Join CEO Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse and CFO Mike Clark as they run through the finer details of this morning press release on Q2 Financials for the company. After a brief interview, the floor will be open to live Q&A from investors.
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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Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where in the world you're logging in from today. I'm lucky enough to have with me today Rick Van Nuenhuysen, CEO of Contango Silver and Gold, and Mike Clark, the company's CFO, discussed their recently released Q2 financials. Gentlemen, how are you doing today? Good morning, Bianca, good to see you again. Good morning. And you too, Mike. Always good to see you both. For folks in the room, this is an interactive event. So you can use the chat button at the bottom of at any point at today's event to get to submit your questions. We will try to get to your questions but note that this is only 0.5 an hour event today so if for whatever reason we don't get to your questions someone from the Contango team will be able to help you very shortly. You can also request a meeting with the team at any point during today's event by clicking the request meeting button at the bottom of your screen. All right, let's get into it today. Rick, this is the 1st full 0.25 reporting as Contango Silver and Gold at Consult Value in the portfolio and the PedgeBook fully behind you as of July. Before we get into the numbers, how would you like to frame where the company sits today compared to where it was at this point last year? Yeah, I mean, Obviously adding the Dolly Varden asset, the Kitsalt, it really is a world-class asset. I think that's why we were eager to get the transaction completed. The teams are integrated. We'll talk more about the drilling later, but we've got 5 rigs turning at Kitsalt. But there's a lot of other activity going on in the company at Lucky Shot and at Johnson Track. But I think, frankly, the most exciting news for me is we're out from underneath the hedges. We've got a clear exposure for our shareholders t...
