Stefan Spears

Biography

Mr. Spears has over 15 years experience as a senior executive in the resource exploration and mining industry. He began his mining career at Goldcorp and in 2005 joined McEwen Capital Corporation to focus on resource sector investments. In 2008 he joined McEwen Mining (TSX/NYSE:MUX) as Vice President in charge of U.S. Projects. After successfully founding Coreprint Patterns Inc., an innovative sand casting pattern manufacturer whose repeat clients have included several multi-national corporations in the mining and industrial sectors, Mr. Spears rejoined McEwen Mining to address Special Projects with a focus on corporate development and to tackle technical challenges in operations. He has experience in gold exploration in Canada, USA and Mexico, and was involved in raising over C$400 million in equity capital for exploration and development projects. Mr. Spears holds a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from Queen’s University. He is also a board member of Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX-V:GPY).

Research Interest

Geology, Earth Science