VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - July 12, 2016) - Comstock Metals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CSL) ("Comstock" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced shares for debt arrangements, pursuant to which it issued an aggregate of 363,064 common shares in satisfaction of Cdn$57,612.91 of indebtedness. Of this indebtedness $50,000 was owing to the optionor of the Company's QV Property for the 2015 and 2016 advance royalty payments. The deemed issue price of the common shares for $25,000 of this indebtedness was $0.125 per share, based on a prior agreement between the parties, and $0.20 per share for the second $25,000. The remaining $7,612.91 was for past wages payable to a former officer of the Company settled at $0.20 per share.
The common shares issued in satisfaction of the indebtedness are subject to a four month hold period from the date of issuance.
About Comstock Metals Ltd.
Comstock Metals Ltd. is a mineral exploration company. Its flagship 16,335 hectare QV Property is located in the White Gold district of the Yukon Territory, approximately 70 kilometres south of Dawson City and 44 kilometres northeast of the Coffee project of Kaminak Gold Corporation, which is being acquired by Goldcorp Inc. in a deal valued at C$520 million. To date, the Company has completed 3,400 metres of drilling in 17 drill holes which formed the basis for a maiden Inferred mineral resource totalling 4.4 million tonnes grading 1.65 g/t Au containing 230,000 ounces of gold at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off (See Comstock July 8, 2014 News Release). The VG Deposit remains open in all directions and is proximal to other untested sub-parallel structures. The VG Zone has similar geology and style of mineralization to Kinross's Golden Saddle deposit, located 11 kilometres to the south. Additional promising targets exist on the QV Project, with potential for the discovery of significant intrusion related and/or orogenic gold mineralization. The infrastructure associated with the development of the Coffee project, including upgrading and completion of the mine access road, will benefit all projects in the district, including the QV Property.
Comstock has entered into entered into a letter of intent in respect of a proposed purchase by Comstock of Select Sands' Preview SW gold project located in the La Ronge district of Saskatchewan and Select Sands' early-stage Old Cabin property in Ontario for 20 million common shares in the capital of Comstock (see May 16, 2016 News Release).
Comstock also owns early stage uranium claims in the Patterson Lake area of Saskatchewan and has recently optioned out its Corona property in Mexico (see January 28, 2016 News Release).