Comstock Mining Completes $8.75 million Public Offering

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comstock Mining Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE MKT: LODE) announced today the successful completion of its previously announced public offering of 4,146,920 shares of its common stock.

The net proceeds to the Company from the offering will be approximately $8.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses.  The Company intends to use $3 million of the net proceeds from this offering for expansion of the heap leach pad, supporting near term production growth.  The Company intends to use the remaining proceeds for the purchase of lands supporting its current, district-wide expansion planning and for general corporate purposes.

International Assets Advisory, LLC acted as private placement agent for the offering.

About Comstock Mining Inc.
Comstock Mining Inc. is a producing, Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company with extensive,contiguous property in the Comstock District.  The Company began acquiring properties in the Comstock District in 2003.  Since then, the Company has consolidated a significant portion of the Comstock District, amassed the single largest known repository of historical and current geological data on the Comstock region, secured permits, built an infrastructure and commenced production in 2012.  The Company continues acquiring additional properties in the district, expanding its footprint and creating opportunities for further exploration and mining.  The near term goal of our business plan is to deliver stockholder value by validating qualified resources (measured and indicated) and reserves (proven and probable) of at least 3,250,000 gold equivalent ounces from our first two resource areas, Lucerne and Dayton, achieve initial commercial mining and processing operations in the Lucerne Mine with annual production rates of approximately 20,000 gold equivalent ounces and significantly grow production through the commercial development and expansions of both the Lucerne and Dayton Mine plans.

Neither this press release nor any related calls or discussions constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

SOURCE Comstock Mining Inc.