Comstock and mcu commence philippine mercury remediation operations; first international remediation and extraction facility is now in production

Virginia city, nev., march 23, 2021 (globe newswire) -- comstock mining inc. (nyse: lode) (“comstock” and the “company”) and mercury clean up llc (“mcu”), announced today that all of the site construction and mercury system set up and testing was completed in their clean mercury remediation technologies (“cmrt”) joint venture earlier this month with the system going operational last week. this represents the first commercial mercury remediation system in the province of davao d' oro, philippines, and the foundation for adding additional remediation systems into this unprecedented, eco-system-wide mercury remediation effort in the philippines and leading achievement for the u.n's minamata convention, the international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. the international agreement strives to reduce mercury pollution from targeted activities, particularly artisanal and small-scale gold mining, responsible for the major release of mercury to the immediate environment.
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