Kootenay Silver Inc. provided its exploration strategy for 2018 and a review of its exploration programs and corporate activities during the prior year. In 2018, Kootenay will place a major emphasis on advancing the La Cigarra project. The first three weeks of the program will focus on selection and prioritization of drill targets and include some additional mapping in preparation of drill site selection. Focus will be on: Commencement of drilling at La Cigarra; Drilling on strike to expand resource both north and south; High grade structures and zones; Drilling of new targets with priority on grade; Drilling of new gold bearing structures in first quarter; Follow up of the strong mineralization and veining at LasVenadas. Priority will be given to: Higher grade structures and mineral domains; Expansion of the resource with focus on the best grading domains; New discoveries with priority on best grading targets; Shallower targets over deeper ones. Anticipated news flow items: Final results from 2017 La Cigarra drilling; Final results from 2017 Promontorio/La Negra drilling from partner Pan American Silver; Commencement of drilling at La Cigarra; Ongoing results of 2018 drilling program on La Cigarra; Initial results from Cervantes drilling from partner Aztec Minerals; Updates on work programs on projects optioned out to third parties. The company anticipates drilling will commence at the beginning of February 2018. Drill meters with sequencing and prioritization of the various targets will be segmented into resource expansion (La Borracha), follow up drilling of recent discoveries (La Venadas and RAM) and testing new undrilled targets (southern extension). La Cigarra Silver Project, Chihuahua State, Mexico (100% owned by Kootenay); Completed 37 core drill holes at La Cigarra resulting in two significant silver discoveries in the RAM and La Venadas zones; Re-logged entire La Cigarra silver deposit to define geologic controls on high grades; Mapping and sampling of Las Venadas, La Borracha, Navidad East and Navidad West, Soledad and Las Chinas zones as well as extension of Nogalera Zone southward into valley gravels; Extensive surface sampling along the numerous mineralized trends; Recognized various mineral zones north and south of the La Cigarra resource form a continuous and contiguous zone of alteration and anomalous silver mineralization for upwards of 9 kilometers. Discovered new mineralized structures that may be the southern extension of the RAM to Nogalera trend. New drill discoveries include Las Venadas located 800 meters south of the resource boundary and RAM approximately 1,000 meters west of the resource. Both zones are open along both strike directions and dip.