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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-01

Comstock (LODE)

Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$559,115
Corrado Gasperis total, FY2025
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
93.49%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against LODE
No companies currently name LODE as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Corrado Gasperis$495,000$0$0$0$0$0$64,115$559,115
Chief Executive Officer
David Winsness495,000000007,000502,000
Former President
William McCarthy495,000000007,000502,000
Chief Operating Officer
Judd Merrill224,712000002,397227,109
Chief Financial Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Corrado Gasperis$559,115
David Winsness502,000
William McCarthy502,000
Judd Merrill227,109

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
JulyPSU250,000$2,612
ourRSU2,01021
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Organization, Operating System, Compensation and Communities Committee designs our compensation policies for our named executive officers to create executive compensation arrangements that are linked both to the creation of long-term growth, shareholder value and company-wide performance, and are competitive with peer companies of similar complexity and encourage stock ownership by our senior management.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultant
Clawback policy
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledging
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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-2825,086,9141,747,486822,48293.49%Passed
20252025-05-227,076,615744,382263,35890.48%Passed
20242024-05-3040,493,0595,845,8611,192,76487.38%Passed
20232023-05-2545,915,1442,476,206910,85294.88%Passed
20222022-05-2636,099,6251,869,460500,48595.08%Passed
20212021-06-0312,509,256766,718113,34394.22%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-2893.49%a
20252025-05-2290.48%b
20242024-05-3087.38%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
William J. NanceIndependent · Compensation · Audit and Finance · Nominating/Governance (Chair) · Audit$225,000$0$0$0$225,000
Kristin M. SlaninaIndependent · Compensation · Audit and Finance205,000000205,000
Leo M. DrozdoffIndependent · Compensation · Environmental (Chair)200,000000200,000
Guez J. SalinasIndependent · Not standing for re-election182,500000182,500
Walter A. Marting JrIndependent · Audit and Finance (Former Chair) · Nominating/Governance180,000000180,000
Corrado De GasperisEmployee director0
William J. McCarthyEmployee director0
Judd B. MerrillEmployee director0
Robert M. SpenceIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Environmental · Audit and Finance · Nominating, Governance, Board Planning and Strategic Alignment
David J. WinsnessIndependent
Donald A. ColvinIndependent · Audit (Chair)
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$60,000
Annual equity retainer$100,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 20,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$992,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$992,500

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

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Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Comstock2025Corrado Gasperis$495,000$0$0$0$559,115

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Corrado GasperisDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 559,115. Filing ↗machine: span 266568–266575
2Section 01, David WinsnessDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 502,000. Filing ↗machine: span 315154–315161
3Section 01, William McCarthyDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 502,000. Filing ↗machine: span 298971–298978
4Section 01, Judd MerrillDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 227,109. Filing ↗machine: span 282750–282757
5Section 08, William J. NanceDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,000. Filing ↗machine: span 415712–415719
6Section 08, Kristin M. SlaninaDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 205,000. Filing ↗machine: span 419639–419646
7Section 08, Leo M. DrozdoffDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 200,000. Filing ↗machine: span 412861–412868
8Section 08, Guez J. SalinasDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 182,500. Filing ↗machine: span 417635–417642
9Section 08, Walter A. Marting JrDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 180,000. Filing ↗machine: span 413788–413795
10Section 08, Corrado De GasperisDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
11Section 08, William J. McCarthyDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
12Section 08, Judd B. MerrillDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
13Section 08, Robert M. SpenceDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
14Section 08, David J. WinsnessDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
15Section 08, Donald A. ColvinDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. Filing ↗
16Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-010001437749-26-019042Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.49% (votes for as printed: 25,086,914). Filing ↗
17Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-270001437749-25-018373Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.48% (votes for as printed: 7,076,615). Filing ↗
18Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-05-310001437749-24-018925Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 87.38% (votes for as printed: 40,493,059). Filing ↗
19Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 992,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 992,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 992,500
20Comstock (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001437749-26-011938CEO total compensation as printed in Comstock's own proxy. As printed: 559,115. Filing ↗machine: span 266568–266575