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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 14 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company recorded the following expense in respect to the related parties outlined below during the periods presented:

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Three months ended September 30,

    

Nine months ended September 30,

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2020

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2020

Lexam L.P.

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78

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87

REVlaw

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69

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210

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122

The Company has the following outstanding accounts payable balances in respect to the related parties outlined below:

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September 30, 2021

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December 31, 2020

Lexam L.P.

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72

REVlaw

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85

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90

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An aircraft owned by Lexam L.P. (controlled by Robert R. McEwen, limited partner and beneficiary of Lexam L.P. and the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) has been made available to the Company to expedite business travel. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. McEwen must travel extensively and frequently on short notice. Mr. McEwen is able to charter the aircraft from Lexam L.P. at a preferential rate approved by the Company’s independent board members under a policy whereby only the variable expenses of operating this aircraft for business related travel are eligible for reimbursement by the Company.

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REVlaw is a company owned by Carmen Diges, General Counsel of the Company. The legal services of Ms. Diges as General Counsel and other support staff, as needed, are provided by REVlaw in the normal course of business and have been recorded at their exchange amount.

An affiliate of Mr. McEwen participated as a lender in the $50.0 million term loan by providing $25.0 million of the total $50.0 million funding and continued as such under the ARCA. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid $0.6 million and $1.8 million (three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 – $0.6 million and $1.8 million, respectively) in interest to this affiliate. The payments to the affiliate of Mr. McEwen are on the same terms as the non-affiliated lender (Note 10).

On August 23, 2021, an affiliate of Mr. McEwen participated in the Series B private placement offering conducted by McEwen Copper Inc. (“McEwen Copper”) (Note 18).