Comstock Mining Inc. (NYSE:LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) and Mercury Clean Up LLC (“MCU”) today announced that Clean Mercury Remediation Technologies (“CMRT”), MCU’s Philippine Inc.’s joint venture, has received its remaining permit and commenced full operations in the venture’s first commercial mercury remediation system in the province of Davao D’ Oro, Philippines.
“We are pleased to restart and initiate sales as we remediate mercury contamination and return the local environment back to its natural state,” said Comstock’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corrado DeGasperis.