Corrado De Gasperis has 25 years of manufacturing, metals and mining operational and financial management, project management and capital markets experience. He is currently the president, CEO and a director of Comstock Mining Inc., a gold and silver producing mining company that is protecting, preserving, enhancing and now producing on the historic Comstock Lode District in Nevada. Previously, he was CEO of Barzel Industries Inc. and before that CFO of GrafTech International Ltd., a global manufacturer of industrial graphite and carbon-based materials. He holds a BBA from the Ancell School of Business at Western Connecticut State University, with honors.