Comstock Inc. (NYSE American: LODE) (“Comstock”) a leader in hard
technology developments enabling clean energy, recently announced
new revenue contracts for its solar panel recycling business, an
international equity partnership with revenue and royalty
generating agreements for its low carbon, lignocellulosic fuels
business, certain asset sales and an indicative term sheet for $325
million in gross funding through SBC Commerce LLC (“SBCC”), a U.S.
based, globally positioned, private equity group. Today, the
Company announced an additional convertible debt financing of $3.5
million, with an option for an additional $1.5 million, to provide
the liquidity and capacity to continue the fast pace of commercial
transaction execution in the fuels and metals segments. The
remainder of the Comstock’s convertible debt has been either
converted, redeemed or extinguished.
“Our commercialization pipelines have grown,
broadened and accelerated as our teams have been effective in
demonstrating our remarkable, commercial-ready clean technologies,
that are now translating into real market adoptions,” said Corrado
De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO of Comstock Inc. “We raised
additional capital with trusted partners to ensure that we maintain
and accelerate our current commercialization pace and carefully
structured this deal with higher, near term conversion premiums
(initially 200% of yesterday’s close), full redemption rights, and
a prohibition on any variable rate equity lines, all in a
thoughtful effort to minimize dilution.”
The SBCC transactions are progressing and
subject to final structuring, documentation, due diligence and
applicable regulatory approvals. This term sheet represents a
combination of direct investments and certain asset sales that
recognizes significant valuations, nearly $500 million in
management’s estimates, for the Company’s three businesses and
positions essential growth capital to accelerate the
commercialization of its fuels, metals and mining businesses.
Comstock will announce each of the transactions as the definitive
structures and agreements are finalized and funded.
Comstock Fuels offers advanced lignocellulosic
biomass refining solutions that produce market-leading yields of
cellulosic ethanol, gasoline, renewable diesel, sustainable
aviation fuel, and other renewable fuels at extremely low carbon
intensities (15 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of
energy (gCO2e/MJ), that are proven to produce up to 125 GGEs per
dry metric ton of feedstock on a GGE basis, depending on feedstock,
lignin content, site conditions, and other parameters. Comstock is
currently planning to build, own, and operate its first four U.S.
facilities.
Comstock Metals has now received materials from
new, local, regional and nationally recognizable customers where
they coordinated and enabled the decommissioning of these
end-of-life panels from their facilities and coordinated the
transportation of these panels to its permitted facility in Nevada
where the materials will be processed and recycled.
“We are meticulously planning, organizing, and
coordinating with SBCC and it is important that we complete certain
prerequisites for ourselves and our capital partners, in terms of
certain tax-efficient entity reorganization and other customary
realignments before taking in any of the committed funds. We are
pleased and excited with the collaboration and progress and are
confident about closing these transactions over the coming months,”
concluded De Gasperis.
About Comstock Inc.
Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) commercializes
innovative technologies that contribute to global decarbonization
and the clean energy transition by efficiently converting
under-utilized natural resources, primarily, woody biomass into
low-carbon renewable fuels, end-of-life metal extraction and
renewal, and generative AI-enabled advanced materials synthesis and
mineral discovery for sustainable mining. To learn more, please
visit www.comstock.inc.
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include the risk factors set forth in our filings with the SEC and
the following: adverse effects of climate changes or natural
disasters; adverse effects of global or regional pandemic disease
spread or other crises; global economic and capital market
uncertainties; the speculative nature of gold or mineral
exploration, and lithium, nickel and cobalt recycling, including
risks of diminishing quantities or grades of qualified resources;
operational or technical difficulties in connection with
exploration, metal recycling, processing or mining activities;
costs, hazards and uncertainties associated with precious and other
metal based activities, including environmentally friendly and
economically enhancing clean mining and processing technologies,
precious metal exploration, resource development, economic
feasibility assessment and cash generating mineral production;
costs, hazards and uncertainties associated with metal recycling,
processing or mining activities; contests over our title to
properties; potential dilution to our stockholders from our stock
issuances, recapitalization and balance sheet restructuring
activities; potential inability to comply with applicable
government regulations or law; adoption of or changes in
legislation or regulations adversely affecting our businesses;
permitting constraints or delays; challenges to, or potential
inability to, achieve the benefits of business opportunities that
may be presented to, or pursued by, us, including those involving
battery technology and efficacy, quantum computing and generative
artificial intelligence supported advanced materials development,
development of cellulosic technology in bio-fuels and related
material production; commercialization of cellulosic technology in
bio-fuels and generative artificial intelligence development
services; ability to successfully identify, finance, complete and
integrate acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances,
business combinations, asset sales, and investments that we may be
party to in the future; changes in the United States or other
monetary or fiscal policies or regulations; interruptions in our
production capabilities due to capital constraints; equipment
failures; fluctuation of prices for gold or certain other
commodities (such as silver, zinc, lithium, nickel, cobalt,
cyanide, water, diesel, gasoline and alternative fuels and
electricity); changes in generally accepted accounting principles;
adverse effects of war, mass shooting, terrorism and geopolitical
events; potential inability to implement our business strategies;
potential inability to grow revenues; potential inability to
attract and retain key personnel; interruptions in delivery of
critical supplies, equipment and raw materials due to credit or
other limitations imposed by vendors; assertion of claims, lawsuits
and proceedings against us; potential inability to satisfy debt and
lease obligations; potential inability to maintain an effective
system of internal controls over financial reporting; potential
inability or failure to timely file periodic reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; potential inability to list our
securities on any securities exchange or market or maintain the
listing of our securities; and work stoppages or other labor
difficulties. Occurrence of such events or circumstances could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
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offer to buy or a recommendation with respect to any securities of
the Company, the fund, or any other issuer.
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