McEwen Mining and McEwen Mining - Minera Andes Acquisition Corp. Announce Results of Their Annual General Meetings

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 1, 2015) - McEwen Mining Inc. MUXMUX ("McEwen Mining") and McEwen Mining - Minera Andes Acquisition Corp. MAQ ("ExchangeCo.") are pleased to announce the results of their annual general meetings held on May 28, 2015. McEwen Mining reports that Robert McEwen, Allen Ambrose, Michele Ashby, Leanne Baker, Richard Brissenden, Gregory Fauquier, Donald Quick and Michael Stein were elected as directors of McEwen Mining. The shareholders of McEwen Mining also approved the compensation of McEwen Mining's named executive officers ("Say-on-Pay"), the amendment and restatement of the US Gold Equity Incentive Plan, and re-appointed KPMG LLP as auditors. ExchangeCo. reports that Nathan Stubina was elected as a director.

Detailed voting results for the re-election of directors of McEwen Mining are as follows:

                                                   Percentage   Percentage  
Nominee                     For        Withheld        For        Withheld  
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Robert R. McEwen        126,443,250     793,759       99.4%         0.6%    
Allen V. Ambrose        125,228,239    2,008,769      98.4%         1.6%    
Michele L. Ashby        126,413,700     823,308       99.4%         0.6%    
Leanne M. Baker         126,360,887     876,121       99.3%         0.7%    
Richard W. Brissenden   104,942,587   22,294,421      82.5%        17.5%    
Gregory P. Fauquier     126,045,078    1,191,930      99.0%         1.0%    
Donald R.M. Quick       126,438,212     798,796       99.4%         0.6%    
Michael L. Stein        126,437,109     799,900       99.4%         0.6%    

ExchangeCo. is a subsidiary of McEwen Mining and was formed to facilitate the acquisition of Minera Andes Inc. in 2012. In connection with this acquisition, ExchangeCo. issued exchangeable shares to holders of Minera Andes shares. The exchangeable shares are convertible on a one-for-one basis at any time into shares of McEwen Mining. Holders of exchangeable shares also vote on the same matters as holders of McEwen Mining common shares and their votes are included in the above results.

Detailed voting results for the election of the director of ExchangeCo. are set out below:

                                                    Percentage   Percentage 
Nominee                     For        Withheld        For        Withheld  
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Nathan M. Stubina        2,444,855      155,287       94.0%         6.0%    

ABOUT MCEWEN MINING (www.mcewenmining.com)

The goal of McEwen Mining is to qualify for the S&P 500 by creating a high growth gold/silver producer focused in the Americas. McEwen Mining's principal assets consist of the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina (49% interest), the El Gallo 1 mine and El Gallo 2 project in Sinaloa, Mexico, the Gold Bar project in Nevada, USA, and the Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina.

As of May 28, 2015 McEwen Mining has an aggregate of 300,530,174 shares of common stock outstanding and issuable upon the exchange of the exchangeable shares. Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Owner, owns 25% of the shares of the Company (assuming all outstanding Exchangeable Shares are exchanged for an equivalent amount of Common Shares).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Mihaela Iancu
Investor Relations
Tel: 647-258-0395 ext 320
info@mcewenmining.com


Company website:
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Christina McCarthy
Director of Corporate Development
Tel: 647-258-0395 ext 390
corporatedevelopment@mcewenmining.com


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