the goal of mcewen mining is to qualify for inclusion in the s&p 500 by creating a high growth gold producer focused in the americas. mcewen mining's principal assets consist of the san josé mine in santa cruz, argentina (49% interest); the el gallo complex in sinaloa, mexico; the gold bar project in nevada, us; the los azules project in san juan, argentina and a large portfolio of exploration properties in argentina, mexico and nevada. mcewen mining has 297,417,091 shares issued and outstanding at august 7, 2014. rob mcewen, chairman, president and chief owner, owns 25% of the shares of the company (assuming all outstanding exchangeable shares are exchanged for an equivalent amount of common shares). as of june 30, 2014 mcewen mining had cash and liquid assets of approximately us$16.6 million.