Stephan Michael Spears Form 3 McEwen Mining / Stephan Michael Spears ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Spears Stephan Michael

(Last) (First) (Middle)

150 KING STREET WEST SUITE 2800

(Street)

TORONTO A6 M5H 1J9

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/01/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
McEwen Mining Inc. [ MUX ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP of Corp. Development

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	10,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options (right to buy)	11/27/2016(1)	11/26/2020	Common Stock	75,000	1.02	D
Warrants (right to purchase)	05/24/2019(2)	03/26/2022	Common Stock	5,000	2	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Options vested in equal amounts over a three-year period, with the first one-third vesting on November 27, 2016.

2. On March 26, 2019, the reporting person purchased subscription receipts in an offering conducted by McEwen Mining Inc. In order to comply with certain rules of the NYSE which require shareholder approval of such transactions, the subscription receipts were automatically convertible into units consisting of common stock and warrants one business day following receipt of shareholder approval. Pursuant to the provisions of the Subscription Receipt Agreement, the subscription receipts were converted on May 24, 2019.

	Stephan Michael Spears	06/06/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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