Rob McEwen, chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining (NYSE, TSX: MUX), joins Small Caps to discuss the company's three producing mines in Nevada, Ontario and Argentina.

Rob has been associated with the gold industry all his career, his first 18 years in the investment industry and since 1990 as CEO of several gold mining companies.

Rob is the founder of Goldcorp, where he took the company from a market capitalisation of $50 million to over $8 billion.

He owns 17% of McEwen Mining, 15% of McEwen Copper and takes a salary of $1 per year.

The cost of his investment in MUX and McEwen Copper is US$220 million.

Rob and his wife, Cheryl, have donated over $60 million to encourage excellence and innovation in healthcare and education.

Rob was awarded the Order of Canada in 2007, the Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Award in 2013, was inducted into the Mining Hall of Fame in 2017 and has Honorary Doctor of Law Degrees from York University and Western University.

He is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Schulich School of Business; X Prize Foundation: Vision Circle and Board of Trustees; a member of CEO (Chief Executive Organization) and of WPO (World Presidents’ Organization) and serves on the Advisory Board of the McEwen School of Architecture.