Endeavour Mining plc (EDV) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Endeavor Mining's first quarter 2026 results webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After management's presentation, there will be question and answer sessions. So for those who wish to ask a question, please dial in to the phone line. Please note that due to time constraints, we will be prioritizing questions from covering analysts. Today's conference call is being recorded. And the transcript of the call will be available on Endeavor's website tomorrow. And I'd like to hand the call over to Endeavor's Vice President of Investor Relations, Jack Garman. Please go ahead, sir. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Endeavor's Q1 2026 results webcast. Before we start, please note our usual disclaimer. On the call today, I'm joined by Ian Cockrell, Chief Executive Officer, Guy Young, Chief Financial Officer, Jaria Traore, Executive Vice President of Operations in ESG, and Sonia Scarcelli, Executive Vice President of Growth and Exploration. Today's call will follow our usual format. Ian will first go through the highlights of the quarter, then I will present the financials, and Jaria will walk you through our operating results by mine, before handing back to Ian for his closing remarks. We'll then open the line up for questions. I'll now hand over to Ian. Thanks, Jack, and welcome to everyone joining us on the call today. Now, Q1 2026 was a record quarter for Endeavor, with a strong operational performance and elevated gold price underpinning a very strong financial result. Production of 282,000 ounces was in line with our plan, and we expect to see progressive improvements as we move through the year as stripping activity opens up progressively higher-grade ore through to Q4 later on this year, whil...