KS Klondike Silver Corp

Klondike Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE: KS) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that diamond drilling has started from their new underground west extension of the main access '4625 Level' of the Silvana mine. This is the first stage of exploration on a 7,000 foot (1.5 km) long presumed highly prospective segment of the productive and historic 'Main Lode' structure which is the principal source of the Slocan mining camp's silver/lead/zinc production.

The Main Lode is over 5 miles (8 km) long, extending from Silverton on Slocan Lake in the west to Sandon in the east through the 'Silver Ridge' of the Selkirk mountains some 30 miles (50 km) north of Nelson, BC.

The Silvana production (see below) arose from a length of just less than one mile (1.5 km) of the Main Lode under Silver Ridge, westerly from the Silversmith mine, a former major producer near Sandon. The Company holds approximately 1.5 km of the ground to the west of this productive zone, to within a quarter of a mile (0.5 km.) of the Mammoth mine. By way of drifting and current drilling the Company is testing the first 0.2 km of the 1.5 km gap in exploration of the Main Lode at an elevation of 4,600 to 5,000 feet (1,400 to 1,500 meters). This programme represents the first attempt since the early 1990's to step out westerly towards the Mammoth and the other major Main Lode producers towards Silverton.

Mineralized surface outcroppings discovered in the 1890's led to the start of production from this structure in its distal segments. The westerly segment hosted (from W to E) the Standard mine which is the largest producer of Ag and Pb in the camp, and the Hecla, Monarch and Mammoth deposits, over a distance of some 2 miles (3.2 km). The easternmost segment of over a mile (2 km) hosted (from W to E) the Hope, Silversmith, Slocan Star and Richmond-Eureka deposits.

About 1.5 million tons of ore were locally processed or direct-shipped from these operations. Aggregate recovered production to 1964 from the west segment was 9.5 million ounces of silver, 45,000 tons of lead and 60,000 tons of zinc. The easterly segment yielded approximately 9 million ounces of silver, 43,000 tons of lead and 13,000 tons of zinc. (The disparity between zinc tons recovered from east and west Main Lode mine groups is from the earlier-developed eastern group having recovered a much smaller percentage of zinc in processing or by avoiding 'zincy' material when the metal was less sought after or difficult to recover using the technology available at the time.)

Almost all of this production arose from a zone within the Main Lode lying between roughly 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) and 5,500 feet (1,700 meters) elevation. The central unexplored portion of this prospective deep zone passes for 2.5 miles (4 km) beneath the 5,000 (1,500 meters) to nearly 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) approximate elevations of steep-sided Silver Ridge. It received initial underground exploration westerly from the Silversmith mine area by the Kelowna Exploration Company in the late 1940's using a programme of lateral drift mining and diamond-drilling.

A similar but extensive programme was started in late 1962 westwards from the Kelowna work by the "Silmonac Syndicate". Their persistence was rewarded in 1967 with the discovery from underground via diamond drilling of a Ag/Pb/Zn mineralized section of the Main Lode (not recognized definitively as such at the time). That section was explored, developed and mined from by Silmonac's successors including Kam-Kotia Mines Limited, Silvana Mines Inc., Dickenson Mines Limited and Treminco Resources Ltd. almost continuously from 1970 to 1993, and now by Klondike Silver.

Production to date is about 8 million ounces of Ag and over 30,000 tons each of Pb and Zn from some 550,000 tons of mill feed, representing 30% of the area silver and 25% of its lead production. This makes the Silmonac/Silvana operation easily the second largest single producer of silver and lead in the Slocan camp after the Standard Mine. Noteworthy is that the silver-ounces-to-lead-percent ratio from the Silvana production has been higher than that from the Standard mine production, an enhancement that improves the economics of Silvana's typical mill feed.

For a map of the 2009 target drilling are click on the following link:

http://www.klondikesilver.com/i/pdf/2009-05-28_NRM.pdf

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Edward Craft (P.Eng.) is designated as the qualified person who reviewed and approved the contents of the press release.

About Klondike Silver

Klondike Silver Corp. has assembled a quality portfolio of silver and silver-rich poly-metallic properties in historic mineral districts in North America, and is applying advanced exploration technologies to add value to these core assets. Klondike Silver is reviving the Gowganda and Elk Lake silver camps in Ontario, and the world-famous Klondike district of Yukon Territory. The Company owns a 100 TPD fully operational flotation mill in Sandon, BC, which is currently processing material from one of its Yukon properties and local mines in the historic Slocan Silver Camp.

The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections.

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Contacts: Corporate Inquiries: Kevin Hull (604) 685-2222 Email: info@klondikesilver.com Or visit Klondike Silver's web-site: www.klondikesilver.com to see Smartstox interviews with Company President, Richard Hughes. AGORACOM Investor Relations Email: KS@agoracom.com Website: www.agoracom.com/ir/KlondikeSilver