June 26, 2015
Via EDGAR
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: John Reynolds
Re: McEwen Mining Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed June 3, 2015
File No. 333-204688
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
McEwen Mining Inc. (the “Company”) is filing today, via EDGAR, Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the above referenced registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”). Set forth below are the Company’s responses to the comments contained in the letter from the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) dated June 15, 2015.
For your convenience, the exact text of the comments provided by the Staff has been included in bold face type preceding each response in the order presented in the comment letter:
General
Comment No. 1
If you elect to include guarantees in the registration statement, please revise the indenture incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to include applicable guarantee provisions and signature pages for each of the guarantors. Also file as an exhibit a legal opinion covering the guarantees. For guidance, see Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (CF), Section II.B.1.e.
Response
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. Amendment No. 1 has been revised to remove the subsidiary guarantors as co-registrants and remove the guarantees as a class of securities being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Company has not revised the indenture to include guarantee provisions or signature pages for the guarantors and the legal opinion has not been revised to cover the guarantees.
Comment No. 2
Please tell us, with a view toward disclosure, how your financial statements include the information required by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X relating to the subsidiary guarantors.
Response
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. As noted above, Amendment No. 1 has been revised to remove the subsidiary guarantors as co-registrants and remove the guarantees as a class of securities being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the subsidiary guarantor financial statements are not required.
The Company also hereby acknowledges that:
· The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;
· Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
· The Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Should you have any additional questions or comments, please contact the undersigned at (647) 258-0395 or Mr. George Hagerty at (303) 454-2464.
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| MCEWEN MINING INC. | |
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| /s/ PERRY Y. ING | |
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| Perry Y. Ing | |
| Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | |
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cc: | Mr. Robert McEwen, Chief Executive Officer — McEwen Mining Inc. | |
| Mr. George Hagerty, Partner — Hogan Lovells US LLP | |