Amended Annual Report (10-k/a)

true0000314203--12-312019FYMcEwen Mining Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this "Amendment") to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 16, 2020 (the "Original Filing") to amend Item 15 of Part IV of the Original Filing, pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, to include the financial statements and related notes of Minera Santa Cruz S.A ("MSC"), a significant equity investee in which the Company holds a 49% equity ownership interest. In addition, the Company is filing the consent of the independent auditors and, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), new certifications by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X provides that if a 50%-or-less-owned person accounted for by the equity method meets the first or third condition of the significant subsidiary tests set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, substituting 20% for 10%, separate financial statements for such 50%-or-less-owned person shall be filed. These financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP") or International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). MSC met the significant subsidiary test described above for the Company's fiscal years ending December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 and accordingly, the Company has included in this Amendment the required Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related Statements of Profit (Loss) and Other Comprehensive Profit (Loss), Changes in Equity, and Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements of MSC, prepared in accordance with IFRS. We caution readers that the MSC financial results included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are presented in accordance with US GAAP and may therefore differ from the MSC results presented as separate financial statements reported under IFRS. No attempt has been made in this Amendment to modify or update the disclosures in the Original Filing except as required to reflect the effect of the revisions discussed herein. Except as otherwise noted herein, this Amendment continues to describe conditions as of the date of the Original Filing and the disclosures contained herein have not been updated to reflect events, results or developments that occurred after the date of the Original Filing, or to modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Among other things, forward-looking statements made in the Original Filing have not been revised to reflect events, results or developments that occurred or facts that became known to us after the date of the Original Filing, and such forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with our filings with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company's other filings with the SEC subsequent to March 16, 2020. Furthermore, readers are cautioned to review the reliability of information disclosure, contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, pertaining to the disclosure of MSC results.00003142032019-06-2800003142032020-03-1300003142032019-01-012019-12-31xbrli:sharesiso4217:USD

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019

☐	TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number 001-33190

MCEWEN MINING INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Colorado		84-0796160
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
150 King Street West, Suite 2800, Toronto, Ontario Canada (Address of principal executive offices)		M5H 1J9 (Zip Code)

(866) 441-0690

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Common Stock, no par value	MUX	NYSE
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 28, 2019 (the last business day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter), the aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $489,362,153 based on the closing price of $1.75 per share as reported on the NYSE. There were 400,398,425 shares of common stock outstanding on March 13, 2020.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated into Part III, Items 10 through 14 of this report.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

McEwen Mining Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 16, 2020 (the “Original Filing”) to amend Item 15 of Part IV of the Original Filing, pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, to include the financial statements and related notes of Minera Santa Cruz S.A (“MSC”), a significant equity investee in which the Company holds a 49% equity ownership interest. In addition, the Company is filing the consent of the independent auditors and, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), new certifications by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X provides that if a 50%-or-less-owned person accounted for by the equity method meets the first or third condition of the significant subsidiary tests set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, substituting 20% for 10%, separate financial statements for such 50%-or-less-owned person shall be filed. These financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) or International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). MSC met the significant subsidiary test described above for the Company’s fiscal years ending December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 and accordingly, the Company has included in this Amendment the required Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related Statements of Profit (Loss) and Other Comprehensive Profit (Loss), Changes in Equity, and Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements of MSC, prepared in accordance with IFRS. We caution readers that the MSC financial results included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are presented in accordance with US GAAP and may therefore differ from the MSC results presented as separate financial statements reported under IFRS.

No attempt has been made in this Amendment to modify or update the disclosures in the Original Filing except as required to reflect the effect of the revisions discussed herein. Except as otherwise noted herein, this Amendment continues to describe conditions as of the date of the Original Filing and the disclosures contained herein have not been updated to reflect events, results or developments that occurred after the date of the Original Filing, or to modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Among other things, forward-looking statements made in the Original Filing have not been revised to reflect events, results or developments that occurred or facts that became known to us after the date of the Original Filing, and such forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with our filings with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company’s other filings with the SEC subsequent to March 16, 2020. Furthermore, readers are cautioned to review the reliability of information disclosure, contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, pertaining to the disclosure of MSC results.

PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

The exhibits listed in the accompanying exhibit index are filed (except where otherwise indicated) as part of this report:

EXHIBIT INDEX


3.1.1*		Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on January 20, 2012 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2012, Exhibit 3.1, File No. 001-33190)
3.1.2*		Articles of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on January 24, 2012 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2012, Exhibit 3.2, File No. 001-33190)
3.2*		Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2012, Exhibit 3.2, File No. 001-33190)
4.1*		Description of Capital Stock (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 4.1, File No. 001-33190)
4.2*		Form of Warrant issued by the Company in connection with November 2019 financing (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 22, 2019, Exhibit 4.1, File No. 001-33190)
4.3*		Form of Warrant issued by the Company in connection with March 2019 financing (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019, Exhibit 4.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.1*+		Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan dated as of March 17, 2015 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 29, 2015, Exhibit 4.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.2*+		Form of Stock Option Agreement for executives of the Company (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2016, Exhibit 10.3, File No. 001-33190)
10.3*		Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its officers and directors (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 7, 2005, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 000-09137)
10.4*+		Employment Agreement between the Company and Donald Brown dated August 8, 2016 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2018, Exhibit 10.7, File No. 001-33190)
10.5*+		Employment Agreement between the Company and Sylvain Guerard effective April 17, 2017 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on February 20, 2019, Exhibit 10.5, File No. 001-33190)
10.6*+		Employment Agreement between the Company and Chris Stewart dated October 10, 2018 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on October 12, 2018, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.7*+		Employment Agreement between the Company and Xavier Ochoa dated September 2, 2016 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 12, 2016, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.8*+		English summary of an Agreement between Andes Corporacion Minera S.A and Xavier Ochoa dated September 6, 2016 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 12, 2016, Exhibit 10.2, File No. 001-33190)
10.9.1*		Option and Joint Venture Agreement, by and among Minera Andes Inc., Minera Andes S.A., and Mauricio Hochschild & CIA. LTDA., dated March 15, 2001 (the “OJVA”) (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, Exhibit 10.12, File No. 001-33190)

10.9.2*		First Amendment to OJVA, dated May 14, 2002 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, Exhibit 10.12.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.9.3*		Second Amendment to OJVA, dated August 27, 2002 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, Exhibit 10.12.2, File No. 001-33190)
10.9.4*		Third Amendment to OJVA, dated September 10, 2004 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, Exhibit 10.12.3, File No. 001-33190)
10.9.5*		Fourth Amendment to OJVA, dated September 17, 2010 (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, Exhibit 10.12.4, File No. 001-33190)
10.10*		Credit Agreement among the Company, Royal Capital Management Corp., as administrative agent, and the Lenders named therein dated August 10, 2018 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2018, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 001-033190)
10.11*		First Amendment, dated October 28, 2019, to Credit Agreement dated August 10, 2018 among the Company, Royal Capital Management Corp., as administrative agent, and the Lenders named therein (incorporated by reference from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019 filed with the SEC on October 30, 2019, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.12*		Placement Agency Agreement among the Company, Roth Capital Partners, LLC and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners dated as of March 26, 2019 (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019, Exhibit 10.1, File No. 001-33190)
10.13*		Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and the purchaser in the March 2019 offering (incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2019, Exhibit 10.2, File No. 001-33190)
21*		List of subsidiaries of the Company (incorporated by reference for the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 21, File No. 001-33190).
23.1*		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm incorporated by reference for the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 23.1, File No. 001-33190.
23.2*		Consent of P&E Mining Consultants Inc., Mining Engineers (incorporated by reference from the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 23.2, File No. 001-33190).
23.3**		Consent of Pistrelli, Henry Martin Y Asociados S.R.L, Independent Auditors, regarding report in Exhibit 99.1.
31.1**		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 for Robert R. McEwen.
31.2**		Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Dr. Merushe (Meri) Verli
32**		Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Robert R. McEwen and Dr. Merushe (Meri) Verli
95*		Mine safety disclosure (incorporated by reference for the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 95, File No. 001-33190).
99.1**		Audited Financial Statements of Minera Santa Cruz SA. for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, with Report of Independent Auditor.

101*		The following materials from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 are filed herewith, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Audited Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, (ii) the Audited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2017, (iii) the Audited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, (iv) the Audited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and (v) the Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. (incorporated by reference for the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020, Exhibit 101, File No. 001-33190).
104*		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Previously filed with or incorporated by reference in the original filing filed on March 16, 2020.

** Filed with this amendment.

+ Indicates management compensatory plan, contract, or arrangement.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company caused this amended report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.