Comstock (LODE) 10-Q 2011 Q2 Quarterly report

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Section 1350 Certification

In connection with the Quarterly Report of COMSTOCK MINING Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Corrado De Gasperis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted by § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date:  August 12, 2011

/s/ Corrado De Gasperis

Corrado De Gasperis

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as an exhibit to the Report and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.