Join Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President and CEO, and Mike Clark, CFO, as they present Contango ORE's Q1 financial results and provide insights on the company's latest mining operations and strategic initiatives. After the presentation, both executives will be available for a question and answer session.
Mr. Van Nieuwenhuyse was appointed to serve as President, Chief Executive Officer, and director of the Company effective January 6, 2020. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Trilogy Metals Inc. from January 2012 until December 2019. Between May 1999 and January of 2012, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NOVAGOLD, Inc, a company that he founded. He served as the Vice President of Exploration for Placer Dome from 1990 to 1997. Mr. Van Nieuwenhuyse holds a Candidature degree in Science from Université de Louvain, Belgium and a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of Arizona. Mr. Van Nieuwenhuyse currently serves on the board of directors of Alexco Resource Corp. He served on the board of directors of Sandfire Resources America, Inc. (formerly, Tintina Resources Inc.) from 2008 until 2016. Mr. Van Nieuwenhuyse has over forty years of experience in the minerals mining industry and brings significant industry and technical knowledge to the Company.
Mr. Clark was appointed to serve as Executive Vice President - Finance of the Company, effective July 11, 2023. He was then appointed as Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary, effective January 1, 2024. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for Alexco Resource Corp. from December 2014 to September 2022 at which time Alexco Resource Corp was acquired by Hecla Mining Company. Between 2010 and 2014, Mr. Clark served as Chief Financial Officer of Goldgroup Mining Inc. and from 2007 to 2010 Mr. Clark served as Chief Financial Officer for the Grosso Group and its member companies. Mr. Clark received an undergraduate degree from the British Columbia Institute of Technology and is a Canadian Qualified Chartered Professional Accountant. Between 2016 and 2020, Mr. Clark also served on the Board of Trustees for the Burnaby Hospital Foundation as Chair of the Finance Committee.
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Speaker 1: Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on where in the world you're signing in from. Thank you all for joining me today. Today I've got with me Contango's CFO, Mike Clark, and CEO, Rick Van Nuenheiser, to go over Contango's Q1 financials. Speaker 1: Mike got top billing because today is about financials, so he'll be the star of today's show. Today, what today's going to go is he's going to give a brief presentation summarizing yesterday's release. Then I've got a few questions, but this is absolutely an interactive event. So please do use the chat button in the bottom right hand of your screen to ask questions Speaker 1: for the Contango executives at any time during today's event. We'll try to get to all of them. I imagine we will actually during today's event, so please do make sure you get in the chat. I'll try to ask them in roughly sequential order. Speaker 1: Also, today's event is being recorded. It'll probably be in your inbox Speaker 1: mid-afternoon Speaker 1: Eastern time. It'll also be available on events.six.com Speaker 1: and on our YouTube channel. Without further ado, I'm going to go off screen and hand it over to Mike just to summarize yesterday's press release. Speaker 2: Thanks, Romeo, and good morning and good afternoon. Speaker 2: I'm just going to spend a few minutes just highlighting Speaker 2: the quarter ended March 31st, 2025 Speaker 2: and just talk on the Statement of Operations and Balance Sheet. On the Statement of Operations, we recorded USD$19M Speaker 2: in income from operations, Speaker 2: which includes USD$22.3M Speaker 2: in equity income from the peak Gold JV, which is our 30% Speaker 2: ownership in Manchot. Speaker 2: We recorded a net loss of USD$22.5M Speaker 2: for the quarter, which includes ...
