Comstock Metals Ltd. announced the appointment of Ehsan Dana as president, CEO and director of the company effective February 22, 2016. Mr. Dana will replace Rasool Mohammad who will assume the role of chairman of the board and will continue to help advance the company's gold project in the Yukon Territory and prospective uranium properties in the prolific Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan. Mr. Dana is a mining finance professional and mining engineer with over twelve years of experience in mining capital markets and industry including equity research, investment banking, advisory and technical roles.

Previously, Mr. Dana was the lead mining analyst at British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.