VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, January 10, 2024 – Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) announced today that it has been notified by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection of the issuance of the new Class II Air Quality Operating Permit for its Solar Panel Recycling Facility.
The world remains focused on the production of energy generation and storage technologies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and especially photovoltaics. The substantial majority of U.S. solar panels have been deployed in the southwest region of U.S., primarily California, Nevada, and Arizona with a remarkable acceleration of the decommissioning of these end-of-life solar panels occurring now.
Comstock is currently building a facility that includes technologies for efficiently crushing, conditioning, extracting, and recycling metal concentrates from photovoltaics and other electronic devices. Comstock continues to secure supplier commitments, with sufficient existing commitments to begin commissioning of the facility and commencement of revenues upon receipt of the required permits and approvals.
Comstock has received the required county permission and Class II Air Quality Operating Permit. Issuance of the final remaining Nevada Solid Waste Material Recovery Facility Permit is expected this quarter, thereby enabling Comstock to complete the installation of the process equipment and solicit the County Fire Marshall and Building Department to provide the final facility certificate of operation.
“We represent a safe, zero-landfill, end-of-life solution for solar installers, landfills, and utility-scale solar developers and generators, serving the entire Southwestern U.S. and beyond,” said Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, President of Comstock Metals. “Large volumes of end-of-life photovoltaic materials are rapidly becoming available from large solar fields, creating an environmental dilemma. Comstock Metals ensures the safe deconstruction, decontamination, separation, and productive reuse of important materials and precious metals.”
Comstock Metals objectives for 2024 include receiving the final permit early this year, completing commissioning of photovoltaic material recycling, commencing production, continued expansion of our existing revenue generating supply commitments, and then finalizing the design and site selection for our first “industry-scale” production facility.
“We have rapidly taken a leadership position in this huge, readily available, and rapidly growing photovoltaic market,” stated Corrado De Gasperis, Comstock’s Executive Chairman and CEO. “We want to thank the State of Nevada for its diligence and responsiveness in issuing this permit, since commissioning our demonstration facility will only accelerate efforts toward our first industry-scale facility.”
About Comstock Inc.
Comstock (NYSE: LODE) commercializes technologies that enable systemic decarbonization and accelerate the energy transition by efficiently converting under-utilized natural resources into renewable energy products, and by leveraging physics based artificial intelligence for more efficient and effective mineral and materials discovery. To learn more, please visit www.comstock.inc.
About Comstock Metals
Comstock Metals specializes in zero-landfill waste, cost-effective, thermal end-of-life solar solutions. Comstock Metals is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comstock Inc. To learn more, please visit www.comstockmetals.com.
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