VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” or the “Company”) today announced Corrado De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO, will present a company update, including recent developments in advanced technologies for mineral discoveries, during the Money, Metals & Mining Virtual Expo. Mr. De Gasperis is also a member of the moderated panel, “Energy and Precious Metals: Three Ways to Win” on Wednesday, December 7, at 2:45 pm EST. Following this panel, Mr. De Gasperis will present, “How Advanced Technologies will Transform Discovery and Extraction in All Mining Districts” at 4:00 pm EST. Please register if you want to attend: https://online.moneyshow.com/2022/december/money-metals-mining-virtual-expo/registration/
Last week, Comstock announced the publication of the initial technical report for the Company’s Dayton Consolidated Project detailing an estimated mineral resource constrained within an open pit economic shell based on a gold price of $1,800 per ounce. The estimate includes Measured and Indicated resources containing 293,000 ounces of gold and 2,120,000 ounces of silver, plus an additional Inferred resource containing 90,000 ounces of gold and 480,000 ounces of silver.
The Dayton project has long been known for high grade assays, with gold assays as high as 2.95 ounces per ton, and silver assays as high as 6.68 ounces per ton. Drilling by Comstock has also encountered significant thicknesses of mineralization, including 135 feet averaging 0.218 ounces per ton Au and 0.685 ounces per ton Ag (hole D11-21), 145 feet averaging 0.056 ounces per ton Au and 0.352 ounces per ton Ag (hole D11-33), 50 feet averaging 0.030 ounces per ton Au and 1.072 ounces per ton Ag (hole D94-17), 295 feet averaging 0.027 ounces per ton Au and 0.087 ounces per ton Ag (hole D10-01), and 235 feet averaging 0.031 ounces per ton Au and 0.102 ounces per ton Ag (hole SV12-05).
Behre Dolbear authored the independent, initial assessment of the Dayton Consolidated Project mineral resources, as of November 1, 2022, compliant with current SEC S-K 1300 guidelines.
The full report is available on the Company’s website, at www.comstock.inc/investors.
This morning, Channelchek published a report by Mark Reichman, Senior Research Analyst, Natural Resources, Noble Capital Markets, Inc. Mr. Reichman’s report is entitled, “Recent Technical Reports Highlight Value of Comstock’s Mineral Properties.” Please register here if you would like to access this report: https://www.channelchek.com/news-channel/comstock-inc-lode-recent-technical-reports-highlight-value-of-comstocks-mineral-properties
About Comstock
Comstock (NYSE: LODE) innovates technologies that contribute to global decarbonization and circularity by efficiently converting under-utilized natural resources into renewable fuels and electrification products that contribute to balancing global uses and emissions of carbon. The Company intends to achieve exponential growth and extraordinary financial, natural, and social gains by building, owning, and operating a fleet of advanced carbon neutral extraction and refining facilities, by selling an array of complementary process solutions and related services, and by licensing selected technologies to qualified strategic partners. To learn more, please visit www.comstock.inc.
About Behre Dolbear
Behre Dolbear is a one of the oldest mineral industry advisory firms in the world, continuously operating since 1911. Behre Dolbear authored the Technical Report Summary, Dayton Consolidated Project, Lyon County, Nevada as an independent third-party, following the United States Security and Exchange Commission’s mining rules under subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K.
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| Contact information: | ||
| Comstock Inc. P.O. Box 1118 Virginia City, NV 89440 www.comstock.inc |
Corrado De Gasperis Executive Chairman & CEO Tel (775) 847-4755 degasperis@comstockinc.com |
Zach Spencer Director of External Relations Tel (775) 847-5272 Ext.151 questions@comstockinc.com |
