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VANCOUVER, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kootenay Silver Inc. ("Kootenay" or the "Company") (TSXV: KTN) is pleased to announce that the Company has completed its previously announced and upsized "best efforts" public offering (the "Offering") for gross proceeds of C$10,350,000 from the sale of 9,241,071 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at a price of C$1.12 per Unit (the "Offering Price"). The completed Offering includes the exercise in full of the Agents' (as defined herein) over-allotment option for the sale of 1,205,357 Units for proceeds of C$1,350,000.