Kinross Gold Corporation (K) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Kinross Gold second quarter 2026 results conference call and webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one in your telephone keypad. Thank you. I'd now like to turn the call over to David Shaver, Executive Vice President. You may begin. Thank you and good morning. In the room with us today on the call, we have Paul Rowlinson, CEO, and from the Kinross Senior Leadership Team, Andrea Freeborough, Claude Schimper, Will Dunford, Jeff Gold, and Bernard Zassels, our incoming Chief Operating Officer. For a complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties which may lead to actual results differing from estimates contained in our forward-looking information, Please refer to page 3 of this presentation, our news release dated July 29, 2026, the MD&A for the period ending June 30, 2026, and our most recently filed AIF, all of which are available on our website. I will now turn the call over to Paul. Thanks, David, and thank you all for joining us. This morning, I will discuss our second quarter results, provide high level updates from across our portfolio, comment on sustainability achievements, and confirm our outlook. I will then hand the call back over to the team to provide further details. Before we begin discussing the quarter, I would like to highlight some changes to our senior leadership team. I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Bernard Vessels as Chief Operating Officer, succeeding Claude Schemper, who will be retiring later this year. Claude has been an integral part of KidROS for more than 16 years, including the pas...