Comstock Mining Announces Sweeping Master Plan and Zone Changes in Silver Springs Nevada
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., April 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Mining Inc. (“Comstock” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT:LODE) announced today, that the Lyon County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved both a major, expansion-friendly master plan amendment for the Silver Springs Airport and commercial zoning for a centrally-located 160-acre parcel, both of which are in the immediate vicinity of the Company’s recently approved, shovel-ready, 98-acre Comstock Industrial Site in Silver Springs, Nevada.
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Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO of Comstock Mining Inc. said, “The Lyon County Commissioners have demonstrated outstanding leadership by making critical land use changes that support and facilitate the economic development opportunities spreading throughout our region. Our property sits squarely in the middle of these changes.”
The Company’s 98-acre Comstock Industrial Site is available for development and recently received the Nevada Certified Site accreditation from the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA). It is in immediate proximity of the super-routed USA Parkway and Highway 50 intersection. This site is located in the direct vicinity of the expanding Tahoe Reno Industrial (“TRI”) Center, the Silver Springs Airport, the now re-zoned Downtown Silver Springs parcels and the USA Parkway—that is scheduled for completion later this year.
The Nevada Certified Site Program is designed to provide critical decision-making information to business owners, developers and site selectors to allow informed, expedited decisions. The Nevada Certified Site designation serves as a pre-qualification for buyers, indicating that a property’s title is clear, appropriately zoned, possesses sufficient utilities, adequate transportation access and other critical infrastructure for industrial and commercial uses. It also includes a confirmation that a positive, Phase One environmental assessment has been completed, among many other criteria. The designation ensures that a company’s expansion plans will not be held back by costly delays in permitting and approvals.
The 98-acre Comstock Industrial Site in Silver Springs, Nevada, is also located adjacent to the Silver Springs Airport, multiple, expansive parcels of commercial and industrial properties and immediately within the municipal water and sewer service area, serviceable by electrical power, natural gas, and communications. The Company also owns more than 256 acre-feet of the most senior water rights in the basin. NNDA has uploaded the certified site information packet at this link:
http://www.nevadacertifiedsites.com/service/98-acre-commercialindustrial-site/
The property is ideally situated with excellent logistics in immediate proximity to where USA Parkway (State Route 439) connects with US 50 from Interstate 80, through the TRI Center, also known as the largest industrial park in the world. The Company plans to sell certain, non-mining related lands, buildings and water rights, including the Certified Site, for expected net cash proceeds of more than $14 million during the next 12 to 18 months. The Nevada Department of Transportation has an animated flythrough of USA Parkway (SR 439) that can be viewed at this link:
http://www.nevadadot.com/projects-programs/road-projects/usa-parkway
About Comstock Mining Inc.
Comstock Mining Inc. is a Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company with extensive, contiguous property in the Comstock District and is an emerging leader in sustainable, responsible mining. 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 evaluating and acquiring properties inside and outside the district expanding its footprint and exploring all of our existing and prospective 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 continuing to acquire mineralized and potentially mineralized properties, exploring, developing and validating qualified resources and reserves (proven and probable) that enable the commercial development of our operations through extended, long-lived mine plans that are economically feasible and socially responsible.
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Contact information for Comstock Mining Inc.:
PO Box 1118
Virginia City, NV 89440
http://www.comstockmining.com
Corrado De Gasperis
President & CEO
Tel (775) 847-4755
degasperis@comstockmining.com
Zach Spencer
Investor Relations
Tel (775) 847-5272 ext. 151
questions@comstockmining.com
