Kootenay Drills 120 Meters Grading 164 gpt Silver Equivalent (68 gpt Ag and 2.24% Pb+Zn) Including High-Grade Intervals of 31 Meters of 292 gpt Silver Equivalent (118 gpt Ag and 4.06 Pb+Zn) and 13 Meters of 362 gpt Silver Equivalent (149 gpt Ag and 4.96% Pb+Zn)

Kootenay Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE: KTN.V) is pleased to announce assay results from an additional five drill holes from its 25,000 meter, ongoing, multi-phase, in-fill drill and resource definition program on its Promontorio Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico.

Drill holes DH 79 and 77 are from the Southwest and Pit NE extension areas respectively and DH 75, 85 and 86 are from the Northeast Zone.

All five drill holes encountered consistent, widespread silver mineralization and multiple high-grade silver intercepts in Promontorio’s Southwest Extension Zone, and Northeast Zone, which sits 700 meters outside of the current 43-101 Pit Resource. (To view map please visit: http://www.kootenaygold.ca/i/projects/Promontorio/drillresultsmap.pdf)