Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
DEGASPERIS CORRADO F
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Comstock Mining Inc. [LODE] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
CEO, Pres., PFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O COMSTOCK MINING INC., P.O. BOX 1118		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2014
(Street)

VIRGINIA CITY, NV 89440		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/01/2014   M   1,650,000 A $ 0 (1) 1,650,000 D  
Common Stock 07/01/2014   F   650,000 (2) D $ 1.65 1,000,000 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock (3) 07/01/2014   M     1,650,000   (2)   (4) Common Stock 1,650,000 (1) 1,100,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DEGASPERIS CORRADO F
C/O COMSTOCK MINING INC.
P.O. BOX 1118
VIRGINIA CITY, NV 89440		   X     CEO, Pres., PFO  

Signatures

 /s/ Corrado F. De Gasperis   07/03/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Transaction has no purchase or share price.
(2) On December 21, 2011, Comstock Mining Inc. (the "Company") granted 2,750,000 shares of restricted stock to the reporting person under the Comstock Mining Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), subject to vesting. On July 1, 2014, 60% of such shares vested based upon certain time-based requirements of the reporting person's employment agreement and based upon the certification by the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company of the attainment of both the validation of qualified resources (at least measured and indicated) of at least 2,000,000 ounces of gold equivalent and the completion of three months of consecutive mining operations at an annual production rate of 17,500 gold equivalent ounces. 650,000 shares were withheld to be sold by the Plan's administrator to meet the Company's tax withholding obligations.
(3) Each share of Restricted Stock is equivalent to one share of Common Stock.
(4) No expiration date.

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