Mr. James McDonald reports

KOOTENAY SILVER ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $3.7 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Kootenay Silver Inc. has closed its previously announced brokered private placement offering of units of the company for gross proceeds of approximately $2.1-million with a non-brokered portion for gross proceeds of approximately $1.6-million, at a price of 10 cents per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,772,500.

The offering was led by Research Capital Corp., as co-lead agent and sole bookrunner, and together with Red Cloud Securities Inc., as co-lead agents on behalf of a syndicate of agents, including Canaccord Genuity Corp.

Each unit comprises one common share of the company and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant is exercisable to acquire one common share at a price of 14 cents per warrant share for a period of 36 months from the closing of the offering.

The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes. The offering is subject to the final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

All securities issued in connection with the offering are subject to a Canadian securities law resale restriction period expiring on Sept. 25, 2023.

A certain related party of the company participated in the offering, as set out below. The participation in the offering by the related party of the company constitutes a related party transaction pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The company is exempt from the requirements to obtain a formal valuation and minority shareholder approval in connection with the participation of the insider in the offering in reliance on the exemptions contained in sections 5.5(b) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, respectively. The offering was unanimously approved by the board of directors of the company, with James McDonald declaring and abstaining from voting on the resolutions approving the offering with respect to his participation in the offering.

Mr. McDonald, who is the chief executive officer, president and a director of the company and a related party to the company, within the meaning of MI 61-101, subscribed for three million units. There has not been a material change in the percentage of the outstanding securities of the company that are owned by Mr. McDonald.

In connection with the offering, the agents received a cash fee of $128,340. In addition, the company granted the agents 1,283,400 non-transferable compensation warrants. Each compensation warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one unit at an exercise price of 10 cents per unit for a period of 36 months following the closing of the offering. In addition, the agents received an advisory fee of $22,140 and 660,000 advisory broker warrants on the same terms as the compensation warrants. The company also paid aggregate cash finders' fees of $75,870 to six arm's-length finders and issued to Canaccord Genuity Corp. non-transferable finder's warrants exercisable into 20,100 units at an exercise price of 10 cents per unit for a period of 36 months from the closing of the offering.

About Kootenay Silver Inc.

Kootenay Silver is an exploration company actively engaged in the discovery and development of mineral projects in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico. Supported by one of the largest junior portfolios of silver assets in Mexico, Kootenay continues to provide its shareholders with significant leverage to silver prices. The company remains focused on the expansion of its current silver resources, new discoveries and the near-term economic development of its priority silver projects, located in prolific mining districts in Sonora state and Chihuahua state, Mexico, respectively.

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