenay news release dated October 13, 2015.\nFinancing Update:\nAdditionally, the Com...