Edited Transcript of MUX earnings conference call or presentation 17-Mar-20 6:00pm GMT

Money gross revenue is calculated by including again depletion and depreciation to gross revenue. For 2019, money gross revenue from our 100% owned operation was $33.7 million in comparison with GAAP gross revenue of $9 million. Money gross revenue attributable to our 49% curiosity in San Jose was $51 million in comparison with GAAP gross revenue of $16.6 million. Nonetheless, we don’t consolidate San Jose as talked about earlier.

Throughout 2019, we obtained $8.9 million in dividends from our curiosity in San Jose.

I am going to now talk about the principle elements contributing to our web loss in 2019. Throughout the yr, we invested $37.7 million in exploration with 90% spent on the Black Fox advanced and the steadiness on the Gold Bar in Nevada. Depreciation and depletion bills have been $24.Eight million. We spent $9.5 million on development initiatives, together with spending for advancing the Froome Venture in Timmins, Ontario, Fenix Venture in Mexico, engineering and allow work on the Gold Bar South property in Nevada and preproduction expenditures on the Gold Bar mine.

We included a lack of $8.Eight million on our 49% funding within the San Jose three way partnership firm, bringing the guide worth of our funding within the three way partnership to $110 million. We incurred curiosity expense of $6.Eight million associated primarily to our debt and G&A bills of $12.Eight million. We additionally realized the acquire on the sale of marketable securities of $5.Three million, a acquire on the restoration of taxes of $3.Eight million and $2 million in different earnings. In complete, our consolidated web loss for 2019 was $59.7 million or $0.17 per share.

Financing actions throughout 2019 included the issuance of 54.9 million widespread shares and 29.Eight million warrants for gross proceeds of $77 million for a median of $1.Four per share. Share issuances for money throughout 2019 resulted in fairness dilution of 16% primarily based on shares excellent on the finish of 2018.

At December 31, 2019, liquid belongings elevated to $49.7 million from $37.Eight million on the finish of 2018. Working capital elevated to $43.2 million from $23.Four million on the finish of ’18. Debt excellent remained at $50 million.

Waiting for 2020, we anticipate a major discount in our exploration bills to underneath $10 million, spending on development initiatives of roughly $14 million primarily on the Black Fox Complicated, debt reimbursement and curiosity expense will enhance to $14.7 million.

We’re at present making changes to our funds, given the anticipated lower-than-planned manufacturing from Gold Bar mine in 2020, however we would not have particulars but of those modifications.

I am going to now flip the decision over to Chris Stewart for a dialogue on mining operations.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [4]

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Thanks, Meri. I’ll begin by going over the operational highlights for every operation, beginning with San Jose. Our San Jose three way partnership mine in Argentina had a great yr in 2019, assembly our steering for gold and silver manufacturing. For 2020, our share of manufacturing from San Jose is predicted to be 45,700 ounces of gold and three.2 million ounces of silver, for a complete of 82,000 gold equal ounces at a median gold:silver ratio of 88:1. Midpoint money prices and all-in sustaining prices are $975 and $1,225 per gold equal ounce, respectively.

Shifting to Mexico, our El Gallo heap leach remains to be residual leaching. Throughout 2019, we produced 16,333 gold equal ounces at a pretty residual leaching value of $688 per gold equal ounce offered. In 2020, our steering is 12,000 gold equal ounces.

Shifting to the Timmins space, our Black Fox Mine encountered a number of one-off occasions originally of 2019 that we now have mentioned intimately in prior quarters. Because of these challenges, manufacturing was delayed and mining flexibility was restricted throughout 2019. In consequence, lowered our — we lowered our manufacturing steering throughout the yr. Complete manufacturing was 35,700 gold equal ounces in 2019 in comparison with 48,900 in 2018. Of observe is that regardless of the discount in ounces, our crew was in a position to lower our money prices to $825 per GEO from $845 in 2018 and to comprise the rise in our all-in sustaining prices to $1,225 per gold equal ounce from $1,137 in 2018.

Waiting for 2020, at Black Fox, our manufacturing steering is 35,000 to 40,000 gold ounces at midpoint money prices and all-in sustaining prices of $1,075 and $1,200 per gold equal ounce, respectively. This steering is given with the good thing about over 2 years of working experience because the acquisition and a revised forecasting method, which incorporates danger components assigned to every mining space deliberate throughout the yr.

With respect to capital spending, at Black Fox, we’re actively growing the entry ramp from the Black Fox open pit to the close by Froome ore physique. Froome is predicted to have related growth bills of $21 million over roughly the following 15 months and to offer ore manufacturing for about 2 years starting in This autumn of 2020.

The mineralization at Froome is totally different from Black Fox and that it’s a lot thicker and extra homogeneous, thus enabling extra productive transverse mining technique, which ought to cut back our prices. The schematic on the slide illustrates the distinction between the longitudinal mining strategies, which is used at Black Fox and the transverse mining technique, which we will probably be using at Froome.

Utilizing the transverse mining technique, our inner research and schedules name for Froome to provide 65,000 gold equal ounces in 2022 and 45,000 gold ounces in 2023. Froome money prices are estimated to be roughly $850 and all-in sustaining prices of $926 per ounce.

With Froome, the lifetime of the Black Fox Complicated is prolonged to 2023. Furthermore, our goal is to increase manufacturing by drawing ore from a number of sources to fill our mill and prolong the mine life considerably. Immediately, we will introduce a conceptual plan, which is at varied phases of engineering. Key to our plan is the exploration success that Sylvain and crew have delivered during the last 2 years.

I’ll flip it over to Sylvain to debate the exploration and useful resource definition at Black Fox, Gray Fox and Inventory properties.

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [5]

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Thanks, Chris. Key highlights from our 2019 exploration program in funds embrace discovery of Inventory West, an necessary new zone of mineralization, a major enhance and indicated useful resource at Gray Fox and extremely optimistic drill intersection at a number of targets within the space and optimistic drill outcomes close to present lively mining areas at Black Fox.

A bit extra element about Inventory West. Our drilling final yr led to the invention and early definition of a formidable new zone of mineralization. We have now a complete of 31 drill holes into this space. Mineralized intersection averaged round 5 gram per tonne gold over common widths starting from 15 to 20 meters. These sturdy drill outcomes happen in an space measuring 265 meter alongside strike and 200 meter vertically. The brand new mineralized zone is positioned lower than 350 meter from present underground growth and fewer than a kilometer from our mill.

The Inventory West zone stays open in all instructions, and our 2020 exploration program is designed to provide an preliminary mineral useful resource estimate and in addition to check the extension of the mineralization with a view to assess the potential measurement of the invention.

Moreover, at Inventory, the historic Inventory mine is a chance to discover beneath the prevailing working. Evaluate and interpretation of the historic knowledge and drill program planning are at present underway.

Shifting to Gray Fox, drilling generated a excessive price of success, resulting in a rise of 33% or 155,000 ounces to the indicated useful resource estimate for a complete of 620,000 ounces at a median grade of seven.2 gram per tonne gold. Our method was to give attention to drilling mineralized cross buildings that have been beforehand not properly understood or drill examined, which led us to a number of thrilling intersection over a 1.5 sq. kilometer space.

Outdoors of the useful resource areas on the Whiskey Jack goal, drill outcomes together with a latest intersection of 53 gram per tonne gold over 6.7 meter, point out a strongly mineralized system with excellent potential to outline a brand new zone of mineralization. We (technical problem) useful resource at Gray Fox.

On the Black Fox mine now, we now have underground drill platforms to discover the West and depth extension of the mine. Excessive-grade outcomes have been intersected on the higher Western extension of the mine corresponding to 79 gram per tonne over 2.6 meter, 41 gram per tonne over 3.Three meter and 78 gram per tonne over 1.Eight meter. These optimistic drill outcomes point out the potential to increase mining on this space.

Mineralization accommodates high-grade drill intersection extending so far as 120 meter to the West of the closest mining part. A high-grade intersection of 105 gram per tonne over 1.5 meter was additionally just lately intersected near mining growth on the depth extension of the mine. The intersection is midway (inaudible) launched in direction of the deepest 55 gram per tonne exploration pit on the mine’s 1,050 meter stage, suggesting continuity of the high-grade mineralization on the depth extension of the mine.

On this, again to Chris.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [6]

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Thanks, Sylvain. As you will have heard, our price of exploration success means that the Black Fox Mine has the potential to provide for a number of extra years. Our imaginative and prescient is to make use of the window we now have throughout the subsequent 12 to 24 months to start setting up the event wanted to provide from 2 to three deposits concurrently. By stacking a number of sources of manufacturing, we may attain a 100,000 to 125,000 ounce manufacturing stage in 5 years.

Gray Fox has grown because the acquisition. We’re commencing a feasibility examine on the challenge, trying initially at an open pit mining that might finally transition to an underground operation just like our present Black Fox Mine. This schematic illustrates potential open pits on the contact in 147 Zones, which is the extent at what we now have studied thus far. The 147 Northeast Zone additionally involves floor, and it could be included within the open pit plan. Preliminary evaluation exhibits that the two high-grade pits round Three grams per tonne would supply important ore feed for our mill over a 5- to 7-year life. We anticipate having the feasibility examine accomplished in This autumn of this yr. At the moment, allowing is being carried out concurrently with the feasibility examine work.

This schematic exhibits the event concerned with getting access to the outdated Inventory Mine and extra growth to entry the Inventory West Zone. We envision a portal and a brand new ramp from floor to entry the outdated mine workings as the prevailing shaft is not usable for personnel transport.

Gasoline drifts could be developed to attach the Inventory West Zone to the prevailing mine. Nice profit we now have at Inventory is that this can be a permitted website. Due to this fact, we will shortly develop an underground mining plan. In the mean time, it appears that evidently this plan could possibly be applied comparatively quickly after entry to Froome is established. The exploration program of 2019 outline the mineral stock at Inventory West, and we’re planning to proceed the exploration at this zone and to finish a compliant useful resource estimates in 2020.

Shifting to Gold Bar, we produced 30,700 gold equal ounces in 2019 in comparison with our authentic steering of 55,000 ounces. Money prices and all-in sustaining prices have been $1,101 and $1,282 per gold equal ounce, respectively. It is very important perceive the varied components that contributed to the shorter fall of 24,300 ounces versus our authentic plan and the upper prices we incurred.

There have been 5 principal causes. First was the delay. Industrial manufacturing was deliberate to start in March 2019, however was not achieved till Might. This resulted in fewer ounces on the heap leach pad and fewer time to get well them.

Second was gold grade. We moved roughly the variety of tonnes we deliberate in 2019. However with a view to obtain that, we wanted to mine some lower-grade stockpiles and the pre-stripping within the Choose pit contained decrease grading tons than predicted in our mannequin.

Third was restoration. Specialists within the area of heap leach consider we are going to obtain the anticipated final restoration on crushed and agglomerated materials, however we anticipate it to take for much longer to achieve that quantity. Additionally as an element was our resolution to selectively stack run-of-mine materials, which, by definition, won’t get well in addition to crush materials.

Fourth was our resolution to take advantage of the Cabin Creek ore physique forward of our authentic schedule to enhance money flows. This resolution prompted a number of issues with the ore dealing with system due to the upper clay content material and moist winter climate.

And fifth have been deficiencies to beat with the engineering and development of the mine infrastructure. For instance, an quantity of preg-robbing carbon (inaudible) materials was used within the heap leach pad development. Piping errors within the course of plant resulted in carbon attrition but in addition prompted preg robbing on the heap leach pad.

Lately, we now have encountered one other important hurdle at Gold Bar. Our preliminary skilled mining from the two Cabin Creek pits was optimistic in that — within the sense that they contained about 8% extra gold than was predicted by our reserve mannequin. This isn’t uncommon, and it was a nice consequence for us.

Lately, we now have transitioned to mining nearly completely from the Choose deposit, particularly the Choose West pit. There’s fairly a little bit of waste stripping related to Choose West, and we now have been working our approach nearer to the (inaudible) zones and advancing about 120-foot bench monthly. Our expertise discovering from Choose West has been that the reconciliation to the reserve mannequin has been very poor for ore tons in addition to gold grade. The pit has now superior to a degree the place we’re mining some higher materials. And what we see is our precise tonnes are nonetheless down relative to the mannequin and grade is up, though we do not have sufficient knowledge but to reliably predict the variations. This triggered a reevaluation of the useful resource reserve modeling, which we now have been advancing on the most tempo potential. We have now an preliminary draft useful resource interpretation accomplished. And whereas our geological crew doesn’t consider it as optimized, we all know sufficient to know that the useful resource reserve estimates will possible lower and the mine plan will change. There are a number of mitigating circumstances which will partially offset the discount in containing the ounces, which I’ll point out, so individuals are conscious.

First, fewer ore tonnes to course of and better gold grades doubtlessly offers us the next margin on every tonne of ore positioned on the heap leach. Greater grades additionally are likely to get well higher. And secondly, sure capital prices corresponding to an growth of the heap leach pad could not have to happen. As a few of you’ll respect that geological — a geologic clarification of what we see within the pit that has prompted us to refine our modeling standards for Gold Choose, I’ll hand over to the dialogue to Sylvain to current you with some particulars.

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [7]

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Thanks, Chris. We have been utilizing new data from pit mapping and in-pit drilling to revise and refine our useful resource mannequin for gold bar. Earlier modeling rely primarily on bedding management, which implies the gold mineralization was principally distributed and confined to particular favorable beds of the Gold Bar deposit. Lately, a greater understanding of the structural controls to find and (inaudible) was developed as a key element to the bedding management, leading to what we consider is a extra strong mannequin.

The up to date structural management to mineralization led to the identification of a number of near-mine targets that weren’t included in earlier or present useful resource fashions on account of low drill density. McEwen geological and useful resource groups are working with SRK Consulting to include the revised structural and mineralization management along with the bedding management and replace the mineral useful resource on the Gold Choose deposit. The preliminary mannequin have been accomplished and McEwen and SRK are persevering with work to regulate and optimize the mannequin. The revised mannequin is predicted to be accomplished in Q2.

We’re additionally working to include the Gold Bar South satellite tv for pc deposit into mine plan. Gold Bar South offers a pretty alternative so as to add a brand new ore supply to the Gold Bar Mine. It’s a near-surface deposit positioned to the Southeast of the leach pad. Throughout 2019, Gold Bar South was drilled and the useful resource was upgraded to measure an indicated class, totaling now 63,000 ounces of gold at a median grade of 1.1 gram per tonne. There’s upside potential to develop the useful resource and extra drilling is deliberate over the Southeast — the South extension, which stay open and over the North portion of the deposit, which has just lately change into absolutely accessible for drilling.

Over to Rob.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [8]

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Thanks, Sylvain. Let me depart you with (inaudible). Gold Bar remains to be going through challenges. And because of this, we’re transforming gold reserves and assets together with the mine plan. It will take us a while, and we’re transferring as shortly as potential to resolve this subject. Second, San Jose is forecasted to ship one other stable yr. Nonetheless, the very latest massive change within the silver-gold ratio, if it have been to persist, the mine will probably be producing fewer dividends. Three, exploration on the Black Fox Complicated has grown our present assets and found a brand new useful resource. We’re optimistic that our funding in exploration has offered us with the chance to extend manufacturing and prolong the mine life on the Black Fox property. And 4, the large injection of capital now being deployed to fight the unfold and take care of the opposed financial injury being brought on by the coronavirus will over time be extraordinarily inflationary. I consider that in an surroundings with Zero rates of interest,and this new worldwide quantitative easing will over this yr speed up the circulate of funding {dollars} into gold.

Now I might prefer to open the session for questions.

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Questions and Solutions

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Operator [1]

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(Operator Directions) Our first query comes from Jake Sekelsky with Roth Capital Companions.

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Jacob G. Sekelsky, Roth Capital Companions, LLC, Analysis Division – Director & Analysis Analyst [2]

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I respect you guys internet hosting the decision at this time in gentle of what is going on on on this planet.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [3]

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You are welcome, Jake.

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Jacob G. Sekelsky, Roth Capital Companions, LLC, Analysis Division – Director & Analysis Analyst [4]

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Just some fast questions on my finish, beginning at Gold Bar. I do know particulars listed here are nonetheless work in course of. However I am simply questioning ought to we anticipate 2020 steering to be issued at Gold Bar as soon as the up to date reserve and mine plan are out? I am simply attempting to get a deal with on what issues may appear to be going ahead?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [5]

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Completely. However that will not be for a month or extra.

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Jacob G. Sekelsky, Roth Capital Companions, LLC, Analysis Division – Director & Analysis Analyst [6]

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Okay. That is useful. And Gold Bar South, I do know you guys are speaking about doubtlessly bringing that into the mine plan. How shortly would you say that may be introduced on-line if that is the choice that is remodeled the following couple of quarters?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [7]

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We’re transferring ahead with the allowing and that is imagined to be a few yr, possibly a bit of bit longer. As soon as we get the allow, then we might open it up. The great factor about Gold Bar South is it is positioned at a decrease altitude, and we have had points processing the ore throughout the winter and mining up on the hill simply on account of snow and that. So it is decrease altitude. It is a slight uphill drive from — to the pad, however about similar distance, so you do not have the climate impacting as a lot.

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Jacob G. Sekelsky, Roth Capital Companions, LLC, Analysis Division – Director & Analysis Analyst [8]

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Okay. That is useful. After which simply at Black Fox, it seems like exploration remains to be the main focus right here. And Froome beginning to appear to be the following leg of development. Are there — I am simply questioning, are there any remaining permits you guys want there to maneuver ahead with that conceptual mine plan that was spoken about earlier?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [9]

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Over at Inventory, the mine is permitted. It is at present — the standing is briefly suspended. It is a shallow mine. Now it goes all the way down to about 330 meters. It has been dewatered up to now. And we heard the final time they dewatered it, it took about Four months to try this. We do not know the state of the underground, and that is why Chris was speaking about driving a ramp off to it after which linking up with the underground system to offer air flow and additional entry.

So when it comes to timing, we might prefer to get a greater deal with on the Inventory West Zone, put some extra drilling in there, so we may come ahead with a extra complete plan. However what we have already seen thus far is broad widths, constant grades, each in shut proximity to the prevailing workings of the outdated mine. We’re additionally seeing values at depth beneath the outdated workings. And in reality, we now have a drill gap down there that is about 600 meters beneath the previous working, so it was fairly a pretty grade suggesting that the ore physique continues beneath. We’re additionally areas across the present workings that seem to have assets that weren’t mined.

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Jacob G. Sekelsky, Roth Capital Companions, LLC, Analysis Division – Director & Analysis Analyst [10]

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So it appears like it may be superior pretty shortly.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [11]

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Sure.

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Operator [12]

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And your subsequent query is from Heiko Ihle with H.C. Wainwright.

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Heiko Felix Ihle, H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Analysis Division – MD of Fairness Analysis and Senior Metals & Mining Analyst [13]

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I’ll construct a bit of bit on the query that Jake requested. So I went by your MD&A on SEDAR this morning. And on Web page 44, you state, and this can be a quote, “With respect to the Gold Bar mine, a major discount in money circulate outcomes from modifications to the reserve estimate on the mine plan.” As mentioned on Web page 45, it could be essential to curtail, defer or droop operational expenditures and/or increase capital by varied financing strategies. I assume, type of the query right here, is that this the chance mitigation or are there actual contingency plans you guys are already ?

And if you’re sure eventualities, I imply, are you able to simply type of give us an concept a minimum of of like a base unfavorable and hopeful case state of affairs? And how much gold costs you employ in these eventualities, please?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [14]

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Certain. Thanks, Heiko. You have been studying from the chance components we set out within the 10-Okay.

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Heiko Felix Ihle, H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Analysis Division – MD of Fairness Analysis and Senior Metals & Mining Analyst [15]

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Right. It was the MD&A in — on SEDAR.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [16]

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Sure. It is repeated within the 10-Okay. However in there, there’s concern that we could possibly be dropping ounces and tonnage. The tonnage initially appears to be — it is very preliminary, however we expect there will be a discount in tonnage announcement. We do not know the extent.

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Heiko Felix Ihle, H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Analysis Division – MD of Fairness Analysis and Senior Metals & Mining Analyst [17]

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Okay. Honest sufficient. The — and I assume you have not answered to this one but both. You do not know the spend on exploration actions at Gold Bar for 2020, proper? I imply, you quoted 2018 and 2019 in launch, however 2020, I simply noticed a piece in progress as a result of no one is aware of.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [18]

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We had some numbers, however a number of issues being thrown up within the air. We do not know what — I feel the whole trade, and for that matter, all of the industries are being disrupted by coronavirus. So it is turning into a bit of troublesome to foretell what’s the influence if the positioning was contaminated and shut down for some time.

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Heiko Felix Ihle, H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Analysis Division – MD of Fairness Analysis and Senior Metals & Mining Analyst [19]

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Honest sufficient. You’ve got really — simply — as a result of it lead by to my subsequent query as a result of I used to be going to ask kind of precisely that. What precaution and/or modifications to the group have occurred so far? Is all people working from residence? Is the workplace about to shutdown? I imply, journey, worldwide journey, particularly is extraordinarily curtailed. Frankly, it needs to be. What modifications have been made? And will we anticipate to see something out of you guys within the subsequent couple of weeks with reference to that, please?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [20]

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We’ve not had any reported incidences of coronavirus within the agency. I assumed I may need been uncovered to it throughout the PDAC, however my 14 days has handed and no signs. Our workplace is working on a skeleton employees proper now. Chris has plans in place at our operations to take care of something occurring there.

As you talked about, worldwide journey has been stopped. Most journey has been stopped in the mean time. And we’re taking it very severely. Chris, would you want so as to add something to that?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [21]

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Sure. No. Thanks, Rob. Echo, sure. We’re kind of following alongside as different mining firms are, making certain that our mine websites and operations are protected. We’re checking temperatures of individuals coming to the positioning. We restricted guests. No pointless guests are allowed on website.

And sure, we have put in a number of data to our folks as properly, hyperlinks to type of preserve observe of this, and we’re offering updates to our folks on websites each day. And we have educated them on self-monitoring. If they’ve traveled, we’re placing them residence for 14 days to self-quarantine and monitor themselves. So we’re taking all the correct precautions to make sure that we will hopefully keep away from having this crop up at our operations stage.

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Operator [22]

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Your subsequent query is from Adam Graf with B. Riley.

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [23]

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Only a fast query following up on corona preparedness. Have you ever guys taken account of provides, grinding media, cyanide, different spare elements in case provide chains get minimize off that you would be able to proceed operations with out working out of a key provide?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [24]

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Over to you, Chris.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [25]

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Sure, thanks. We have been involved, and we proceed to be in common contact with our suppliers. And as of now, once more, they’re taking comparable precautions as to what we’re, and so they’re open for enterprise.

With respect to stockpiling or cyanide, we do not have containment. We have now extra cyanide on website. Loads of these chemical substances, you will have your containments and that is what you will have. And you’ll’t get permits in a single day to primarily retailer extra. So we’re counting on our provider community to proceed. And as virus spreads, fairly onerous to find out what the general influence will probably be to our enterprise, however we’re definitely sustaining common contact with our suppliers and assuring that we’re getting — stockpiling what we will on website inside purpose. And we’ll should type of preserve monitoring this and make changes as we go right here.

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Operator [26]

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Your subsequent query comes from Bhakti Pavani with Alliance World Companions.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [27]

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Only a fast one. Final yr, you had some very high-grade drill intercepts at Black Fox Mine. I am curious, are you guys planning to return and discover extra this yr in your exploration funds for 2020?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [28]

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Sure, Bhakti, that is a great query. And sure, we now have just lately good success on the West Flank on the Black Fox Mine. As you realize, we have been growing underground to offer higher entry to drill the West and depth extension of the mine. So we have been drilling there and bought optimistic intersection

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at 1,050 stage, and we now have a brand new hit high-grade intersection of 105 gram per tonne in between the place we’re mining proper now within the deepest intersection. Once more, typical Black Fox high-grade mineralization actually strongly demonstrating that the system stay open and mining can prolong each on the West — doubtlessly on the West Flank and in addition on the depth extension of the mine. And we preserve drilling underground, so we now have Four rigs drilling underground.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [29]

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Bought it. And up to now, you will have type of talked about Froome being a further deposit the place the manufacturing could be coming from along with Black Fox Mine. Do you continue to seeing that exploration outcomes that you’ve in place? Or do you assume as soon as — in 2022, you’ll be completely mining from Froome deposit at this level?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [30]

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Your query, Bhakti, if I perceive properly, it is in regards to the mining of Froome or exploration round Froome?

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [31]

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It is mixed with each. I imply, with Black Fox, the mineral reserve replace that you simply revealed yesterday, it has about lower than 2 years of mine life at Black Fox. And Froome is predicted to return on-line in fourth quarter of 2020. So I am questioning, given the exploration outcomes on the Black Fox Mine itself, do you see the mine life extending past the top of subsequent yr? Or do you assume you’ll be completely mining from Froome beginning 2022?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [32]

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Chris, would you like — that a part of our conceptual plans, would you want to simply go over that once more?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [33]

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Sure, certain. So the — so sure, I imply, we have had a number of exploration success on the Western Flank. We have got a number of actually good holes 150 meters away from present growth. So we’re fairly enthusiastic about what we’re seeing on the Western Flank, however we do have to proceed to drill that and construct that into a brand new useful resource after which a reserve. And what we view with Inventory, we expect we will type of preserve Black Fox transferring alongside till Froome comes into play, after which Froome offers us a few years of manufacturing. After which at that time limit, proper now, our present plan, barring any — barring a complete bunch of extra success and rising the useful resource considerably, our plan is to primarily decelerate or cease at Black Fox and provides the drills a chance to essentially drill and construct that useful resource. We consider there’s — we’re fairly bullish on Black Fox and consider there’s much more gold there, however we want the time to permit the drills to get there as a substitute of drilling on prime of growth on prime of mining, which isn’t environment friendly as everybody is aware of if you’re attempting to run a mine.

So Froome is deliberate to do 1,500 tonnes per day. It does have a little bit of a more durable work index than Black Fox, and our mill’s capability is round 2,400 tonnes per day. So we do have some flexibility once we’re in Froome. If we will decide up some extra ore at Black Fox, we had definitely seemed to place that by the mill. However our primary focus at Black Fox, as soon as we get Froome began, could be to construct our useful resource into what we expect it might really be.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [34]

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Bought it. That is very useful. And with reference to growth of Froome, may you possibly stroll us by how lengthy wouldn’t it take for the event to finish? And what else must be executed earlier than you deliver Froome into manufacturing in fourth quarter of 2020 — 2021, I am sorry?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [35]

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Certain, sure. So at Froome, we’re principally driving twin drifts. We name it the portals within the fall, and we simply bought began driving the drifts right here in March. We’re — we now have slowed the contractor down barely proper off the beginning as a result of we have got about 5,000 ounces on the Western fringe of the Black Field pit, which is in our mine plan for 2020 for the underground. So we have really bought them to (inaudible) the drifts and the place we will drive the ramps to entry these ounces as a result of we will not get there from the present underground workings.

So we have got that executed, and now they will be heading down the hill over to Froome. And that we anticipate will take us till the top of — we needs to be down there late Q1 of 2021. After which, in fact, we now have the mine to develop and get the stoping arrange. And we might be transferring into manufacturing in This autumn 2021.

With respect to — there isn’t any permits required. Every thing’s permitted. We’re able to go. It is principally simply get down there and get ourselves arrange after which we will begin mining. We have already got our air flow circuit arrange. That is why we’re driving twin ramps, in order that we’ll have recent air and return air and escape methods and all the pieces. We will probably be all set, and we’re driving — we have positioned the ramp, so (inaudible) type of the underside third of the mine, in order that we will principally hit the high-grade zone and the thicker zones proper off the bat to ramp up our manufacturing shortly.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [36]

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And only one extra follow-up. If I accurately perceive, you beforehand talked about the manufacturing from Froome goes to be 65,000 ounces the primary yr and 45,000 within the second yr? Right?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [37]

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Right.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [38]

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Okay. Shifting to Gold Bar. I do know you mentioned that you’re reevaluating and reworking the reserve for the Gold Choose deposit. The Gold Ridge is type of small. What are your ideas on reevaluating or redetermining the useful resource there?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [39]

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Sure. What we’re focusing proper now, Bhakti, is — as a precedence facet, the Choose mannequin. However proper after that, we preserve doing the identical sort of train with the knowledge we now have at Gold Ridge. The massive benefit, if you’d like, that we now have proper now at Gold Choose is gaining access to new publicity within the pit. We even have, in fact, the mining going and grade management data. So much more particulars than what we had up to now. And we’re utilizing this data to be included to the mannequin to essentially replace and refine the understanding of what we now have there concerning fashion of mineralization and controls.

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Bhakti Pavani, Alliance World Companions, Analysis Division – Senior Analysis Analyst [40]

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Bought it. And simply 1 follow-up. Did you guys mine at Gold Choose East in any respect throughout this time?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [41]

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No, not but. The mining is at Gold Choose West at present.

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Operator [42]

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Your subsequent query comes from John Tumazos with John Tumazos Very Impartial Analysis.

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John Charles Tumazos, John Tumazos Very Impartial Analysis, LLC – President and CEO [43]

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Does the inventory indicated useful resource of 121,000 ounces embrace the good thing about the nice drill outcomes up to now yr? Or how a lot of it would not embrace?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [44]

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John, Sylvain talking. Sure, that is Inventory East solely, and that is an improve of the useful resource there. There’s nonetheless state of affairs for open pit and underground that we’ll be . We have now rather a lot higher density in — of drilling over this East deposit or targets, if you’d like. As you realize, our focus at Inventory has been over a 3-kilometer strike land that embrace the outdated Inventory Mine. We see good potential proper beneath the outdated mining there, compiling the knowledge, historic data. This may need been shut down in low gold value, and there’s a bunch of excellent intersections slightly below the mine. In order that’s in all probability the primary place we’ll be within the quick time period once we advance Inventory.

And going to the West, as you realize, this Inventory West is a major new discovery. We do not know nonetheless the actual measurement or potential of this zone. We need to return in it to 2 primary aims: one is to infill the Inventory West to deliver it to a useful resource estimate and in addition drill the extension of this new discovery to evaluate website’s potential. So there is a 3-kilometer strike land with the mine within the center and good potential proper beneath the mines. And going to the West aspect, we consider we now have — that is the massive value with Inventory West. And we nonetheless have Inventory East, this new upgraded useful resource that we now have, that features some high-grade mineralization right into a lower-grade bigger envelope of mineralization.

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John Charles Tumazos, John Tumazos Very Impartial Analysis, LLC – President and CEO [45]

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Directing this query to Rob, if I’ll. Provided that you do not have a manufacturing forecast for the second from Gold Bar and the Black Fox Complicated goes to be in a transition from the outdated mine to Froome and the analysis of Gray Fox, do you assume you need to considerably minimize the exploration spending and put a challenge on ice simply in case the Nevada or Ontario output is not pretty much as good as you would like it was? A fewer balls within the air, given the uncertainty.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [46]

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Completely, John. We have been seeking to rationalize our portfolio of properties and focusing. Plainly Black Fox, which was thought-about to not have a number of future by many, we have had good exploration outcomes there similar to we may construct manufacturing. And Gold Bar, which was going to be a star is a bit of handicapped in the mean time and hobbling alongside. So we’re simply seeking to rein in a few of our expenditures on exploration in different areas and focusing that we now have the funds to develop these different sources of manufacturing.

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John Charles Tumazos, John Tumazos Very Impartial Analysis, LLC – President and CEO [47]

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So do you assume that dewatering and additional analysis of inventory ought to proceed or be placed on maintain pending the next efficiency in Nevada and at Black Fox?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [48]

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We’re desirous about these issues. We’ll have a greater approach of evaluating that when we get the Gold Bar numbers in hand.

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John Charles Tumazos, John Tumazos Very Impartial Analysis, LLC – President and CEO [49]

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Certain. I apologize for posing the query when you’re within the analysis part.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [50]

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No. No. No, it is a very rational query to ask. The place the main focus must be. So Sylvain, did you need to add one thing there?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [51]

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Sure. Possibly, John, I can add just a few factors to this query. I agree, the funding in exploration during the last 2 years even have been fairly necessary. However actually shortly, this permit us to focus our efforts and exploration solely in just a few space the place we have been fairly profitable. As you realize, there’s the Black Fox Mine itself that we preserve drilling underground, and we see potential to increase mineralization and, hopefully, mining. And we give attention to the Gray Fox space the place we have been fairly profitable, rising important — useful resource of serious grade with mineralization coming to floor on our mine property. In order that gave us a reasonably attention-grabbing alternative for open pit mining to start out with at Gray Fox. And Inventory have been transferring up, if you’d like, as a challenge quicker than anticipated, particularly with the Inventory West discovery. So proper now, our focus is simply on the Black Fox Mine, Inventory West as a discovery. And we do not actually see a have to any extra important exploration proper now at Gray Fox as a result of we now have a essential mass that permit us to maintain advancing research towards growth. At Inventory West, we want to deliver it to a useful resource stage. And primarily based on it, we will actually help extra research and potential dewatering or growth of the Inventory challenge.

And Gold Bar, all the exploration that we’re planning at Gold Bar this yr will probably be mine ex or near-mine exploration to maintain drilling into the pits or across the pits to get ounces again into it or enhance and Gold Bar South, as a result of Gold Bar South is a top quality satellite tv for pc deposit, silica-rich, very restricted alteration there, sub-cropping and respectable grade, not removed from our operation at decrease elevation. So we see that as fairly engaging. And Gold Bar South is open to the South. The final part to the South is in mineralization, and the Northern space is simply partially drilled. So we see development potential there.

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Operator [52]

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Your subsequent query is from Adam Graf with B. Riley.

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [53]

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Only a fast follow-up query concerning this slide right here #7 along with your conceptual plans for Timmins. You guys talked about it a bit of bit earlier than. You guys clarified that Froome is permitted. And Inventory, as a result of it was by no means formally closed, it’s permitted. Does that embrace all of Inventory, the potential for the open pit, the Inventory West, et cetera? After which, clearly, between — on this conceptual plan between Inventory and Froome is Gray Fox. And what, if any, allowing is important there?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [54]

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Froome is permitted. Inventory, the mine is permitted. If we have been to go underground to Inventory West, that might be — that is permitted going underground. Inventory East, we do not know if that is open pit or underground. For those who have been underground, you will be connecting with the prevailing mine, so that allow would not be a difficulty. However when you needed an open pit, it will be a difficulty. Solely in that, it will take time. After which Gray fox is on our property, and no allow.

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [55]

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No allow. Okay. Okay. So it sounds to me, it is — your — it is actually nearly planning, engineering, drill density versus any sort of regulatory hurdles per se?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [56]

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Effectively, on Gray Fox, you’d should take care of water containment simply the place — and runoff. You’d should fulfill the regulators about that.

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [57]

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And how much a course of is that, Rob? And will that delay Gray Fox or swap round a few of your conceptual plan right here?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [58]

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It may take — I do not know, it is advisable to have some research executed and that may take the higher a part of Three quarters of the yr. They’re simply water and archeological points to fulfill.

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [59]

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Do you guys anticipate to type of give us periodic revisions on this conceptual plan as your information and plans evolve?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [60]

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Completely. No. We see that this can be a little bit of a light-weight on the finish of the tunnel. And…

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Adam Philip Graf, B. Riley FBR, Inc., Analysis Division – Senior Mining Analyst & MD [61]

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Sure. I feel it will be very useful to analysts and the market to remain up-to-date on how this could — how the potential yr could be unlocked.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [62]

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Sure. This modification the story considerably. So we will probably be doing that. We’ll be doing it eagerly, Adam.

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Operator [63]

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Your subsequent query comes from [Bill Powers], non-public investor.

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Unidentified Participant, [64]

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I respect your candor originally of the decision most definitely. However I assume, I’ve just a few questions. And I assume I am going to begin with type of a straightforward one. For Gray Fox, if you did the decision in December, I consider it was Ken, who had talked about that he had discovered as much as 12 important or doubtlessly strikes alongside Gray Fox, I assume, could be — or proper round by Whiskey Jack. And he additionally had talked about that the — and from what I can learn from the latest press releases is that the width appear to be wider than what you had been discovering beforehand. I assume, on this matter, one, I assume, is that one thing that you’ve got seen proceed? And was this included into the latest useful resource replace?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [65]

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Sure. For the query, [Bill], thanks. And also you’re proper about Gray Fox. We have been profitable intersecting mineralization. We have now an excellent geological understanding and mannequin there. And our focus has been testing Northeast, Southwest trending construction which might be fairly excessive grade. And we have been including a brand new zone 147 Northeast. It is on the slide there. It is a new discovery that we made in 2018 that we have been advancing, and there is about 100,000 ounces of latest ounces discovered proper in the course of this Gray Fox space.

Along with that, we have been additionally advancing with — on many developments or buildings, and the principle ones are, once more, proven on the slide there. And we now have a excessive price of drill success. So we all know that extra drilling will definitely deliver extra success, and we are going to preserve rising the useful resource, assuming extra funding.

At the moment, we stand at 620,000 ounces of gold and that is solely an indicated class. I am not together with any infer right here, and the grade is 7.2 gram per tonne, which is fairly good.

As I discussed, a number of the mineralization come to floor. So we now have began a degree the place we may doubtlessly drive and go (inaudible) easy or doubtlessly finally open pit mining there. So we see Gray Fox fairly a key asset along with what we now have on the remainder of the property at Black Fox and Froome. However at present, that is extremely thrilling, however there’s already a major useful resource outlined there. And as I discussed, in all probability adequate to advance with allowing and research to see what one of the simplest ways ahead. And in parallel with that, we’re fairly excited by Inventory, utilizing the outdated mine to shortly quick observe and reactivate and actually attempting to outline what we’re coping with on the Inventory West discovery. This can be a zone that was by no means ever touched or drilled up to now. That was first drilled in the course of this summer season. The grade is sweet. Thickness is sweet. It is a good fashion of mineralization that embrace excessive grade as a part of these broad zone of 5 grams averaging intersection. So we see this as in all probability probably the most thrilling new discovery we now have in our Timmins advanced proper now.

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Unidentified Participant, [66]

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Sure. And so far as — so so far as cost-wise, that might be, I assume, on par with Froome so far as bringing that? Or would you estimate that might be a far decrease value than one thing like Gray Fox so far as remediating the Inventory property? Is that the preliminary estimate so far as the way in which you’ll see it?

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [67]

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Possibly I flip to Chris or Rob on this.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [68]

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Invoice, it is nonetheless early. We do not have a great repair on the numbers but.

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Unidentified Participant, [69]

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Okay. The opposite query I had was concerning Black Fox. In keeping with your press launch from yesterday or this morning, it seems that you had some areas that went — got here out of the useful resource or reserve estimate as a result of they have been inaccessible. And will you — and it seems like — I used to be a bit of shocked given the the drill intercepts that you simply had alongside the West that you did not have a bit of bit greater of a development. However may you give a bit of shade on how a lot got here out and the way a lot was added? I am guessing it is in all probability in your reserve report, however I wasn’t in a position to find it shortly.

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [70]

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Sure, we are going to take a look at the quantity. Chris, possibly you need to speak about these ounces that aren’t minable.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [71]

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Sure.

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Sylvain Guérard, McEwen Mining Inc. – SVP of Exploration [72]

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And concerning enhance in development of the useful resource, the problem we have been going through is entry to drill extra to the west aspect of the mine. So we did not have correct drilling platforms. Now we do and we’re including holes to the west and the depth extension. And this can contribute to, hopefully, including and rising the useful resource.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [73]

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Sure. So with respect to…

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Unidentified Participant, [74]

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Sorry, go forward.

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [75]

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No. Go forward.

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Unidentified Participant, [76]

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No. So it was — you mentioned you’ll assume — so I might say that you’d estimate that it was — what number of — roughly what number of ounces grew to become unminable is simply what actually the query was in — at Black Fox, I assume, going into the latest reserve replace?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [77]

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Sure. No. So what we did was an analysis in 2019 of the reserves at Black Fox and about 16,000 ounces got here out of the reserve as not minable. So we had areas — primarily, if you type of went and redid the maths and checked out the price of rehabilitating, proper now, at Black Fox, we’re all the way down to mining, for lack of a greater phrase, I take advantage of type of kibbles and bits, across the mine. We have now a few primary areas with some respectable strike size and new stopes, however a number of it’s we’re type of working round selecting up little stopes right here and there to collect the remaining ounces that we’re type of left behind. Given the rise in gold value, we’re in a position to make a few of these stopes financial. However on the similar time, there’s plenty of stopes in there that have been within the outdated workings of the mine, be it cave-ins, floor failures and stuff that primarily would not make it worthwhile going to get that to a stope that is bought 500 ounces and it would not pay you to go get it when it’s important to do all this work. So we reevaluated all that and eliminated these ounces. After which — so the expansion — so that you’re really seeing in all probability a bit extra development than what you — it type of seems like on [first plus] if you’re simply trying on the numbers, given we eliminated ounces, we added them again in. And when you think about — we mined 35,000 ounces on the finish of the day, our reserve is all the way down to, I feel, 66 — they’re about 65. So we misplaced a bit, however we add it again in. So the Western Flank that we have had a number of drilling success, as Sylvain talked about, however we have to enhance the density, get the correct drill platforms to drill it correctly, which we now have in place. We labored onerous on that within the latter half of 2019. So the exploration group’s really bought correct drill stations to be drilling out — to drill type of perpendicular to the ore physique, in order that we will get good outcomes. However that is what we’re engaged on now could be principally attempting to construct that out, and we’ll have an replace popping out of 2020. And given the success thus far, we’re optimistic that we will add some extra ounces again in even once we’re mining 35,000, 40,000 ounces this yr.

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Unidentified Participant, [78]

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Okay. And would you take into account doing like a mid-year reserve replace on — given the significance of Black Fox to the operations at this level?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [79]

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I might say there’s a number of components round that. Once more, with coronavirus and — that we have to shut our operations down in some unspecified time in the future right here and it is fairly onerous to type of offer you any shade on that. We’ll definitely — as issues progress, if we get the drill efficiency out of the bit and get the footage and all the pieces is coming collectively, we’ll definitely attempt to preserve folks apprised of our progress on Black Fox for certain as a result of, sure, it’s — proper now, it is our single supply of manufacturing popping out of the Timmins camp, so…

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Unidentified Participant, [80]

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Sure. And one final fast query. I do know there was — the Fenix Venture, there’s been getting that the examine out the door. I do know there’s been some problem with that. So far as that goes, is that also on observe for, I assume, first quarter or the primary half of this yr?

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Christopher Alexander Stewart, McEwen Mining Inc. – President & COO [81]

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Sure. So the feasibility examine is full and the outcomes are usually not considerably totally different than that of the (inaudible). So proper now could be if we’re not going to assemble it, then there’s not a number of profit to publishing it proper now, so…

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Unidentified Participant, [82]

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Okay. That is high-quality. I used to be simply — and I simply needed to say, thanks once more for holding this name. I might additionally advocate that simply as a fast aspect observe, so far as doubtlessly — since you are not going to even — not going to be going to any conferences or there are in all probability no conferences, I feel everybody discovered rather a lot from the December drilling replace, and I do not know whether or not you are doing a kind of as soon as 1 / 4 could be significantly appreciated till — as a result of I am guessing that the general public communication goes to be lowered given the provision. However I definitely want to see extra updates moderately than fewer, when you may presumably handle that, that might be significantly appreciated. However thanks very a lot.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [83]

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Thanks for that suggestion, Invoice. Thanks in your questions.

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Operator [84]

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And our final query comes from [Gary Metsa], shareholder.

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Unidentified Shareholder, [85]

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I’ve listened to all these things for years since I first purchased, if you took over the corporate, Mr. McEwen, and respect your effort. So my questions do not should do with all of the mining stuff as a result of I do not actually perceive that as a lot as I in all probability ought to. My primary questions should do with the place the inventory value is sitting proper now. New York Inventory Alternate has a $1 restrict as to if you keep on alternate. Is that appropriate?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [86]

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That is appropriate.

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Unidentified Shareholder, [87]

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How lengthy does that final for?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [88]

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It could change with what’s occurred just lately, however they often notify you after a sure interval along with your inventory beneath. In case your inventory…

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Unidentified Shareholder, [89]

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Okay. As a result of my query is, if that time is reached, do you will have any concept as as to if or not you’ll do a reverse break up on the inventory? As a result of I do know what’s occurred with reverse break up shares up to now what firms have executed that. Is that anyplace in your plans? Are you contemplating that? Or are you not at liberty to say what you are planning on doing on that as a result of…

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [90]

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We’re just lately beneath $1. I hope to not keep down there. But when there have been 30 consecutive days beneath $1, then the New York Inventory Alternate will advise you that they do not need you on the inventory alternate. However you will have 6 months to treatment that scenario.

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Unidentified Shareholder, [91]

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Okay. I perceive that now. You will have 6 months to treatment the scenario. The query is how do you go about remeding that as a result of it doesn’t seem the way in which the economic system is and with this virus factor and all the pieces that is occurring, to be sincere with you, I don’t anticipate the McEwen inventory to be over $1 within the close to future, sitting in all probability across the $0.75 mark, and that is been the place it has been hanging for some time. Folks simply are usually not investing, and this isn’t a mirrored image on you or the corporate, nevertheless it’s only a scenario the way in which it’s. Individuals are simply cashing out or working for the hills. That is why my estimate on it’s that the inventory might be not going to achieve that greenback threshold within the close to time period, regardless that, hopefully, it should in the long run. My query, once more, comes again to, have you ever taken that into consideration as to what you could have deliberate to both keep on New York Inventory Alternate or no matter else is possibility accessible at that time?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [92]

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Effectively, it is all the time our intention to remain on the New York Inventory Alternate. We have solely just lately gone beneath $1 this yr. We’ve not been notified by the New York Inventory Alternate. So — and a share consolidation could be a final resort. And we — and simply by means of a little bit of historical past, you are a long-term shareholder. You may bear in mind we bought — when the gold share market simply completely died again in 2015, hit its backside, we have been beneath $1 and did not keep there and happy the New York necessities to stay listed on the alternate. So — and I do not share your perception in the mean time we’ll keep beneath $1.

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Unidentified Shareholder, [93]

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Effectively, I hope you are proper on that. However I simply do not see folks shopping for something proper now, and I do not see them shopping for something within the near-term future.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [94]

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I might agree with you that within the very close to future, all eyes are centered on coronavirus and attempting to remain avoiding it and the financial repercussions of it. However governments all over the world are making very giant commitments to pump giant quantities of cash into the system, drop rates of interest. They’re working onerous to make sure that this injury that is being sustained proper now could be mitigated. And that, to me, is making their steadiness sheets look more and more problematic. So…

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Unidentified Shareholder, [95]

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Sure, I perceive how pumping cash into the system works. I am not too eager on understanding all the pieces with all of the gold experiences that I see in right here each time I take heed to this report, however I’m very accustomed to how cash going into the system works. I simply have 1 different query as a result of I did not hear something in any respect talked about at this time about Los Azules, which, to me, is — as I checked out all the pieces, is — I nonetheless assume it is a very important holding, however I have never heard a phrase about it at this time. Something new on that?

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [96]

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No. Value of copper is all the way down to $2.40. We’re seeking to put a highway into the positioning, another highway that might give us 12-month entry moderately than the present 4-month — 4-, 5-month entry. There will be some work executed this yr on the highway to provide the entry. I feel that is a essential element of transferring that ahead. Argentina remains to be attempting to determine what it needs to do. It is experiencing excessive inflation. They’ve just lately put a brand new authorities in. They want to promote mining. It is unlucky proper now that base metals are underneath a number of stress and the actions that they’ve taken have discouraged a number of capital funding — international capital funding of their nation.

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Operator [97]

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And there are not any additional questions right now. Mr. Rob McEwen, I flip the decision again over to you.

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Robert Ross McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc. – Chairman & CEO [98]

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Thanks, operator. I simply need to depart you a message, I want that everybody stays wholesome proper now. Thanks very a lot.

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Operator [99]

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Women and gents, this does conclude at this time’s convention name. Thanks in your participation, and you might now disconnect.