{
 "reviewed": "2026-09-27",
 "site": "https://meding.dev/",
 "person": {
  "name": "Michael Meding",
  "alternate_names": [
   "Mike Meding",
   "マイケル・メディング",
   "迈克尔·梅丁"
  ],
  "role": "Managing Director, McEwen Copper",
  "leads": "Los Azules copper project, San Juan, Argentina, since February 2022",
  "nationality": "German",
  "born": "Düsseldorf",
  "based": [
   "San Juan, Argentina",
   "Toronto, Canada"
  ],
  "languages": [
   "de",
   "en",
   "es"
  ],
  "roles": [
   {
    "role": "Managing Director",
    "organisation": "McEwen Copper",
    "detail": "leading Los Azules since February 2022"
   },
   {
    "role": "President and General Manager",
    "organisation": "Andes Corporación Minera (Los Azules)",
    "detail": ""
   },
   {
    "role": "President",
    "organisation": "GEMERA",
    "detail": "since 2024 · first foreigner in the role"
   },
   {
    "role": "Vice President",
    "organisation": "CAEM",
    "detail": "2025–2027 · for Andes Corporación Minera"
   },
   {
    "role": "Executive committee member",
    "organisation": "Cámara Minera de San Juan",
    "detail": "2025–2027"
   },
   {
    "role": "President",
    "organisation": "Argentina Cobre",
    "detail": "2026 · Honorary President in 2025"
   },
   {
    "role": "Honorary President",
    "organisation": "Expo San Juan Minera 2026",
    "detail": ""
   }
  ],
  "career": [
   {
    "organisation": "PwC",
    "role": "Production and finance consulting; seven years in Switzerland",
    "period": "Switzerland"
   },
   {
    "organisation": "Novartis",
    "role": "CFO development programme; finance lead for an international business unit; then Chile",
    "period": "Switzerland · Chile"
   },
   {
    "organisation": "Multinational companies",
    "role": "CFO roles in Chile and Argentina",
    "period": "Chile · Argentina"
   },
   {
    "organisation": "Barrick Gold",
    "role": "CFO of the Argentine operations from 2010: Veladero turnaround, mine life extension, Shandong Gold partnership",
    "period": "San Juan"
   },
   {
    "organisation": "Trafigura",
    "role": "CFAO of a polymetallic mining operation",
    "period": "Latin America"
   },
   {
    "organisation": "McEwen Copper",
    "role": "Leading Los Azules since February 2022; Managing Director since 2026",
    "period": "San Juan · Toronto"
   }
  ],
  "education": [
   "BSc, Ruhr-Universität Bochum",
   "MBA, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management",
   "MBA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania",
   "Master's in Management in Mining (in progress), Universidad Católica de Cuyo"
  ],
  "email": "michael@meding.dev",
  "links": {
   "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmeding",
   "x": "https://x.com/mmeding",
   "bloomberg": "https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/22717063"
  }
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "Michael Meding is a German mining executive who has led the Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina, since February 2022 and is Managing Director of McEwen Copper. Under his leadership the project received its environmental permit, published its feasibility study and became the first copper project approved under Argentina's RIGI investment regime. He was named Mining Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024 and 2025 and is president of GEMERA, Argentina's chamber of exploration companies.",
  "es": "Michael Meding, ejecutivo minero alemán, conduce desde febrero de 2022 el proyecto de cobre Los Azules, en San Juan, Argentina, y es director general de McEwen Copper. Bajo su liderazgo el proyecto obtuvo su Declaración de Impacto Ambiental, publicó su estudio de factibilidad y se convirtió en el primer proyecto de cobre aprobado en el RIGI (Régimen de Incentivo para Grandes Inversiones). Fue elegido Empresario Minero del Año en 2024 y 2025 y preside GEMERA, la cámara de empresas de exploración minera de la Argentina.",
  "de": "Michael Meding ist ein deutscher Bergbaumanager. Er leitet seit Februar 2022 das Kupferprojekt Los Azules in San Juan, Argentinien, und ist Geschäftsführer (Managing Director) von McEwen Copper. Unter seiner Führung erhielt das Projekt die Umweltgenehmigung, legte seine Machbarkeitsstudie vor und wurde als erstes Kupferprojekt in das argentinische Anreizregime für Großinvestitionen (RIGI) aufgenommen. 2024 und 2025 wurde er als Bergbauunternehmer des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Er ist Präsident von GEMERA, dem Verband der Explorationsunternehmen Argentiniens.",
  "ja": "マイケル・メディング（Michael Meding）氏はドイツ人の鉱業経営者で、2022年2月からアルゼンチン・サン・フアン州のロス・アスレス（Los Azules）銅プロジェクトを率いている。マッキュアン・カッパー（McEwen Copper）のマネージングディレクターである。同氏の下でプロジェクトは環境許可を取得し、フィージビリティ・スタディ（FS）を公表したうえ、アルゼンチンの大型投資奨励制度（RIGI）で銅プロジェクトとして初めて承認を受けた。2024年と2025年に年間最優秀鉱業経営者に選ばれ、アルゼンチンの探鉱企業団体GEMERAで会長を務める。",
  "zh": "迈克尔·梅丁（Michael Meding）是德国矿业高管，自2022年2月起领导位于阿根廷圣胡安省（San Juan）的洛斯阿苏莱斯（Los Azules）铜矿项目，并担任麦克尤恩铜业（McEwen Copper）董事总经理。在他的领导下，项目取得环境许可，发布可行性研究，并成为首个获阿根廷大型投资激励制度（RIGI）批准的铜矿项目。他于2024年和2025年两度获评“年度矿业企业家”，现任阿根廷矿业勘探企业商会GEMERA会长。"
 },
 "los_azules_summary": {
  "en": "Los Azules is a copper porphyry in the Andes of Calingasta, San Juan, Argentina, owned by McEwen Copper and led by Michael Meding. The October 2025 feasibility study designs an open pit, heap leach and SX-EW mine that would make 99.99% copper cathode at site, with no tailings dam and 100% renewable power. It was the first copper project admitted to Argentina's RIGI. The final investment decision is expected in mid-2027 and commercial cathode production is targeted for 2030.",
  "es": "Los Azules es un pórfido de cobre en la cordillera de Calingasta, San Juan, Argentina, propiedad de McEwen Copper y conducido por Michael Meding. El estudio de factibilidad de octubre de 2025 contempla una operación a cielo abierto, con lixiviación en pilas y SX-EW, que produciría cátodo de cobre de 99,99% en la propia mina, sin dique de colas y con energía 100% renovable. Fue el primer proyecto de cobre admitido en el RIGI (Régimen de Incentivo para Grandes Inversiones). La decisión final de inversión está prevista para mediados de 2027 y el objetivo es iniciar la producción comercial de cátodo en 2030.",
  "de": "Los Azules ist eine Porphyr-Kupferlagerstätte in den Anden von Calingasta, San Juan, Argentinien. Eigentümerin ist McEwen Copper, geleitet wird das Projekt von Michael Meding. Die Machbarkeitsstudie vom Oktober 2025 sieht ein Bergwerk mit Tagebau, Haufenlaugung und SX-EW (Solventextraktion und Elektrolyse) vor, das Kupferkathoden mit 99,99 % Reinheit direkt am Standort herstellen würde, ohne Absetzbecken für Tailings und mit Strom zu 100 % aus erneuerbaren Quellen. Los Azules war das erste Kupferprojekt, das in das argentinische Anreizregime für Großinvestitionen (RIGI) aufgenommen wurde. Die endgültige Investitionsentscheidung wird für Mitte 2027 erwartet, die kommerzielle Kathodenproduktion soll 2030 beginnen.",
  "ja": "ロス・アスレス（Los Azules）は、アルゼンチン・サン・フアン州カリンガスタ（Calingasta）のアンデス山中にある斑岩銅鉱床のプロジェクトで、マッキュアン・カッパー（McEwen Copper）が保有し、マイケル・メディング（Michael Meding）氏が指揮を執る。2025年10月のフィージビリティ・スタディ（FS）が描くのは、露天掘りで採掘した鉱石をヒープリーチングとSX-EW（溶媒抽出・電解採取）で処理し、純度99.99％の電気銅（銅カソード）を現地で生産する鉱山である。鉱滓ダムは設けず、電力は100％再生可能エネルギーで賄う計画となっている。アルゼンチンの大型投資奨励制度（RIGI）に適用が認められた初の銅プロジェクトでもある。最終投資決定（FID）は2027年半ばの見通しで、電気銅の商業生産開始は2030年を目標としている。",
  "zh": "洛斯阿苏莱斯（Los Azules）是位于阿根廷圣胡安省（San Juan）卡林加斯塔（Calingasta）安第斯山区的一座斑岩型铜矿，由麦克尤恩铜业（McEwen Copper）持有，迈克尔·梅丁（Michael Meding）领导。根据2025年10月的可行性研究，项目设计采用露天开采、堆浸及溶剂萃取-电积（SX-EW）工艺，拟在矿山现场产出纯度99.99%的阴极铜，不建尾矿坝，全部使用可再生能源电力。该项目是首个纳入阿根廷大型投资激励制度（RIGI）的铜矿项目。项目预计于2027年年中作出最终投资决定，目标于2030年实现阴极铜商业化生产。"
 },
 "los_azules": {
  "location": "Calingasta, San Juan, Argentina; about 3,500 m above sea level; 6 km east of the Chilean border",
  "owner": "McEwen Copper Inc. (through Andes Corporación Minera S.A.)",
  "feasibility_study": {
   "announced": "2025-10-07",
   "effective_date": "2025-09-03",
   "reserves": {
    "proven": {
     "mt": 229.9,
     "cu_pct": 0.683,
     "cu_mlb": 3463
    },
    "probable": {
     "mt": 793.2,
     "cu_pct": 0.386,
     "cu_mlb": 6754
    },
    "total": {
     "mt": 1023.1,
     "cu_pct": 0.453,
     "cu_mlb": 10217
    },
    "copper_price_usd_lb": 4.25
   },
   "resources_exclusive_of_reserves": {
    "measured_indicated": {
     "mt": 965.5,
     "cu_pct": 0.255,
     "cu_blb": 5.4
    },
    "inferred": {
     "mt": 4239.3,
     "cu_pct": 0.214,
     "cu_blb": 20.0
    },
    "copper_price_usd_lb": 4.8
   },
   "mine_life_years_base_case": 21,
   "upside_case": {
    "potential_extension": "30 years or more",
    "routes": [
     "Rio Tinto's Nuton leaching technology",
     "a conventional concentrator (also recovering gold and silver)"
    ],
    "status": "potential upside; not part of the base-case mine plan or economics"
   },
   "economics": {
    "initial_capex_usd_m": 3168,
    "npv8_after_tax_usd_m": 2940,
    "irr_after_tax_pct": 19.8,
    "payback_years": 3.9,
    "mine_life_years": 21,
    "copper_price_usd_lb": 4.35,
    "c1_usd_lb": 1.71,
    "aisc_usd_lb": 2.11,
    "output_t_y_years_1_5": 204800,
    "output_t_y_lom": 148200
   },
   "qualified_persons": [
    "James L. Sorensen, FAusIMM (project execution)",
    "David Tyler, SME RM (McEwen information)",
    "Michael McGlynn, SME RM (metallurgy)",
    "Jeff Sullivan, FAusIMM (mineral resources)",
    "Gordon Zurowski, P.Eng. (mineral reserves)",
    "Steve Pozder, P.E. (financial modelling)"
   ],
   "sources": [
    "https://www.mcewenmining.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/Los-Azules-Feasibility-Study-Confirms-Economically-Robust-Copper-Project-With-Leading-ESG-Performance/default.aspx",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314203/000110465926028705/mux-20251231xex96.htm"
   ]
  },
  "rigi": {
   "resolution": "Resolución 1553/2025",
   "published": "2025-10-14",
   "investment_plan_usd_m": 2672,
   "first_copper_project": true,
   "source": "https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/332807/20251014"
  },
  "environmental_permit": {
   "granted": "2024-12",
   "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314203/000110465924125949/tm2430312d1_ex99-1.htm"
  },
  "targets": {
   "final_investment_decision": "mid-2027",
   "first_commercial_cathode": 2030,
   "source": "https://www.mcewenmining.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/McEwen-Copper-Completes-US240-Million-Term-Loan-to-Advance-Los-Azules-Toward-Final-Investment-Decision/default.aspx"
  },
  "shareholders_pct": {
   "McEwen Inc.": 46.3,
   "Stellantis": 18.2,
   "Nuton/Rio Tinto": 17.2,
   "Rob McEwen": 13.0,
   "Victor Smorgon Group": 3.0,
   "Others": 2.3
  }
 },
 "term_loan_2026": {
  "closed": "2026-08-27",
  "amount_usd_m": 240,
  "type": "senior secured term loan",
  "term_years": 4,
  "interest_pct": 12.0,
  "interest_paid": "monthly",
  "lenders_usd_m": {
   "Sprott Natural Resource Investment Partners": 112,
   "Rob McEwen": 85,
   "Other lenders": 43
  },
  "warrants": "15,000 five-year McEwen Copper share purchase warrants per US$1 million of principal, exercise price US$40",
  "use_of_proceeds": "Engineering and early works at Los Azules; general corporate purposes",
  "quote_meding": "This financing reflects our lenders' confidence in Los Azules and in the progress Argentina has made over the past two and a half years. The initiatives of President Javier Milei have helped make Argentina an increasingly attractive destination for large-scale foreign investment. Economic stabilization, stronger credit ratings, lower country risk and the RIGI are bringing long-term capital back to the country. San Juan continues to demonstrate the qualities of a dependable mining jurisdiction, supported by strong institutions, rigorous processes and sound governance. We are proud to be building Los Azules here.",
  "source": "https://www.mcewenmining.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/McEwen-Copper-Completes-US240-Million-Term-Loan-to-Advance-Los-Azules-Toward-Final-Investment-Decision/default.aspx"
 },
 "faq": {
  "en": [
   {
    "q": "Who is Michael Meding?",
    "a": "A German mining executive who has led the Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina, since February 2022 and is Managing Director of McEwen Copper. He is president of GEMERA and was named Mining Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024 and 2025."
   },
   {
    "q": "What has he achieved at Los Azules?",
    "a": "Under his leadership the project received its environmental permit (December 2024), published its feasibility study (October 2025), became the first copper project approved under Argentina's RIGI and closed a US$240 million term loan (August 2026). Stellantis and Rio Tinto's Nuton joined as strategic shareholders and the IFC signed a collaboration agreement."
   },
   {
    "q": "What awards has Michael Meding received?",
    "a": "Mining Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 and 2025 (Panorama Minero) and the Diploma Migrante destacado from Argentina's Dirección Nacional de Migraciones in 2024. Under his leadership Los Azules received Exploration Company of the Year 2023, the LIDE INVERTIR mining award 2025, a special mention from AmCham Argentina in 2026 and other distinctions."
   },
   {
    "q": "What is GEMERA?",
    "a": "The Grupo de Empresas Mineras Exploradoras de la República Argentina, the chamber of exploration companies. Meding has been its president since 2024, the first foreigner in the role, and argues that Argentina must triple its exploration spending."
   },
   {
    "q": "What is his professional background?",
    "a": "Corporate and mine finance: PwC and Novartis in Switzerland, CFO roles at multinationals in Chile and Argentina, CFO of Barrick Gold's Argentine operations from 2010, including Veladero, and CFAO of a polymetallic operation at Trafigura."
   },
   {
    "q": "Where is Michael Meding based?",
    "a": "Between San Juan, Argentina, where Los Azules is run, and Toronto, where McEwen Copper has its head office."
   },
   {
    "q": "What languages does he speak?",
    "a": "German, English and Spanish."
   },
   {
    "q": "What is Los Azules?",
    "a": "A copper porphyry project in the Andes of Calingasta, San Juan, owned by McEwen Copper. Its October 2025 feasibility study plans an open pit, heap leach and SX-EW operation producing 99.99% copper cathode at site, averaging 204,800 tonnes a year in its first five years."
   },
   {
    "q": "Where exactly is Los Azules?",
    "a": "In the department of Calingasta, San Juan province, at about 3,500 metres, roughly 80 km west-northwest of Calingasta and 6 km east of the Chilean border."
   },
   {
    "q": "Who leads Los Azules?",
    "a": "Michael Meding, Managing Director of McEwen Copper, has led the project since February 2022."
   },
   {
    "q": "Who owns McEwen Copper?",
    "a": "McEwen Inc. 46.3%, Stellantis 18.2%, Nuton (a Rio Tinto venture) 17.2%, Rob McEwen 13.0%, Victor Smorgon Group 3.0% and other shareholders 2.3%."
   },
   {
    "q": "When will Los Azules produce copper?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper expects a final investment decision and full project financing in mid-2027, and is targeting first commercial copper cathode in 2030."
   },
   {
    "q": "Why is the Los Azules design different?",
    "a": "The design would make finished copper cathode at the mine instead of concentrate, with no tailings dam, 100% renewable power, 74% less water than conventional milling and a carbon intensity of 1,082 kg CO2-e per tonne against an estimated industry average of 4,026."
   },
   {
    "q": "Is Los Azules approved under Argentina's RIGI?",
    "a": "Yes. Resolución 1553/2025, published on 14 October 2025, admitted Los Azules with an investment plan of US$2,672 million. It was the first copper project approved under the regime."
   },
   {
    "q": "How large is Los Azules?",
    "a": "The feasibility study reports proven and probable reserves of 1,023 million tonnes at 0.453% Cu, containing 10.2 billion pounds of copper (effective 3 September 2025). Exclusive of those reserves, measured and indicated resources contain 5.4 billion pounds and inferred resources 20.0 billion pounds; each category is reported on its own."
   },
   {
    "q": "How long could Los Azules operate?",
    "a": "The feasibility study base case is a 21-year mine life on proven and probable reserves. Beyond the study, McEwen Copper has identified two ways to process the primary sulphides, Rio Tinto's Nuton technology or a conventional concentrator, and says either could extend mine life by 30 years or more."
   },
   {
    "q": "What is the US$240 million term loan?",
    "a": "A four-year senior secured loan at 12.0% a year that McEwen Copper closed on 27 August 2026, with Sprott Natural Resource Investment Partners (US$112 million), Rob McEwen (US$85 million) and other lenders (US$43 million). It funds engineering and early works toward the final investment decision."
   },
   {
    "q": "How is the project being financed?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper has raised US$453 million in private placements since 2021, including from Stellantis and Nuton, and closed a US$240 million term loan in August 2026. Société Générale is sole financial advisor for project debt, the IFC has signed a collaboration agreement, and the company is working toward an overall financing package of about US$4 billion."
   }
  ],
  "es": [
   {
    "q": "¿Quién es Michael Meding?",
    "a": "Un ejecutivo minero alemán que conduce el proyecto de cobre Los Azules, en San Juan, Argentina, desde febrero de 2022 y es director general de McEwen Copper. Preside GEMERA y fue elegido Empresario Minero del Año en 2024 y 2025."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué logró en Los Azules?",
    "a": "Bajo su conducción, Los Azules obtuvo su Declaración de Impacto Ambiental (diciembre de 2024), publicó su estudio de factibilidad (octubre de 2025), fue el primer proyecto de cobre aprobado en el RIGI y cerró un préstamo a plazo de US$240 millones (agosto de 2026). Stellantis y Nuton, de Rio Tinto, ingresaron como accionistas estratégicos y la IFC firmó un acuerdo de colaboración."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué distinciones recibió Michael Meding?",
    "a": "Empresario Minero del Año 2024 y 2025 (Panorama Minero) y el Diploma Migrante destacado de la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones en 2024. Bajo su conducción Los Azules recibió el premio a la Mejor Exploradora del Año 2023, el Premio INVERTIR de LIDE en Minería 2025, una mención especial de AmCham Argentina en 2026 y otras distinciones."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué es GEMERA?",
    "a": "El Grupo de Empresas Mineras Exploradoras de la República Argentina, la cámara que reúne a las empresas de exploración. Meding lo preside desde 2024, como primer extranjero en el cargo, y sostiene que la Argentina debe triplicar su inversión en exploración."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Cuál es su trayectoria profesional?",
    "a": "Finanzas corporativas y mineras: PwC y Novartis en Suiza, cargos de CFO en multinacionales en Chile y la Argentina, CFO de las operaciones argentinas de Barrick Gold desde 2010, incluida Veladero, y CFAO de una operación polimetálica de Trafigura."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Dónde vive Michael Meding?",
    "a": "Entre San Juan, Argentina, donde se gestiona Los Azules, y Toronto, donde está la oficina central de McEwen Copper."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué idiomas habla?",
    "a": "Alemán, inglés y español."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué es Los Azules?",
    "a": "Un proyecto de pórfido de cobre en la cordillera de Calingasta, San Juan, propiedad de McEwen Copper. Su estudio de factibilidad de octubre de 2025 prevé una operación a cielo abierto con lixiviación en pilas y SX-EW que produciría cátodo de cobre de 99,99% en la propia mina, con un promedio de 204.800 toneladas anuales en los primeros cinco años."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Dónde está exactamente Los Azules?",
    "a": "En el departamento Calingasta, provincia de San Juan, a unos 3.500 metros de altura, aproximadamente 80 km al oeste-noroeste de Calingasta y 6 km al este de la frontera con Chile."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Quién conduce Los Azules?",
    "a": "Michael Meding, director general de McEwen Copper, conduce el proyecto desde febrero de 2022."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Quiénes son los dueños de McEwen Copper?",
    "a": "McEwen Inc. 46,3%, Stellantis 18,2%, Nuton (de Rio Tinto) 17,2%, Rob McEwen 13,0%, Victor Smorgon Group 3,0% y otros accionistas 2,3%."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Cuándo producirá cobre Los Azules?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper prevé la decisión final de inversión y el financiamiento completo del proyecto para mediados de 2027, y tiene como objetivo producir el primer cátodo de cobre comercial en 2030."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué distingue al diseño de Los Azules?",
    "a": "El diseño produciría cátodo de cobre terminado en la mina en lugar de concentrado, sin dique de colas, con energía 100% renovable, un 74% menos de agua que una planta concentradora convencional y una intensidad de carbono de 1.082 kg CO2-e por tonelada frente a un promedio estimado de la industria de 4.026."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Los Azules está aprobado en el RIGI?",
    "a": "Sí. La Resolución 1553/2025, publicada el 14 de octubre de 2025, admitió Los Azules con un plan de inversión de US$2.672 millones. Fue el primer proyecto de cobre aprobado en el régimen."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué tamaño tiene Los Azules?",
    "a": "El estudio de factibilidad informa reservas probadas y probables de 1.023 millones de toneladas con una ley de 0,453% Cu, que contienen 10.200 millones de libras de cobre (fecha efectiva: 3 de septiembre de 2025). Excluidas esas reservas, los recursos medidos e indicados contienen 5.400 millones de libras y los recursos inferidos, 20.000 millones de libras; cada categoría se informa por separado."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Cuánto tiempo podría operar Los Azules?",
    "a": "El caso base del estudio de factibilidad contempla una vida de la mina de 21 años, sustentada en las reservas probadas y probables. Más allá del estudio, McEwen Copper identificó dos vías para procesar los sulfuros primarios (la tecnología Nuton de Rio Tinto o un concentrador convencional) y señala que cualquiera de ellas podría extender la vida de la mina 30 años o más."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Qué es el préstamo a plazo de US$240 millones?",
    "a": "Un préstamo senior garantizado a cuatro años, al 12,0% anual, que McEwen Copper cerró el 27 de agosto de 2026 con Sprott Natural Resource Investment Partners (US$112 millones), Rob McEwen (US$85 millones) y otros prestamistas (US$43 millones). Financia la ingeniería y las obras tempranas hacia la decisión final de inversión."
   },
   {
    "q": "¿Cómo se financia el proyecto?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper captó US$453 millones en colocaciones privadas desde 2021, incluidas las de Stellantis y Nuton, y cerró un préstamo a plazo de US$240 millones en agosto de 2026. Société Générale es su asesor financiero exclusivo para la deuda del proyecto, la IFC firmó un acuerdo de colaboración y la compañía trabaja en la estructuración de un paquete de financiamiento total de unos US$4.000 millones."
   }
  ],
  "de": [
   {
    "q": "Wer ist Michael Meding?",
    "a": "Ein deutscher Bergbaumanager, der seit Februar 2022 das Kupferprojekt Los Azules in San Juan, Argentinien, leitet und Geschäftsführer von McEwen Copper ist. Er ist Präsident von GEMERA und wurde 2024 und 2025 als Bergbauunternehmer des Jahres ausgezeichnet."
   },
   {
    "q": "Was hat er bei Los Azules erreicht?",
    "a": "Unter seiner Führung erhielt das Projekt die Umweltgenehmigung (Dezember 2024), veröffentlichte die Machbarkeitsstudie (Oktober 2025), wurde als erstes Kupferprojekt in das argentinische RIGI aufgenommen und schloss ein Laufzeitdarlehen über 240 Mio. US-Dollar ab (August 2026). Stellantis und Nuton von Rio Tinto stiegen als strategische Aktionäre ein, und die IFC unterzeichnete eine Kooperationsvereinbarung."
   },
   {
    "q": "Welche Auszeichnungen hat Michael Meding erhalten?",
    "a": "Bergbauunternehmer des Jahres 2024 und 2025 (Panorama Minero) sowie 2024 das Diploma Migrante destacado der argentinischen Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Unter seiner Leitung erhielt Los Azules die Auszeichnung Explorationsunternehmen des Jahres 2023, den Bergbaupreis LIDE INVERTIR 2025, 2026 eine besondere Anerkennung von AmCham Argentina und weitere Ehrungen."
   },
   {
    "q": "Was ist GEMERA?",
    "a": "Die Grupo de Empresas Mineras Exploradoras de la República Argentina, der Verband der Explorationsunternehmen. Meding ist seit 2024 als erster Ausländer ihr Präsident und hält eine Verdreifachung der argentinischen Explorationsausgaben für notwendig."
   },
   {
    "q": "Welchen beruflichen Hintergrund hat er?",
    "a": "Unternehmens- und Bergbaufinanzen: PwC und Novartis in der Schweiz, CFO-Positionen bei multinationalen Unternehmen in Chile und Argentinien, ab 2010 CFO des argentinischen Geschäfts von Barrick Gold, unter anderem bei Veladero, sowie CFAO eines polymetallischen Bergbaubetriebs bei Trafigura."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wo ist Michael Meding ansässig?",
    "a": "Abwechselnd in San Juan, Argentinien, wo Los Azules geführt wird, und in Toronto, wo McEwen Copper seinen Hauptsitz hat."
   },
   {
    "q": "Welche Sprachen spricht er?",
    "a": "Deutsch, Englisch und Spanisch."
   },
   {
    "q": "Was ist Los Azules?",
    "a": "Ein Porphyr-Kupferprojekt in den Anden von Calingasta, San Juan, das McEwen Copper gehört. Die Machbarkeitsstudie vom Oktober 2025 sieht einen Betrieb mit Tagebau, Haufenlaugung und SX-EW vor, der am Standort Kupferkathoden mit 99,99 % Reinheit herstellen soll, in den ersten fünf Jahren im Schnitt 204.800 Tonnen pro Jahr."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wo genau liegt Los Azules?",
    "a": "Im Departamento Calingasta in der Provinz San Juan, auf rund 3.500 Metern Höhe, etwa 80 km west-nordwestlich von Calingasta und 6 km östlich der chilenischen Grenze."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wer leitet Los Azules?",
    "a": "Michael Meding, Geschäftsführer von McEwen Copper, leitet das Projekt seit Februar 2022."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wem gehört McEwen Copper?",
    "a": "McEwen Inc. 46,3 %, Stellantis 18,2 %, Nuton (ein Unternehmen der Rio-Tinto-Gruppe) 17,2 %, Rob McEwen 13,0 %, Victor Smorgon Group 3,0 % und weitere Aktionäre 2,3 %."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wann wird Los Azules Kupfer produzieren?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper erwartet die endgültige Investitionsentscheidung und die vollständige Projektfinanzierung für Mitte 2027 und strebt für 2030 die erste kommerzielle Kupferkathode an."
   },
   {
    "q": "Worin unterscheidet sich das Konzept von Los Azules?",
    "a": "Das Projekt soll direkt am Bergwerk fertige Kupferkathoden statt Konzentrat herstellen: ohne Absetzbecken, mit Strom zu 100 % aus erneuerbaren Quellen, mit 74 % weniger Wasser als bei konventioneller Mahlaufbereitung und mit einer CO2-Intensität von 1.082 kg CO2-Äq. je Tonne gegenüber einem geschätzten Branchendurchschnitt von 4.026."
   },
   {
    "q": "Ist Los Azules im argentinischen RIGI zugelassen?",
    "a": "Ja. Die am 14. Oktober 2025 veröffentlichte Resolución 1553/2025 nahm Los Azules mit einem Investitionsplan über 2.672 Mio. US-Dollar auf. Es war das erste Kupferprojekt, das im Rahmen des Regimes zugelassen wurde."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wie groß ist Los Azules?",
    "a": "Die Machbarkeitsstudie weist nachgewiesene und wahrscheinliche Reserven von 1.023 Mio. Tonnen mit einem Gehalt von 0,453 % Cu aus, die 10,2 Mrd. Pfund Kupfer enthalten (Stichtag 3. September 2025). Zusätzlich zu diesen Reserven enthalten die gemessenen und angezeigten Ressourcen 5,4 Mrd. Pfund und die abgeleiteten Ressourcen 20,0 Mrd. Pfund; jede Kategorie wird für sich ausgewiesen."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wie lange könnte Los Azules betrieben werden?",
    "a": "Im Basisszenario der Machbarkeitsstudie tragen die nachgewiesenen und wahrscheinlichen Reserven eine Lebensdauer der Mine von 21 Jahren. Über die Studie hinaus hat McEwen Copper zwei Wege ermittelt, die primären Sulfide zu verarbeiten: die Nuton-Technologie von Rio Tinto oder einen konventionellen Konzentrator. Nach Angaben des Unternehmens könnte jeder der beiden die Lebensdauer der Mine um 30 Jahre oder mehr verlängern."
   },
   {
    "q": "Was ist das Laufzeitdarlehen über 240 Mio. US-Dollar?",
    "a": "Ein vorrangig besichertes Darlehen mit vier Jahren Laufzeit und 12,0 % Jahreszins. McEwen Copper schloss es am 27. August 2026 mit Sprott Natural Resource Investment Partners (112 Mio. US-Dollar), Rob McEwen (85 Mio. US-Dollar) und weiteren Darlehensgebern (43 Mio. US-Dollar) ab. Es finanziert Engineering und vorbereitende Arbeiten bis zur endgültigen Investitionsentscheidung."
   },
   {
    "q": "Wie wird das Projekt finanziert?",
    "a": "McEwen Copper hat seit 2021 in Privatplatzierungen 453 Mio. US-Dollar aufgenommen, unter anderem von Stellantis und Nuton, und im August 2026 ein Laufzeitdarlehen über 240 Mio. US-Dollar abgeschlossen. Société Générale ist alleiniger Finanzberater für die Fremdfinanzierung des Projekts, die IFC hat eine Kooperationsvereinbarung unterzeichnet, und das Unternehmen arbeitet auf ein Finanzierungspaket von insgesamt rund 4 Mrd. US-Dollar hin."
   }
  ],
  "ja": [
   {
    "q": "マイケル・メディング氏はどのような人物か",
    "a": "ドイツ人の鉱業経営者で、2022年2月からアルゼンチン・サン・フアン州のロス・アスレス（Los Azules）銅プロジェクトを率いている。マッキュアン・カッパー（McEwen Copper）のマネージングディレクターであり、GEMERA会長も務める。2024年と2025年には年間最優秀鉱業経営者に選ばれた。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスで何を成し遂げたか",
    "a": "同氏の下で、プロジェクトは2024年12月に環境許可を取得し、2025年10月にフィージビリティ・スタディ（FS）を公表した。アルゼンチンの大型投資奨励制度（RIGI）では銅プロジェクトとして初めて承認を受け、2026年8月には2億4,000万米ドルのタームローンで資金を確保した。ステランティスとリオ・ティント傘下のヌートンが戦略的株主として参画し、国際金融公社（IFC）とは協力協定を結んでいる。"
   },
   {
    "q": "マイケル・メディング氏はどのような賞を受けているか",
    "a": "年間最優秀鉱業経営者賞（Panorama Minero）を2024年と2025年に受賞したほか、2024年にはアルゼンチン国家移民局（Dirección Nacional de Migraciones）からDiploma Migrante destacadoを授与された。同氏の下でロス・アスレスも、2023年の年間最優秀探鉱企業賞、2025年のLIDE INVERTIR賞（鉱業部門）、2026年のAmCham Argentinaによる特別表彰などを受けている。"
   },
   {
    "q": "GEMERAとは何か",
    "a": "Grupo de Empresas Mineras Exploradoras de la República Argentinaの略称で、アルゼンチンの探鉱企業団体である。メディング氏は2024年から外国人として初めて会長を務め、アルゼンチンは探鉱投資を3倍に増やす必要があると主張している。"
   },
   {
    "q": "どのような職歴を持つか",
    "a": "企業財務と鉱山ファイナンスである。スイスでPwCとノバルティスに勤務した後、チリとアルゼンチンの多国籍企業でCFOを歴任した。2010年からはベラデロを含むバリック・ゴールドのアルゼンチン事業でCFOを務め、トラフィグラでは多金属鉱山事業のCFAOに就いた。"
   },
   {
    "q": "マイケル・メディング氏の拠点はどこか",
    "a": "ロス・アスレスの運営拠点であるアルゼンチンのサン・フアンと、マッキュアン・カッパーの本社があるトロントの2か所である。"
   },
   {
    "q": "何語を話すか",
    "a": "ドイツ語、英語、スペイン語。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレス（Los Azules）とは何か",
    "a": "サン・フアン州カリンガスタ（Calingasta）のアンデス山中にある斑岩銅鉱床のプロジェクトで、マッキュアン・カッパー（McEwen Copper）が保有する。2025年10月のフィージビリティ・スタディ（FS）は、露天掘り、ヒープリーチング、SX-EWによる操業で純度99.99％の電気銅を現地で生産する計画で、当初5年間の平均生産量は年間20万4,800トンを見込む。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスは正確にはどこにあるか",
    "a": "サン・フアン州カリンガスタ県の標高約3,500メートル地点にあり、カリンガスタの西北西約80キロメートル、チリ国境の東6キロメートルに位置する。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスを率いているのは誰か",
    "a": "マッキュアン・カッパーのマネージングディレクター、マイケル・メディング（Michael Meding）氏が2022年2月からプロジェクトを率いている。"
   },
   {
    "q": "マッキュアン・カッパーの株主は誰か",
    "a": "マッキュアン（McEwen Inc.）46.3％、ステランティス18.2％、ヌートン（リオ・ティントのベンチャー事業）17.2％、ロブ・マッキュアン氏13.0％、ビクター・スモーゴン・グループ3.0％、その他の株主2.3％である。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスはいつ銅を生産するか",
    "a": "マッキュアン・カッパーは、2027年半ばに最終投資決定（FID）とプロジェクト資金の全額調達を見込んでおり、2030年に電気銅の商業生産を開始することを目標としている。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスの設計はなぜ他と異なるのか",
    "a": "設計上は、精鉱ではなく最終製品である電気銅を鉱山で生産し、鉱滓ダムを設けず、電力は100％再生可能エネルギーで賄うことになる。水使用量は従来型の選鉱方式より74％少なく、炭素排出原単位は銅1トン当たりCO2換算1,082kgで、業界平均の推定値は4,026kgである。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスはアルゼンチンの大型投資奨励制度（RIGI）で承認されているか",
    "a": "承認されている。2025年10月14日に公布されたResolución 1553/2025により、26億7,200万米ドルの投資計画でロス・アスレスの適用が認められた。同制度で承認された初の銅プロジェクトである。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスの規模はどの程度か",
    "a": "フィージビリティ・スタディによれば、確定・予定埋蔵量は10億2,300万トン（銅品位0.453％）で、含有銅量は102億ポンドである（基準日：2025年9月3日）。埋蔵量を除くと、精測・概測資源量に含まれる銅量は54億ポンド、予測資源量は200億ポンドであり、各区分はそれぞれ個別に報告されている。"
   },
   {
    "q": "ロス・アスレスはどのくらいの期間操業できるか",
    "a": "FSのベースケースでは、確定・予定埋蔵量に基づく鉱山寿命は21年である。FSの枠外では、マッキュアン・カッパーが初生硫化鉱の処理方法としてリオ・ティントのヌートン技術と在来型選鉱プラントの2つを挙げており、いずれでも鉱山寿命を30年以上延長できる可能性があるとしている。"
   },
   {
    "q": "2億4,000万米ドルのタームローンとは何か",
    "a": "マッキュアン・カッパーが2026年8月27日に完了した期間4年、年利12.0％のシニア担保付ローンであり、融資者はSprott Natural Resource Investment Partners（1億1,200万米ドル）、ロブ・マッキュアン氏（8,500万米ドル）、その他の融資者（4,300万米ドル）である。資金は最終投資決定に向けたエンジニアリングと初期工事に充てられる。"
   },
   {
    "q": "プロジェクトの資金調達はどのように進んでいるか",
    "a": "マッキュアン・カッパーは、2021年以降、ステランティスやヌートンなどからの私募増資で4億5,300万米ドルを調達し、2026年8月に2億4,000万米ドルのタームローンによる資金調達を完了した。ソシエテ・ジェネラルがプロジェクト債務の単独フィナンシャル・アドバイザーを務め、国際金融公社（IFC）とは協力協定を締結済みである。同社は総額約40億米ドルの資金調達パッケージの組成に取り組んでいる。"
   }
  ],
  "zh": [
   {
    "q": "迈克尔·梅丁（Michael Meding）是谁？",
    "a": "德国矿业高管，自2022年2月起领导阿根廷圣胡安省的洛斯阿苏莱斯（Los Azules）铜矿项目，现任麦克尤恩铜业（McEwen Copper）董事总经理。他担任GEMERA会长，并于2024年和2025年两度获评年度矿业企业家。"
   },
   {
    "q": "他在Los Azules取得了哪些成果？",
    "a": "在他的领导下，项目取得环境许可（2024年12月），发布可行性研究（2025年10月），成为首个获阿根廷RIGI批准的铜矿项目，并完成2.4亿美元定期贷款（2026年8月）。Stellantis和力拓旗下的Nuton作为战略股东入股，国际金融公司（IFC）签署了合作协议。"
   },
   {
    "q": "迈克尔·梅丁获得过哪些奖项？",
    "a": "2024年和2025年年度矿业企业家（Panorama Minero），以及2024年阿根廷国家移民局（Dirección Nacional de Migraciones）颁发的Diploma Migrante destacado。在他的领导下，Los Azules获得2023年年度勘探企业、2025年LIDE INVERTIR矿业奖、2026年阿根廷美国商会（AmCham Argentina）特别表彰等荣誉。"
   },
   {
    "q": "GEMERA是什么组织？",
    "a": "即Grupo de Empresas Mineras Exploradoras de la República Argentina，阿根廷矿业勘探企业商会。梅丁自2024年起担任会长，是首位出任该职的外籍人士；他主张阿根廷应将勘探支出提高至目前的三倍。"
   },
   {
    "q": "他的职业背景如何？",
    "a": "企业财务与矿业金融：在瑞士任职于普华永道（PwC）和诺华（Novartis），在智利和阿根廷的跨国公司担任首席财务官，2010年起任巴里克黄金（Barrick Gold）阿根廷业务（包括贝拉德罗金矿）首席财务官，并曾在托克（Trafigura）担任一座多金属矿山的首席财务与行政官（CFAO）。"
   },
   {
    "q": "迈克尔·梅丁常驻何地？",
    "a": "往返于阿根廷圣胡安和多伦多两地：Los Azules项目在圣胡安运营，麦克尤恩铜业总部设在多伦多。"
   },
   {
    "q": "他会说哪些语言？",
    "a": "德语、英语和西班牙语。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules是什么项目？",
    "a": "洛斯阿苏莱斯（Los Azules）是位于圣胡安省卡林加斯塔（Calingasta）安第斯山区的斑岩型铜矿项目，由麦克尤恩铜业（McEwen Copper）持有。根据2025年10月的可行性研究，项目将采用露天开采、堆浸及溶剂萃取-电积（SX-EW）工艺，在现场产出纯度99.99%的阴极铜，投产后前五年年均产量20.48万吨。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules具体位于何处？",
    "a": "位于圣胡安省卡林加斯塔县，海拔约3,500米，地处卡林加斯塔镇西北偏西约80公里、智利边境以东6公里。"
   },
   {
    "q": "谁领导Los Azules项目？",
    "a": "麦克尤恩铜业董事总经理迈克尔·梅丁（Michael Meding）自2022年2月起领导该项目。"
   },
   {
    "q": "麦克尤恩铜业的股东有哪些？",
    "a": "麦克尤恩公司（McEwen Inc.）持股46.3%，Stellantis持股18.2%，Nuton（力拓旗下企业）持股17.2%，Rob McEwen持股13.0%，Victor Smorgon Group持股3.0%，其他股东合计持股2.3%。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules何时产铜？",
    "a": "麦克尤恩铜业预计于2027年年中作出最终投资决定并完成项目全额融资，目标于2030年产出首批商业阴极铜。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules的设计有何不同？",
    "a": "按照设计，项目将在矿山现场直接产出阴极铜成品，而非精矿；不建尾矿坝，全部使用可再生能源电力，用水量较传统磨矿选矿工艺减少74%，碳排放强度为每吨铜1,082千克二氧化碳当量，而行业平均水平估计为4,026千克。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules是否已获阿根廷RIGI批准？",
    "a": "是。2025年10月14日公布的Resolución 1553/2025批准Los Azules以26.72亿美元投资计划纳入RIGI，使其成为该制度下首个获批的铜矿项目。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules的规模有多大？",
    "a": "根据可行性研究，证实及概略储量为矿石量10.23亿吨、铜品位0.453%，含铜102亿磅（生效日期为2025年9月3日）。不含上述储量的探明及控制资源量含铜54亿磅，推断资源量含铜200亿磅；各类别均单独列报。"
   },
   {
    "q": "Los Azules可以运营多久？",
    "a": "可行性研究基准情景以证实及概略储量为基础，矿山服务年限为21年。在该研究之外，麦克尤恩铜业已确定两种原生硫化矿处理路线，即力拓的Nuton技术或传统选矿厂，并表示任一路线均可能使矿山服务年限延长30年或更久。"
   },
   {
    "q": "2.4亿美元定期贷款是什么？",
    "a": "这是麦克尤恩铜业于2026年8月27日完成的一笔四年期优先有担保贷款，年利率12.0%，贷款方为Sprott Natural Resource Investment Partners（1.12亿美元）、Rob McEwen（8,500万美元）及其他贷款方（4,300万美元）。资金用于最终投资决定前的工程设计和早期工程。"
   },
   {
    "q": "项目如何融资？",
    "a": "自2021年以来，麦克尤恩铜业已通过私募配售募资4.53亿美元，投资方包括Stellantis和Nuton，并于2026年8月完成2.4亿美元定期贷款。法国兴业银行担任项目债务融资独家财务顾问，国际金融公司（IFC）已签署合作协议，公司正在筹措总额约40亿美元的整体融资方案。"
   }
  ]
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   "year": "2025",
   "name": "Mining Entrepreneur of the Year",
   "by": "Panorama Minero",
   "source": "https://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/cuyominero/el-vicepresidente-de-los-azules-michael-meding-fue-elegido-como-empresario-minero-del-ano-2025-1806481.html"
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  {
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   "name": "Mining Entrepreneur of the Year",
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   "source": "https://www.mineriaydesarrollo.com/noticias/2024/12/05/17256-eligieron-a-michael-meding-de-los-azules-como-el-empresario-minero-del-ano"
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  {
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   "source": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7237125204592730112/"
  },
  {
   "year": "2026",
   "name": "Special mention, Argentina Week",
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   "source": "https://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/cuyo-minero/los-azules-fue-reconocido-argentina-week-2026-su-compromiso-la-inversion-productiva-n6568044"
  },
  {
   "year": "2026",
   "name": "Outstanding Mining Company in CSR",
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   "source": "https://www.losandes.com.ar/empresas-y-negocios/argentina-mining-2026-mas-12200-personas-participaron-del-encuentro-que-reunio-al-sector-minero-salta-n6005433"
  },
  {
   "year": "2026",
   "name": "Commitment to Literacy Seal",
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   "source": "https://www.panorama-minero.com/es/news/los-azules-recibio-el-sello-compromiso-por-la-alfabetizacion"
  },
  {
   "year": "2025",
   "name": "Premio INVERTIR, Mining",
   "by": "LIDE Argentina",
   "source": "https://lideargentina.com/lide-argentina-cerro-su-agenda-2025-con-el-xiii-forum-empresarial-y-la-entrega-del-premio-invertir/"
  },
  {
   "year": "2023",
   "name": "Exploration Company of the Year",
   "by": "Panorama Minero",
   "source": "https://www.sanjuan8.com/san-juan/los-azules-recibio-el-premio-mejor-exploradora-minera-del-ano-n1257040"
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   "role": "Confirmed speaker",
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  },
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   "date": "2026-09-23",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
   "city": "Beaver Creek",
   "role": "Interview with the Investing News Network",
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   "date": "2026-09",
   "event": "X Foro PYMES Italia–América Latina",
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   "role": "“Minerales críticos y desarrollo federal” (critical minerals and federal development), with the governors of San Juan, Jujuy and Catamarca",
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  {
   "date": "2026-09",
   "event": "Forbes Mining Summit",
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   "role": "“En Foco”, on stage with Fernando Heredia",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026",
   "event": "Argentine Embassy in Chile",
   "city": "Santiago de Chile",
   "role": "“Perspectivas de la Minería en la Región” (the outlook for mining in the region), with the mining authorities of both countries",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08",
   "event": "LA NACION, Minería",
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   "role": "In conversation with José Del Rio",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026",
   "event": "S&P Global, Argentina Market Briefing",
   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "High-level dialogue on copper demand",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-09",
   "event": "Benchmark Giga US 26",
   "city": "Washington, DC",
   "role": "Copper keynote: McEwen Copper",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-04",
   "event": "McEwen Annual Meeting",
   "city": "Toronto",
   "role": "Bullpen Q&A, moderated by The Northern Miner",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "event": "Expo San Juan Minera · Argentina Cobre Sessions",
   "city": "San Juan",
   "role": "President of the sessions; keynote; conversation with Santiago Spaltro",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04",
   "event": "CESCO Week",
   "city": "Santiago de Chile",
   "role": "Mining districts and new geological attractiveness",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-07",
   "event": "Atlantic Council",
   "city": "Buenos Aires (virtual)",
   "role": "Harnessing Argentina's mining sector",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-03",
   "event": "IEFA LatAm Forum",
   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "Copper panel with Ontario's economic development minister",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-03-01",
   "event": "PDAC · Argentina Mining Day",
   "city": "Toronto",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation; GEMERA exploration outlook",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-12",
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   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "The state of exploration in Argentine mining",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-11-12",
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   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-10-31",
   "event": "Argentina Mining Cuyo",
   "city": "Mendoza",
   "role": "Exploration panel, as president of GEMERA",
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  {
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   "role": "Los Azules presentation with Rob McEwen",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2025-10",
   "event": "LME Metals Seminar",
   "city": "London",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-10",
   "event": "Nordic Funds & Mines",
   "city": "Stockholm",
   "role": "Presentation with Rob McEwen",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-10-01",
   "event": "76. Lateinamerika-Tag",
   "city": "Cologne",
   "role": "Smart Mining, Smart Partnerships: German solutions for the next mining era in the Andes",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-09",
   "event": "Ámbito Debate",
   "city": "Argentina",
   "role": "“La nueva era del cobre” (the new era of copper) panel",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-09",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
   "city": "Beaver Creek",
   "role": "Investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-08",
   "event": "UN Global Compact Argentina, Federal Tour",
   "city": "Mendoza",
   "role": "Panel on sustainable business leadership",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-08-04",
   "event": "Argentina Cobre 2025",
   "city": "San Juan",
   "role": "Honorary President; opening session with five governors",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-07",
   "event": "Rule Symposium",
   "city": "Boca Raton",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation with Rob McEwen",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-05-20",
   "event": "ArMinera · IDEA and CAEM",
   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "Technology, innovation and talent as drivers of mining competitiveness",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-05",
   "event": "Forbes Mining Summit",
   "city": "Argentina",
   "role": "Copper, time for take-off",
   "upcoming": false
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  {
   "date": "2025-04-08",
   "event": "bauma",
   "city": "Munich",
   "role": "Los Azules: Smart Mining & Green Copper in Argentina's New Era",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-03-02",
   "event": "PDAC · Argentina Mining",
   "city": "Toronto",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2024-12-10",
   "event": "EU Raw Materials Week",
   "city": "Brussels",
   "role": "Key speaker; bilateral meetings with EIB, IDB and KfW IPEX",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2024-12-04",
   "event": "Argentina: Oro, Plata y Cobre",
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   "role": "Panel on 2024 and what comes next; exploration indicators as president of GEMERA",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2024-11",
   "event": "Ámbito Debate · Cita de CEOs",
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   "role": "CEO panel",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2024-11",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
   "city": "Zurich",
   "role": "Investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
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  {
   "date": "2024-10",
   "event": "Fundación Pensar, regional meeting",
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  {
   "date": "2024-10-09",
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   "date": "2024-10",
   "event": "RBC Copper Developer Summit",
   "city": "Toronto",
   "role": "With Rob McEwen",
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  {
   "date": "2024-09-10",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
   "city": "Beaver Creek",
   "role": "Thirty investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
   "upcoming": false
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  {
   "date": "2024-09-09",
   "event": "H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference",
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   "role": "Investor presentation",
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  {
   "date": "2024-09-04",
   "event": "Jefferies Global Metals & Mining Conference",
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   "role": "Investor presentation",
   "upcoming": false
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   "date": "2024-08",
   "event": "Forbes Minería Summit",
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   "role": "On stage with Fernando Heredia",
   "upcoming": false
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  {
   "date": "2024-07-03",
   "event": "CAI and the Argentine Investment Agency",
   "city": "Argentina",
   "role": "“Grandes proyectos de inversión que transforman la Argentina” (large investment projects transforming Argentina)",
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  {
   "date": "2024-05",
   "event": "Argentina Cobre, first edition",
   "city": "San Juan",
   "role": "Co-chaired the International Copper Conference with Canada's ambassador; private-sector panel",
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  {
   "date": "2024-03-03",
   "event": "PDAC · Argentine Day",
   "city": "Toronto",
   "role": "McEwen Copper presentation",
   "upcoming": false
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  {
   "date": "2024-01",
   "event": "Unlocking Synergies, Argentina–Germany",
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   "role": "Private-sector speaker at the Embassy of Argentina",
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  {
   "date": "2023-11-14",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
   "city": "Zurich",
   "role": "Investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
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   "date": "2023-09",
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   "city": "Argentina",
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   "date": "2023-09-12",
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   "role": "Investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
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  {
   "date": "2023-05-23",
   "event": "ArMinera",
   "city": "Buenos Aires",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation",
   "upcoming": false
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  {
   "date": "2023-03-07",
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  {
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   "role": "Panel on sustainability and communication with society; Los Azules presentation",
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  {
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   "event": "Expo San Juan Minera",
   "city": "San Juan",
   "role": "San Juan Tierra Minera seminar: progress at Los Azules",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2022-09-13",
   "event": "Precious Metals Summit",
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   "role": "More than 25 investor presentations with Rob McEwen",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2022-07-07",
   "event": "McEwen Mining Annual Meeting",
   "city": "Virtual",
   "role": "Los Azules presentation",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2022-06-22",
   "event": "Hannam & Partners, Future Copper Giants",
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   "role": "McEwen Copper and Los Azules",
   "upcoming": false
  },
  {
   "date": "2022-06",
   "event": "MSTA Canada",
   "city": "Canada",
   "role": "McEwen Copper and Los Azules",
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   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "outlet": "Forbes Argentina",
   "headline": "Con el uso de IA, Los Azules espera descubrir nuevos recursos y aumentar la vida útil del proyecto",
   "url": "https://www.forbesargentina.com/summit/con-uso-ia-azules-espera-descubrir-nuevos-recursos-aumentar-vida-util-proyecto-n97156",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-02",
   "outlet": "Neura · Alejandro Fantino",
   "headline": "Caso 004: Michael Meding (McEwen Copper, Proyecto Los Azules) Liderologías - Filosofía del liderazgo",
   "url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/gjLPha2XiPM",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-05",
   "outlet": "LA NACION",
   "headline": "Michael Meding: “La Argentina podría estar entre los cinco mayores productores de cobre del mundo”",
   "url": "https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/negocios/michael-meding-la-argentina-podria-estar-entre-los-cinco-mayores-productores-de-cobre-del-mundo-nid05082026/",
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-11",
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   "headline": "Los Azules Copper Project",
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   "language": "en"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-12",
   "outlet": "Reuters",
   "headline": "Cobre y cerveza: ejecutivo minero alemán abre fábrica en Argentina para saciar su sed",
   "url": "https://gbm.com/media/noticia/cobre-y-cerveza-ejecutivo-minero-aleman-abre-en-fabrica-en-argentina-para-saciar-su-sed",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-11",
   "outlet": "MDZ",
   "headline": "Los Azules acelera hacia 2027: los detalles del plan de inversión de US$ 4.000 millones",
   "url": "https://www.mdzol.com/dinero/los-azules-acelera-2027-los-detalles-del-plan-inversion-us-4000-millones-n1517848",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-06",
   "outlet": "EconoJournal",
   "headline": "Los Azules acelera su financiamiento y apuesta a una 'marea alta' para destrabar inversiones en San Juan",
   "url": "https://econojournal.com.ar/2026/05/los-azules-acelera-su-financiamiento-y-apuesta-a-una-marea-alta-para-destrabar-inversiones-en-san-juan/",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-15",
   "outlet": "Reporte Minero (Chile)",
   "headline": "Los Azules apunta a iniciar construcción a fines de 2026 y refuerza atractivo del cobre argentino",
   "url": "https://www.reporteminero.cl/noticia/noticias/2026/04/los-azules-busca-iniciar-construccion-2026-proyecto-cobre-san-juan",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-14",
   "outlet": "Los Andes",
   "headline": "Los Andes en Chile: Para Los Azules, Argentina puede convertirse en un polo clave de cobre a nivel global",
   "url": "https://www.losandes.com.ar/economia/los-andes-chile-los-azules-argentina-puede-convertirse-un-polo-clave-cobre-nivel-global-n5987609",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-07",
   "outlet": "MINING.COM",
   "headline": "McEwen Copper seeks $4B to advance Los Azules",
   "url": "https://www.mining.com/mcewen-copper-seeks-4b-to-advance-los-azules/",
   "language": "en"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-03-02",
   "outlet": "Forbes Argentina",
   "headline": "Michael Meding: “El interés por la inversión en minerales es enorme y Argentina tiene una velocidad de desarrollo envidiable”",
   "url": "https://www.forbesargentina.com/negocios/michael-meding-el-interes-inversion-minerales-enorme-argentina-tiene-una-velocidad-desarrollo-envidiable-n87079",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-03-02",
   "outlet": "EconoJournal",
   "headline": "PDAC 2026. Mike Meding, CEO de Los Azules: “Cuando uno recomienda la construcción de la mina tiene que tener los fondos y en eso estamos trabajando”",
   "url": "https://econojournal.com.ar/mineria/mike-meding-ceo-de-los-azules/",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-03-01",
   "outlet": "Diario de Cuyo",
   "headline": "DIARIO DE CUYO en Canadá: Los Azules busca un socio estratégico para iniciar su construcción en 2027",
   "url": "https://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/cuyo-minero/diario-cuyo-canada-los-azules-busca-un-socio-estrategico-iniciar-su-construccion-2027-n6567107",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-12-26",
   "outlet": "Panorama Minero",
   "headline": "Los Azules: Large-scale construction expected to begin in 2027",
   "url": "https://www.panorama-minero.com/en/news/los-azules-large-scale-construction-expected-to-begin-in-2027",
   "language": "en"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-12-07",
   "outlet": "elDiarioAR",
   "headline": "Michael Meding, CEO de la mina de cobre Los Azules: “Hay que ver la contribución de cada glaciar al sistema hídrico”",
   "url": "https://www.eldiarioar.com/economia/michael-meding-ceo-mina-cobre-azules-hay-ver-contribucion-glaciar-sistema-hidrico_1_12825924.html",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-12-04",
   "outlet": "Diario de Cuyo",
   "headline": "El vicepresidente de McEwen Copper, Michael Meding, fue elegido como “Empresario Minero del Año 2025”",
   "url": "https://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/cuyominero/el-vicepresidente-de-los-azules-michael-meding-fue-elegido-como-empresario-minero-del-ano-2025-1806481.html",
   "language": "es"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025-11-11",
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 "notice": "Notice: meding.dev is the personal website of Michael Meding. It is not issued by McEwen Inc. or McEwen Copper and is not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell securities. Official disclosure: https://www.mcewenmining.com/, SEDAR+ and EDGAR. Feasibility study figures are from the NI 43-101 / S-K 1300 technical reports; targets and upside cases are forward-looking and may not be achieved.",
 "cautionary_notes": {
  "mineral_resources": "Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing or other relevant factors. Inferred mineral resources are considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorised as mineral reserves; they have had insufficient exploration to be classified as indicated or measured resources, and it is uncertain whether further exploration will upgrade them.",
  "forward_looking": "Statements on this page about future events are forward-looking. They include the final investment decision and full project financing expected in mid-2027, commercial cathode production targeted for 2030, the 2038 carbon-neutral goal, potential mine life extensions and the financing plan. They reflect McEwen Copper's current expectations, are not guarantees, and depend on financing, engineering, permits, metal prices, conditions in Argentina and the other risks described in McEwen Inc.'s filings with the SEC and on SEDAR+. Actual results may differ materially. Key assumptions, parameters and estimation methods are set out in the feasibility study announcement and the technical report.",
  "upside_case": "The growth case is outside the feasibility study and draws partly on inferred resources, which are too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them. A concentrator would add tailings storage and water use, and either route needs further studies, permits and financing.",
  "inventory": "Each category stands on its own and the figures are not added together. Resources that are not reserves have not demonstrated economic viability."
 },
 "disclaimer": "This is Michael Meding's personal website. It is not an offer of securities or investment advice. Official company information is at mcewenmining.com and in McEwen's SEC and SEDAR+ filings."
}