Comstock Inc. receives notification of eligibility for final permit

Comstock received its notification of eligibility for an Air Quality Permit from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection – Bureau of Air Pollution Control, subject to certain normal compliance conditions and public notice periods, for the processing of waste solar panels and photovoltaics for its industry-scale materials recovery facility located in Silver Springs, NV. This timely approval keeps our scale-up plans for commissioning our first industry-scale facility in Silver Springs, NV, right on schedule. This notification follows the recently received notification of eligibility for a Written Determination Permit from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection – Bureau of Sustainable Materials Management, also with the normal conditions and public notice period. These two major permits, once final, represent the complete scope of required regulatory approvals for commissioning the scale up of a facility designed for processing over 3 million panels per year from one, continuous production line, representing up to 100,000 tons per year of waste materials being processed. This facility integrates technologies for efficiently processing, conditioning, extracting, and recycling metal concentrates from photovoltaics. The Company previously reported that the equipment for the plant was ordered, and fabrication is also proceeding as planned with deliveries expected by year end, so that it can commence installation, testing, and commissioning of the industry-scale facility during the first quarter of 2026. The process for both Air and BSMM permits proceeded essentially as planned, since last Spring, when the final forms for both of these permits were submitted.”We appreciate BAPC’s collaborative efforts in issuing this first major solar panel recycling Air Quality Permit and enabling the expansion of the only Nevada-based, zero-landfill, end-of-life solar panel solution serving this broad region and keeping these critical materials out of our landfills or from being sent offshore to foreign foundries, basically offshoring the problem,” said Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, President. “We are thankful for the strong working collaboration with our regulators and the remarkable support that we are experiencing from the broader community who increasingly understands and appreciates the critical societal value of preventing heavy metal contamination of our lands, water systems and communities.”