Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSXV: KTN) (the “Company” or “Kootenay”) is pleased to report that Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSXV: AZT) (“Aztec Minerals”) today announced the first five of 15 drill holes from its phase I, 3,000 drill program, currently underway at Kootenay’s Cervantes Project, located in Sonora State, Mexico.Drilling conducted by Aztec Minerals successfully intersected long intervals of porphyry gold, copper and silver mineralization including shorter intervals of high grade gold mineralization within the California Zone confirming excellent potential to host bulk tonnage porphyry mineralization.