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Comstock Metals and Virtus Renewables Form Strategic Solar Recycling Partnership

1. Comstock announces partnership with Virtus for solar panel recycling solutions. 2. This partnership enhances capabilities for sustainable recycling in renewable energy. 3. Comstock is the first North American firm certified for responsible recycling. 4. The agreement addresses gaps in solar panel recycling industry. 5. Both firms aim to create reliable zero-landfill solutions for clients.

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Why Bullish?

This partnership could significantly boost Comstock's market position in a growing sector, akin to similar partnerships that resulted in revenue boosts for recyclers like FirstSolar.

How important is it?

The strategic partnership aligns with market trends towards sustainability, likely increasing investor confidence and market share.

Why Long Term?

The effects of enhanced capabilities and market reach will expand over time, similar to how partnerships in clean tech can yield sustained growth.

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June 24, 2025 16:05 ET  | Source: Comstock Inc. VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE American: LODE) today announced that its subsidiary, Comstock Metals LLC ("Comstock"), a pioneer in sustainable, zero-landfill solar panel recycling and the first solar panel recycling company in North America to be certified to the R2v3/RIOS Responsible Recycling Standard, has entered into a strategic partnership with Virtus Renewables Service Group Inc. (“Virtus”), a leading provider of comprehensive renewable energy solutions. Under this new partnership, Comstock and Virtus will jointly develop and deliver comprehensive recycling, decommissioning, and logistics solutions tailored to the specific needs of the renewable energy markets. This partnership ensures a consistent, complete, reliable, zero-landfill recycling solution for all solar panels and related components, enhancing both companies' capabilities and commitment to environmental sustainability. “Our partnership with Virtus reinforces our mutual commitment and relentless dedication to innovate and integrate systems for responsible environmental stewardship,” stated Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, President of Comstock Metals. “Virtus Renewables has distinguished itself in the renewable energy sector through its comprehensive operations and maintenance services, project management, and dedication to innovative and sustainable practices. We are proud to complement their efforts by integrating industry-leading recycling solutions that ensure that end-of-life solar assets are managed responsibly and sustainably.” This agreement leverages the strengths of two innovators and enables a systemwide service offering, expanded industry reach, responsiveness, reliability, and creates comprehensive, environmentally conscious solutions for renewable energy clients across the United States. “This is another example of Comstock Metals’ ability to systemically address the critical gaps within the solar panel recycling industry, paving the way for robust, sustainable solutions across the renewable energy sector,” said Corrado De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO of Comstock Inc. “Our partnership with Virtus Renewables represents another significant milestone in our mission to deliver innovative, sustainable recycling practices across the renewable energy supply chain.” “We are thrilled to partner with Comstock Metals in our shared mission to bring unparalleled value to our customers. This collaboration enables us to combine Virtus’s end-to-end renewable energy service expertise with Comstock’s industry-leading, zero-landfill recycling capabilities,” stated Bo Thisted, CEO of Virtus Renewables. “By teaming up, we are not only expanding our ability to serve the renewable energy market, but also ensuring that our customers benefit from a full lifecycle certification process that upholds the highest standards of sustainability, reliability, and service.” About Virtus Renewables Virtus Renewables is a leading renewable energy solutions provider offering a comprehensive array of operations, project management and maintenance services for solar and battery storage projects. Virtus optimizes customer asset performance with a strong commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainability that supports an expanding clean, renewable energy future. About Comstock Metals Comstock Metals is a leading, Nevada-based, zero-landfill recycling solution that specializes in the environmentally responsible recycling of solar panels and related renewable energy infrastructure and equipment. Comstock’s unique delaminating processes, ongoing material innovations, and sustainable practices differentiates its recycling leadership and strengthens the supply chain of domestically manufactured electrification products. www.comstockmetals.com About Comstock Inc. Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) innovates and commercializes technologies that are deployable across entire industries to contribute to energy abundance by efficiently extracting and converting under-utilized natural resources, such as waste and other forms of woody biomass into renewable fuels, and end-of-life electronics into recovered electrification metals. To learn more, please visit www.comstock.inc. 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These statements are based on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical and current trends, current conditions, possible future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees, representations or warranties and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond our control and could cause actual results, developments, and business decisions to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Some of those risks and uncertainties 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, spin-offs or similar distribution transactions, 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. 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