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TORONTO, Dec. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX) is happy to announce the highlights of a optimistic Feasibility Research (FS) for its 100%-owned Fenix Venture, which is positioned within the State of Sinaloa, Mexico.

“The Fenix Feasibilty Research envisions a 9.5-year mine life with a sexy after-tax IRR of 28% utilizing $1,500/oz gold and $17/oz silver. At present gold and silver costs, the challenge’s after-tax IRR nearly doubles and the NPV greater than triples versus the bottom case.

The challenge will incorporate an environmentally progressive methodology of tailings administration, utilizing inpit storage that creates a number of advantages, most significantly a safe containment of tailings enabling higher reclamation outcomes.

Common annual manufacturing is projected at 26,000(1) oz gold in Section 1 and 4,200,000(4) oz silver equal in Section 2. The essential path environmental permits are in hand for the primary part of manufacturing. Our subsequent steps will contain detailed engineering, evaluation of procurement choices, and the analysis of financing alternate options,” mentioned Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Proprietor.

Fenix FS Highlights

Feasibility Research Report

The entire Fenix Venture FS NI 43-101 Technical Report will probably be accessible on www.sedar.com and www.mcewenmining.com inside 45 days. The FS was ready by GR Engineering Providers Restricted (“GRES”) of Belmont, Western Australia, in accordance with the necessities of Canadian Nationwide Instrument 43-101 “Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks” (“NI 43-101”) and SEC Trade Information 7.

Permits

The present operation at El Gallo Gold is a completely permitted website; allow for the Section 1 was granted by the Federal Environmental Authority (SEMARNAT) in September 2019, for the addition of a mill and leach circuit within the location of the present amenities for the reprocessing of the heap leach pad materials. The allow modification additionally consists of the backfilling of a beforehand mined pit with mill tailings, as a part of an built-in concurrent closure plan for the El Gallo Gold Mine.

Additional challenge development for Section 2 is topic to allow approvals. Section 2 challenge allowing would require authorization to increase the method plant footprint at El Gallo Gold and the haul street, and to enhance the tailings quantity to be deposited on the depleted pit.

The Fenix Venture has CONAGUA approval for the extraction of groundwater and land-use permits for the development of wells required for the lifetime of Fenix Venture.

Useful resource Estimates

Estimated sources for the Fenix Venture are comprised solely of fabric inside the boundaries of conceptual pit shells, apart from the El Gallo heap leach pad, which is taken into account fully accessible for reprocessing.

For the needs of mine scheduling, the contained gold ounces within the Heap Leach Materials has been depleted from the useful resource mannequin estimate outlined by drilling by an quantity of 23 koz Au, to account for the manufacturing from heap leach operations and gold in circuit assessments between the timing of the useful resource estimate up till December 2020.

Desk 1: Fenix Venture Assets Estimate(5)(6)

Desk 2: Fenix Venture Reserves Estimate(8)

Desk 3: Assumptions for Heap Leach Pad and El Gallo Silver Pit Optimization Section 2 (6)(9)

FOOTNOTES (1) The Base Case makes use of the three-year shifting common costs for gold and silver (approximate worth). Estimated 26,000 oz Au every year manufacturing assumes full manufacturing from years 2023 to 2027. Common after-tax money movement every year from full manufacturing years 2023 to 2031 is roughly $12 million every year. Common after-tax money flows every year for the interval from start-up of manufacturing to closure (2022 to 2032) is roughly $8.6 million every year. These money flows assume the usage of all eligible tax loss carry forwards from the El Gallo Gold Mine.(2) Money value is calculated by dividing complete life-of-mine manufacturing prices, basic and administrative bills and royalties by complete ounces produced.(3) All-in sustaining prices (AISC) are calculated by dividing the sum of all money prices plus sustaining capital and reclamation prices by complete ounces produced.(4) All references to AgEq are primarily based on an 88 Ag oz to 1 Au oz ratio. For Section 1 silver accounts for CIM Definition Requirements, and the CIM Estimation of Mineral Assets and Mineral Reserves Greatest Apply Tips of November 2019, and  have been transformed solely from these parts of the Mineral Assets which might be categorised as Measured or Indicated Mineral Useful resource classes after having been evaluated with consideration of all recognized modifying elements affecting financial viability.(9) Reduce-off grades fluctuate by pit in keeping with financial, restoration and metallurgical parameters.

The technical contents of this information launch has been reviewed and accepted by G. Peter Mah, P.Eng., COO of McEwen Mining and a Certified Individual as outlined by Canadian Securities Directors Nationwide Instrument 43-101 “Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks.”

The technical info on this information launch associated to useful resource and reserve estimates has been reviewed and accepted by Luke Willis, P.Geo., McEwen Mining’s Director of Useful resource Modelling and Certified Individual as outlined by Canadian Securities Directors Nationwide Instrument 43-101 “Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks.”

CAUTIONARY NOTE TO US INVESTORS REGARDING RESOURCE ESTIMATIONMcEwen Mining prepares its useful resource estimates in accordance with requirements of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum referred to in Canadian Nationwide Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101). These requirements are totally different from the requirements usually permitted in reviews filed with the SEC. Underneath NI 43-101, McEwen Mining reviews measured, indicated and inferred sources, measurements, that are usually not permitted in filings made with the SEC. The estimation of measured sources and indicated sources contain better uncertainty as to their existence and financial feasibility than the estimation of confirmed and possible reserves. U.S. buyers are cautioned to not assume that any a part of measured or indicated sources will ever be transformed into economically mineable reserves. The estimation of inferred sources entails far better uncertainty as to their existence and financial viability than the estimation of different classes of sources.

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSThis information launch accommodates sure forward-looking statements and knowledge, together with “forward-looking statements” inside the which means of the Non-public Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements and knowledge expressed, as on the date of this information launch, comprise McEwen Mining Inc.’s (the “Firm”) estimates, forecasts, projections, expectations or beliefs as to future occasions and outcomes. Ahead-looking statements and knowledge are essentially primarily based upon quite a lot of estimates and assumptions that, whereas thought of cheap by administration, are inherently topic to important enterprise, financial and aggressive uncertainties, dangers and contingencies, and there could be no assurance that such statements and knowledge will show to be correct. Due to this fact, precise outcomes and future occasions may differ materially from these anticipated in such statements and knowledge. Dangers and uncertainties that would trigger outcomes or future occasions to vary materially from present expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and knowledge embrace, however aren’t restricted to, results of the COVID-19 pandemic, fluctuations available in the market value of treasured metals, mining business dangers, political, financial, social and safety dangers related to international operations, the power of the company to obtain or obtain in a well timed method permits or different approvals required in reference to operations, dangers related to the development of mining operations and graduation of manufacturing and the projected prices thereof, dangers associated to litigation, the state of the capital markets, environmental dangers and hazards, uncertainty as to calculation of mineral sources and reserves, and different dangers. Readers mustn’t place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or info included herein, which communicate solely as of the date hereof. The Firm undertakes no obligation to reissue or replace forward-looking statements or info because of new info or occasions after the date hereof besides as could also be required by regulation. See McEwen Mining’s Annual Report on Kind 10-Okay for the fiscal yr ended December 31, 2019 and different filings with the Securities and Trade Fee, beneath the caption “Threat Components”, for added info on dangers, uncertainties and different elements referring to the forward-looking statements and knowledge concerning the Firm. All forward-looking statements and knowledge made on this information launch are certified by this cautionary assertion.

The NYSE and TSX haven’t reviewed and don’t settle for accountability for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this information launch, which has been ready by administration of McEwen Mining Inc.

ABOUT MCEWEN MINING

McEwen Mining is a diversified gold and silver producer and explorer targeted within the Americas with working mines in Nevada, Canada, Mexico and Argentina. It additionally owns a big copper deposit in Argentina.

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