NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS	NOTE 17 NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS On February 23, 2023, the Company and its subsidiary, McEwen Copper, closed an equity financing with a single investor, FCA Argentina S.A., an Argentinian subsidiary of Stellantis N.V. (“Stellantis”), which consisted of a private placement of 2,850,000 additional common shares issued by McEwen Copper for gross proceeds of ARS 20.9 billion ($108.8 million) and a secondary sale of an additional 1,250,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock indirectly owned by the Company for aggregate proceeds of ARS 9.1 billion ($46.6 million). On March 15, 2023, Nuton LLC, a current shareholder of McEwen Copper and subsidiary of Rio Tinto (“Nuton”), exercised its preemptive rights under an existing shareholder agreement to purchase 350,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock directly from McEwen Copper for aggregate proceeds of $6.6 million. On the same date, the Company and Nuton closed a secondary sale of an additional 1,250,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock indirectly owned by the Company for aggregate proceeds of $23.4 million. As a result of the transactions, the Company’s 68.1% ownership in McEwen Copper was reduced by 16.2% to 51.9%. The Company determined that it still controlled McEwen Copper and, consequently, the Company recorded $75.5 million as non-controlling interests and $109.9 million as additional paid-in-capital in 2023. As of September 30, 2023, the Company recorded $24.9 million in net losses attributable to non-controlling interests of 48.1% (September 30, 2022 - $0.3 million in net losses attributable to non-controlling interests of 31.8%).

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

NOTE 17 NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

On February 23, 2023, the Company and its subsidiary, McEwen Copper, closed an equity financing with a single investor, FCA Argentina S.A., an Argentinian subsidiary of Stellantis N.V. (“Stellantis”), which consisted of a private placement of 2,850,000 additional common shares issued by McEwen Copper for gross proceeds of ARS 20.9 billion ($108.8 million) and a secondary sale of an additional 1,250,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock indirectly owned by the Company for aggregate proceeds of ARS 9.1 billion ($46.6 million).

On March 15, 2023, Nuton LLC, a current shareholder of McEwen Copper and subsidiary of Rio Tinto (“Nuton”), exercised its preemptive rights under an existing shareholder agreement to purchase 350,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock directly from McEwen Copper for aggregate proceeds of $6.6 million. On the same date, the Company and Nuton closed a secondary sale of an additional 1,250,000 shares of McEwen Copper common stock indirectly owned by the Company for aggregate proceeds of $23.4 million.

As a result of the transactions, the Company’s 68.1% ownership in McEwen Copper was reduced by 16.2% to 51.9%. The Company determined that it still controlled McEwen Copper and, consequently, the Company recorded $75.5 million as non-controlling interests and $109.9 million as additional paid-in-capital in 2023.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company recorded $24.9 million in net losses attributable to non-controlling interests of 48.1% (September 30, 2022 - $0.3 million in net losses attributable to non-controlling interests of 31.8%).