With drill permits now in place, preparations for the 3 000 m drilling programme at Canadian explorer Kootenay’s 100%-owned La Cigarra silver project, in Chihuahua State, Mexico, are well under way, with expectations that drilling will commence on or by August 1. The TSX-V-listed company noted on Thursday that the targeted drill programme was designed to test the high-priority rapid air movement (RAM) target and to expand La Cigarra’s current mineral resource estimate by targeting the continuity of high-grade trends recently identified within the resource.