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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 15 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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

Year ended December 31,

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Lexam L.P.

$

$

78

$

99

REVlaw

366

347

158

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

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

REVlaw

112

137

REVlaw is a company owned by Ms. 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 year ended December 31, 2022, the Company paid $2.4 million (year ended December 31, 2021 – $2.8 million) in interest to this affiliate. Furthermore, pursuant to the ARCA, 104,585 shares of common stock valued at $0.9 million were issued to the affiliate. The payments to the affiliate of Mr. McEwen are on the same terms as the non-affiliated lender (Note 11).

On March 31, 2022, the Company issued a $15.0 million unsecured subordinated promissory note to a company controlled by Mr. McEwen. The Promissory Note is payable in full on or before September 25, 2025, interest is payable monthly at a rate of 8% per annum and is subordinated to the ARCA loan facility. The amount of interest paid during the year ended December 31, 2022, is $0.9 million (Note 11).

On August 23, 2021, an affiliate of Mr. McEwen participated in the Series B private placement offering conducted by McEwen Copper (Note 20).