Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations consisted of the following:



Note Description	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Note Payable (Auramet Facility)	$	2,800,000		$	1,071,427
Note Payable (Caterpillar Equipment)	2,889,894			3,968,019
Note Payable (V&T)	1,000,000			—
Note Payable (Daney Ranch Property)	849,230			—
Note Payable (Dayton Resource Area)	494,795			1,953,784
Note Payable (Donovan Property)	442,450			574,141
Note Payable (Gold Hill Hotel)	264,024			278,254
Note Payable (White House)	282,526			286,595
Notes Payable - Other	394,848			549,466
Lease Obligation (Varilease)	3,925,167			—
Capital Lease Obligations	2,473,634			2,916,797
Subtotal	15,816,568			11,598,483
Less current portion	(9,792,093		)	(5,897,219		)
Long-term portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	6,024,475		$	5,701,264

Long-Term Debt Obligations

On March 6, 2015, the Company entered into an amended and restated $8 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) with Auramet International, LLC (“Auramet”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to $8 million, subject to satisfying certain conditions and obtaining certain consents. The Revolving Credit Facility expires on February 6, 2017. On March 6, 2015, the Company drew $5 million (the "Note"), representing cash proceeds of approximately $4.4 million, net of prepaid interest and fees of approximately $0.6 million recognized as a component of prepaid assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and amortized over the life of the payment terms using the effective interest rate method. The Note will be repaid through 25 semi-monthly cash payments of $200,000 beginning April 30, 2015, and ending April 30, 2016, with total principal and interest obligations not exceeding $5 million. Interest is payable at 9.5% per annum, and was paid in advance on the closing date of the Note. The indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility is secured by a security interest in certain real estate owned by the Company within the Company’s starter mine and a first priority security interest in all personal property of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Comstock Mining LLC, subject to any existing or future Permitted Liens (as defined under the Revolving Credit Facility). The proceeds from the Note will primarily be used for an accelerated construction schedule for rerouting State Route 342, located in the Company’s Lucerne Resource Area, the first phase of which was completed in early June 2015, and the second phase is scheduled for completion before 2015 year end. The Note contains a covenant that requires the Company to maintain a minimum liquidity balance of $1 million (including cash and cash equivalents, plus 90% of the value of any doré that has been picked up by a secured carrier but not yet paid for, as of any date of determination). The Note additionally contains customary representations, warranties, affirmative covenants, negative covenants, and events of default, as well as conditions to borrowings. The Company and Auramet agreed to re-advance under the Revolving Credit Facility evidenced by the Note and extend up to $8 million of availability thereunder for the period from and after June 30, 2015 to April 28, 2017.

On July 31, 2015, the Company entered into a note with V&T Management, LLC in the amount of $1 million for the purchase of approximately 212 acres of land. The note does not bear interest and payments are due quarterly each in the amount of $250,000 with the first payment due on October 1, 2015 and the last payment due on July 1, 2016.

On August 31, 2015, the Company entered into a note in the amount of $1.8 million for the purchase of land and buildings. The note does not bear interest and is due in full on January 31, 2016. Upon entering into the note, the Company issued 1,538,462 shares of common stock to the noteholder as partial payment on the note. The final balance due on this note will be the amount remaining after the 1,538,462 shares of common stock are sold by the noteholder and the proceeds from the sale of stocks are applied to the unpaid balance. As of September 30, 2015, the net amount due on the note after consideration of the shares of common stock issued is $0.9 million.

Lease Obligations

On May 12, 2015, the Company entered into a master lease agreement with Varilease Finance Inc. in which the Company obtained capital financing under a sale-leaseback transaction in the amount of $5 million. Due to certain types of continuing involvement, the Company was precluded from applying sale leaseback accounting and has accounted for the transaction under the financing method. The Company's obligations under the Varilease agreement are secured by an interest in the Company's mining equipment in exchange for 24 monthly payments of $228,820 totaling the cash proceeds of $5 million and applicable interest.

Capital Lease Obligations

On March 10, 2015, the Company entered into a new capital lease agreement totaling $175,015 with Kimball Equipment for the purchase of mining equipment.