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Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN) is expanding drilling at its Columba silver project in Chihuahua, Mexico, where the company has increased its drill program to 60,000 meters as it works to grow the 54.1 Moz inferred silver resource announced June 17, 2025. Speaking with Kitco Mining at PDAC 2026, President and CEO Jim McDonald said the campaign is focused on systematic 100-meter step-outs along wide, open-ended veins to define the limits of the known mineralized zones. “Our expectation is to be able to get this to a hundred million or maybe some multiple of that,” McDonald said. Recent drilling results reported March 2, 2026 returned intercepts including 10 meters grading 503 g/t silver plus lead and zinc, as well as 9.88 meters grading 319 g/t silver, highlighting the scale potential of the system. McDonald said the company is also advancing its La Cigarra silver project, where a preliminary economic assessment expected mid to late Q2 2026 could mark a shift toward development. “Assuming that we get a positive result in that PEA, we want to now be transitioning ourselves into an explorer developer as opposed to an explorer only,” he said.