FORGENT PLC (FORG) — Investor Presentation

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the FORGENT PLC investor presentation. Throughout this recorded presentation, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged and be submitted at any time via the q and a tab situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question it receives during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and publish responses where it's appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I'd like to submit the following poll. I'd now like to hand you to James Parsons, CEO. Good afternoon, sir. Thank you, Lily, and good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us. As Lily said, this is James Parsons, chief executive officer, and joining me on the call today are Jeremy Madden, our finance director and company secretary, and Ed Mead, our lead geologist. We wanted to get back out in front of you following our recent announcements because activity here is about to accelerate sharply. Let me start with the headline. Next week, we commence drilling at Peak Hills. For FORGENT, this is a defining moment. The balance sheet has been repaired, the portfolio has been assembled, and now the real work begins. This is not another AIM story based on distant potential. This is a story about delivery, execution, and near term catalysts. So within days, there'll be a drill rig turning at Peak Hills. And this summer, we expect to be reporting the results. Now before we get into the assets themselves and the details of the drill program, it's worth just taking a step back and reminding ourselves of the broader market backdrop. We believe FORGENT is positioned at the intersection of two powerful commodity themes, copper increas...