Kootenay Reports Columba Access Road and Surface Access Agreement Completed

Kootenay Reports Columba Access

Road and Surface Access Agreement

Completed

VANCOUVER, June 11, 2019 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSXV:

KTN) (the "Company" or "Kootenay") is pleased to announce

completion of road building into the Company's Columba silver

project, located in Chihuahua State, Mexico and that the surface

access agreement with the landowner has been signed.

Kootenay President and CEO, James McDonald stated: "It took longer

than predicted to finalize the road building and surface agreement, but

with them in place drilling can now begin. Construction of a temporary

camp on site for the drill crew is starting and expected to take about

10 days; during such time a drill rig will be mobilized. Drillers will arrive

upon completion of the camp and drilling is expected to be underway

the week of June 17th. We are very excited to be on the doorstep of

drill testing Columba and hope to confirm the impressive high grades

reported from historic work."

Since acquiring Columba, the Company has undertaken a mapping

and surface sampling program with silver grades of up to 693 gpt

sampled on surface. This area includes a network of underground

workings comprised of 4 shafts and 6 levels of drifts 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 1,900 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).

* 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

the reader. The Company is treating the historical sampling data

as a guideline to determining potential future exploration

programs.

About Columba

Columba 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.

Columba Geology

Mineralization at Columba is text book low to medium sulfidation

epithermal vein hosted, displaying the classic zonation from non or

weakly anomalous silver at high elevations that increase with depth

into the classic high-grade zones that make them such profitable

deposit types. (Click to view an image that shows this zonation on the

Property).

Sampling and QA/QC

Surface samples reported herein are a combination of grab, chip and

panel chip. All technical information for the Columba exploration

program is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance

and quality control ("QA/QC") program. Samples are taken under the

direction of qualified geologists. Samples are then labeled placed in

plastic bags, sealed and with interval, location and sample numbers

recorded. Samples are delivered by the Company via courier to ALS

Minerals ("ALS") in Hermosillo. The samples are dried, crushed and

pulverized with the pulps being sent airfreight for analysis by ALS in

Vancouver, B.C. Systematic assaying of standards, blanks and

duplicates is performed for precision and accuracy. Analysis for silver,

zinc, lead and copper and related trace elements was done by ICP

four acid digestion, with gold analysis by 30-gram fire assay with an

AA finish.

Qualified Persons

The Kootenay scientific and technical information in this news release

has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory

requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of

Disclosure for Mineral Projects) and reviewed and approved on behalf

Kootenay by James McDonald, P.Geo, President, CEO & Director for

Kootenay, a Qualified Person.

About Kootenay Silver Inc.

Kootenay Silver Inc. is an exploration company actively engaged in

the discovery and development of mineral projects in the Sierra Madre

Region of Mexico and in British Columbia, Canada. Supported by one

of the largest portfolios of silver assets in Mexico, Kootenay continues

to provide its shareholders with significant leverage to silver prices.

The Company remains focused on the expansion of its current silver

resources, new discoveries and the near-term economic development

of two of its priority silver projects located in prolific mining districts in

Sonora, State and Chihuahua, State, Mexico, respectively.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of

KOOTENAY SILVER INC.

"James McDonald"

President & CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services

Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture

Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

CAUTIONARY NOTES:

The sampling results disclosed in this news release are not

necessarily indicative and drilling is required to confirm a mineral

deposit.

The information in this news release has been prepared as at June

10, 2019. This news release contains "forward-looking information"

within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and "forward-

looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively, "forward-

looking statements"). All statements, other than statements of

historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that

Kootenay Silver Inc. ("Kootenay" or the "Company") believes,

expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future including, without

limitation, the anticipated exploration program results from exploration

activities, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits and

sampling results from the Columba Project and other properties, the

anticipated content, commencement, and cost of exploration programs

in respect of the Company's projects and mineral properties, the

anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the

Company, future capital expenditures (including the amount and

nature thereof), business strategies and measures to implement

strategies, competitive strengths, goals, expansion and growth of the

business and operations, plans and references to the future success

of the Company, and such other matters, are forward‐looking

statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current

expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently

available to Kootenay and often use words such as "expects", "plans",

"anticipates", "estimates", "believes", "intends", "potential", "may" or

variations thereof or the negative of any of these terms.

Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and

uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to

differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking

statements and, even if such actual results are realized or

substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have

the expected consequences to, or effects on, Kootenay. Factors that

could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current

expectations include, among other things: the ability of the Company

to obtain sufficient financing to fund its business activities and plans,

operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineral

exploration and development and mine development activities for

Company's projects generally, actual results of exploration activities

(including the estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral

resources), the timing and amount of estimated future production,

costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the

development of new deposits, the availability of a sufficient supply of

water and other materials, requirements for additional capital, future

prices of gold and silver, changes in general economic conditions,

changes in the financial markets and in the demand and market price

for commodities, possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates,

possible failures of plants, equipment or processes to operate as

anticipated, accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining

industry, delays in obtaining governmental and regulatory approvals

(including of the TSX Venture Exchange), permits or financing or in

the completion of development or construction activities, changes in

laws, regulations and policies affecting mining operations, hedging

practices, currency fluctuations, title disputes or claims limitations on

insurance coverage and the timing and possible outcome of pending

litigation, environmental issues and liabilities, risks related to joint

venture operations, and risks related to the integration of acquisitions,

as well as those factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the

Company's most recent annual management's discussion and

analysis and other filings of the Company with the Canadian

Securities Administrators, copies of which can be found under the

Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it

was made, and except as may be required by applicable securities

laws, Kootenay disclaims any intent or obligation to update any

forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,

future events or results or otherwise. Although Kootenay believes that

the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are

reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future

performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on

such statements due to their inherent uncertainty. There can be no

assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate,

and actual results and future events could differ materially from those

anticipated in such statements.

Cautionary Note to US Investors: This news release may contain

information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to

explore or mine. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining

guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed

with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on

adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our

properties. This news release may contain forward-looking statements

including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content

of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of

property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-

looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore

involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ

materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

SOURCE Kootenay Silver Inc.

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For further information: please contact: James McDonald, CEO and

President at 403-880-6016; Ken Berry, Chairman at 604-601-5652; 1-

888-601-5650; or visit: www.kootenaysilver.com

CO: Kootenay Silver Inc.

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