Comstock Mining Announces Additional High-Grade Intercepts and Succor Breakthrough

VIRGINIA CITY, NV--(Marketwired - February 24, 2016) - Comstock Mining Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE MKT: LODE) is pleased to provide additional updates on the first phase of the Company's Lucerne underground exploration activities, located in the historic Comstock District in Northern Nevada.  The Company continues to define high-grade mineralization in the Quartz Porphyry mineralized mass ("PQ Target"), of increasing lengths, positioned in the center of the Lucerne geological corridor and mineral resources (Figure 1).

Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO, commented: "We continue encountering longer and higher grade mineralized intercepts as we move north past the Succor intersection and beyond. We see this trend continuing and we are analyzing these results towards new, high-grade reserves."

The following significant drill intercepts are selected highlights from the fifth drill bay only. Additional Lucerne drilling highlights 24 intercepts from drill bay 5, including those summarized below, are available in the latter part of this release (Table 1).

Drill Bay Five

• LUGC15-038 0.823 opt Au (28.23 g/t) 0.820 opt Ag (28.12 g/t) over 36.5 ft.
• • Includes 0.487 opt Au (16.71 g/t) 0.756 opt Ag (25.91 g/t) over 9 ft.
  • Includes 1.831 opt Au (62.77 g/t) 1.117 opt Ag (38.30 g/t) over 13 ft.
• LUGC15-023 0.183 opt Au (6.27 g/t) 1.419 opt Ag (48.63 g/t) over 10 ft.
• • Includes 0.271 opt Au (9.29 g/t) 2.149 opt Ag (73.67 g/t) over 5 ft.
• LUGC15-026 0.130 opt Au (4.45 g/t) 4.164 opt Ag (142.73 g/t) over 8.5 ft.
• LUGC15-030 0.120 opt Au (4.11 g/t) 4.782 opt Ag (163.95 g/t) over 8.5 ft.
• LUGC15-030 0.136 opt Au (4.66 g/t) 1.620 opt Ag (55.55 g/t) over 8.5 ft.
• • Includes 0.317 opt Au (10.87 g/t) 2.315 opt Ag (79.35 g/t) over 2 ft.
• LUGC15-033 0.144 opt Au (4.94 g/t) 4.607 opt Ag (157.94 g/t) over 4 ft.
• LUGC15-033 0.276 opt Au (9.47 g/t) 1.422 opt Ag (48.74 g/t) over 12 ft.
• • Includes 0.310 opt Au (10.61 g/t) 1.399 opt Ag (47.94 g/t) over 8 ft.
• LUGC15-035 0.450 opt Au (15.43 g/t) 7.000 opt Ag (239.97 g/t) over 3.5 ft.
• LUGC15-035 0.711 opt Au (24.37 g/t) 1.858 opt Ag (63.70 g/t) over 18 ft.
• • Includes 0.939 opt Au (32.20 g/t) 2.414 opt Ag (82.74 g/t) over 13 ft.
• LUGC15-040 0.626 opt Au (21.46 g/t) 1.493 opt Ag (51.18 g/t) over 1 ft.
• LUGC15-040 0.290 opt Au (9.94 g/t) 2.407 opt Ag (82.51 g/t) over 5.5 ft.
• • Includes 0.340 opt Au (11.66 g/t) 3.900 opt Ag (133.70 g/t) over 3 ft.
• LUGC15-040 0.531 opt Au (18.20 g/t) 0.507 opt Ag (17.38 g/t) over 4.5 ft.
• LUGC16-042 0.240 opt Au (8.23 g/t) 7.500 opt Ag (257.11 g/t) over 5 ft.

Mr. De Gasperis continued: "The Succor crosscut (see Figure 2) also reached its objective of breaking through to historic Succor mine workings, placing us exactly where we need to be for the most efficient drilling of these high-grade mineral targets. We believe the results to date, when combined with the expanded Succor target, will contribute higher-grade reserves and ultimately, a mine plan for this corridor."

Table 1

Reported values are from American Assay Labs (AAL) and Inspectorate American Corporation (Inspectorate) in Reno, NV.

AAL and Inspectorate lab methods include standard fire assay with ICP finish and gravimetric finish per each labs internal protocols. Gold Equivalent ratio based on gold to silver price ratio of 78:1 Ag:Au.

About Comstock Mining Inc.

Comstock Mining Inc. is a producing, Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company with extensive, contiguous property in the Comstock District and is an emerging leader in sustainable, responsible mining, includes concurrent and accelerated reclamations, soil sampling, voluntary air monitoring, cultural asset protection and historical restorations.  The Company began acquiring properties in the Comstock District in 2003.  Since then, the Company has consolidated a significant portion of the Comstock District, amassed the single largest known repository of historical and current geological data on the Comstock region, secured permits, built an infrastructure and commenced production in 2012.  The Company continues acquiring additional properties in the district, expanding its footprint and creating opportunities for further exploration, development and mining.  The near-term goal of our business plan is to maximize intrinsic stockholder value realized, per share, by validating qualified resources and reserves (proven and probable) from our first two resource areas, Lucerne and Dayton, and significantly grow the commercial development of our operations through extended, long-lived mine plans that are economically feasible and socially responsible.

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Contact

Contact information for Comstock Mining Inc.:  
PO Box 1118 Virginia City, NV 89440
questions@comstockmining.com
http://www.comstockmining.com

Corrado De Gasperis
President & CEO
Tel (775) 847-4755
degasperis@comstockmining.com

Judd Merrill
Chief Financial Officer
Tel (775) 847-7325
merrill@comstockmining.com