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INVESTMENT IN MINERA SANTA CRUZ S.A. ("MSC") - SAN JOSE MINE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
INVESTMENT IN MINERA SANTA CRUZ S.A. (“MSC”) - SAN JOSE MINE |
Schedule of change in the entity's investment in MSC |
|  | March 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Investment in MSC, beginning of the period |  | $ | 150,064 |  | $ | 162,320
Attributable net income (loss) from MSC |  |  | 430 |  |  | (2,328)
Amortization of fair value increments |  |  | (2,115) |  |  | (9,632)
Income tax recovery |  |  | 1,473 |  |  | 11,916
Dividend distribution received |  |  | (4,851) |  |  | (12,212)
Investment in MSC, end of the period |  | $ | 145,001 |  | $ | 150,064
Summary of MSC's financial information from operations |
|  | Three months ended March 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Minera Santa Cruz S.A. (100%) |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Sales |  | $ | 50,662 |  | $ | 48,343
Production costs applicable to sales |  |  | (43,468) |  |  | (36,699)
Net income |  |  | 878 |  |  | 4,381
Portion attributable to McEwen Mining Inc. (49%) |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 430 |  | $ | 2,147
Amortization of fair value increments |  |  | (2,115) |  |  | (2,069)
Income tax recovery |  |  | 1,473 |  |  | 112
(Loss) income from investment in MSC, net of amortization |  | $ | (212) |  | $ | 190

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