VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (By Vizsla, 19.Nov.2025, Words: 595) — Kootenay Silver Inc. said assay results from the first 7 holes of the ongoing staged 50,000m drill program at Columba High Grade Silver Project, located in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Drilling at the project is designed to extend and expand known mineralization on the extensive Columba vein system, which currently hosts an inferred Mineral Resource Estimate totaling 54.1 Moz of silver at a grade of 284 gpt.
The current phase of drilling commenced in Sep. 2025 with five holes testing extensions of the lightly tested I Vein trend before moving on to expand the D Vein and B Vein trends.
This release documents highlights from the first seven holes of the current program with five I Vein holes and two D Vein holes. So far, seventeen holes are completed with ten holes still awaiting assay results. The company is experiencing much longer than usual wait times for results due to increased laboratory turn-around times.
Highlights of the first seven holes include:
- Discovery of porphyry style gold mineralization along I Vein hosted in breccias and feldspar porphyry in CDH-25-217 and 218. Classic B style veins plus or minus molybdenite along with disseminated pyrite and unidirectional solidification textures type veining, a style of crystal growth, indicative of porphyry style mineralization. See photos here.
I Vein Trend - CDH-25-217
- 2 gold intervals over significant widths.
- The first is 101m of 0.18 gpt gold and 10 gpt silver includes 6m of 0.85 gpt gold and 11 gpt silver.
- The second is 26.5 meters of 0.2 gpt gold.
- And a separate silver intercept of 73 gpt silver and 0.1 % lead and 0.2% zinc over 7m
- CDH-25-218
- 3 gold intervals over significant widths.
- The first is 27m of 0.22 gpt gold and 28 gpt silver.
- Includes 0.55m of 847 gpt silver, 0.18 gpt gold, 0.4% lead and 0.3% zinc.
- The second is 12m of 0.21 gpt gold and 32 gpt silver.
- The third is 16m of 0.32 gpt gold and 26 gpt silver.
- And a high grade silver interval. See photos here.
- 3.97m of 303 gpt silver and 2.8% Pb+Zn with 0.71m of 921 gpt silver, 0.12 gpt gold and 6.8% Pb+Zn.
D Vein intercepts (View D Vein Long Section),
- CDH-25-214
- 10.50m of 108 gpt silver and 0.1% lead and 0.2% zinc
- Includes 1.50m of 362 gpt silver and 0.1 % lead and 0.2% zinc.
- 10.50m of 108 gpt silver and 0.1% lead and 0.2% zinc
- CDH-25-216
- 3.2m grading 212 gpt silver and 0.2% lead and 0.6 % zinc.
- Includes 0.7m of 756 gpt silver 0.6% lead and 2.5% zinc.
- 3.2m grading 212 gpt silver and 0.2% lead and 0.6 % zinc.
Drilling continues with two drills as Kootenay works to expand accommodation and core storage capacity at Columba; upon completion the Company intends to increase the number of drill rigs at the project.
Kootenay’s president & CEO, James McDonald states,
“Exploration at Columba continues to produce pleasant surprises. We are now seeing a gold mineralizing event with gold-moly porphyry characteristics. The zone is strongly anomalous in gold and may indicate a different deposit type exists. The two holes are 95 meters apart and associated with nearby magnetic highs, which may indicate the intrusive source of the gold. More drilling will be done to assess this new target.”
Dale Brittliffe VP exploration adds,
“The anomalous gold zones we are seeing along the I Vein trend are testament to the complexity and thereby potential of the Columba mineral camp. While we are focused on the silver rich veins to systematically extend and expand the existing silver resource with this current drilling program, we will now also be evaluating this new and exciting gold target.”
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