Kootenay Reports on the Copley part of the "Nechako Generative Program";
Channel Samples Include: 10.02 g/t Gold over 2 m; 4.8 g/t Gold over 3 m

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VANCOUVER, Nov. 8 /CNW/ - Kootenay Gold Inc. TSX.V: KTN ("Kootenay") is pleased to announce results of channel sampling, geologic mapping and prospecting on the Copley property in the Nechako Plateau of north central B.C.

Work during the 2010 season on the Copley is part of a larger generative program looking for multi million ounce gold deposits within the Nechako Plateau, an area of B.C. that is conducive for the formation and discovery of such deposits. The recent discovery at the Blackwater-Davison property underscores the potential of the area.

HIGHLIGHTS OF COPELY CHANNEL SAMPLE INCLUDE:

• 10.02 g/t gold over 2 meters;
• 4.8 g/t gold over 3 meters;
• 0.55 g/t gold over 7 meters;
• 0.33 g/t gold over 9 meters (with 0.461 g/t gold over 5 meters); 
• 0.226 g/t gold over 8 meters.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROSPECT SAMPLING:

• Up to 14 g/t gold from grabs

NECHAKO GENERATIVE PROGRAM - "Looking for Multi-Million Ounce Gold Deposits"

The results of exploration encountered several areas of high level epithermal mineralization evidenced by hydrothermal breccias, silicification, argillic alteration associated mostly with an east west trend of rhyolite domes within a larger northeast structural corridor. The different areas of mineralization define a large area over a 6 by 2 kilometer trend. Outcrop is generally poor indicating potential for buried deposits is good.

The best mineralized occurrence to date, the Smoking Pipe occurrence, is a large 55 by 150 meter outcrop of silicified rhyolite and rhyolite porphyry ubiquitously altered by quartz stockwork veinlets, hydrothermal breccia and silicification. The occurrence is anomalous in gold throughout.

The Smoking Pipe occurrence sits on the outer rim of a circular magnetic low measuring about 1.5 by 2.0 kilometers across. This low is overburden covered and may represent magnetic destruction caused by the epithermal system that mineralized the Smoking Pipe. The magnetic low is a notable feature as gold mineralization at the nearby Blackwater Davison discovery is reported to occur with magnetic lows.

The Smoking Pipe is one of several mineralized areas covered by the property.  A map detailing the channel sampling of the Smoking Pipe will be posted on the Kootenay Gold Inc. website.

Permitting is underway for further work to include drilling, geophysics and additional mapping and channel sampling.

QA/QC

Rock and soil samples were prepared at the Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd ("Acme") preparation lab in Vancouver, B.C. Rock samples were crushed to 70% passing a 2mm screen, and a 250 g split from the crushed sample was then pulverized to 85% passing a 75 micron screen. The samples were then fire assayed for gold (Group 3B, 30-gram sample), and analyzed by 35-element ICP-ES with four-acid digestion (Group 1E) for surface rock samples, and aqua regia digestion for channel samples (Group 1DX) at the ACME Vancouver analytical lab.

Channel sampling comprised of 10 lines: two base lines 10 meters apart trending 050º and 8 tie lines roughly 10 apart and trending approximately 150º (Figs. 9-3 and 9-4). In all, 249 samples were collected. Channels were cut with a gas-powered cut-off saw using a 16 inch diamond blade. Channels were approximately 3 cm wide and 3 cm deep; and samples were loosened using a cold chisel and then placed in a bag. Each bag was labeled with a unique code; and a corresponding metal pin with a scribed metal tag was placed at each sample site. Prospecting samples were handled in the same manner.

All samples were securely handled. Sample material was placed in polyurethane, woven (rock) and their tops secured and shipped to ACME Labs Ltd. in Vancouver, B.C together with sample shipment forms listing the sample numbers.

The foregoing geological disclosure has also been reviewed and verified by Kootenay's CEO, James McDonald, P.Geo (a qualified person for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). Mr. McDonald is a director of Kootenay.

ABOUT KOOTENAY

Kootenay is actively developing mineral projects in the Sierra Madre Region of Mexico and in British Columbia, Canada. The Company flagship property is the former producing Promontorio Silver Mine in Sonora State, Mexico.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note to US Investors: This news release may contain information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to explore or mine. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.          

For further information:

James McDonald, CEO and President at 403-238-6986
Ken Berry, Chairman at 604-601-5652; 1-888-601-5650
www.kootenaygold.ca