Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by. My name is Pruella and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Arizona Q2 2026 results webcast and conference call. 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. And if you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press the star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press the star one again. Thank you. I would now like to turn the conference over to Patrick Downey, President and CEO. You may begin. Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining us for Orzone's second quarter 2026 results conference call and webcast. Joining me today is Peter Tam, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I ask everyone to take note of the forward-looking statements and other disclosures in slides two and three of the presentation and I'll start on slide four with an overview of the quarter. Q2 marked our first quarter operating as a multi-mine gold producer following the acquisition of Casa Berardi Mine in late March. At Bombori, we produced just over 38,000 ounces of gold during the quarter and as previously discussed, we expect a very strong second half at Bombori as we gain full access to the higher grade hard rock ore and that is happening in Q3. At Casa Berardi, we produced just over 20,500 ounces of gold in our first full quarter of ownership. Since closing the acquisition, our focus has been investing in the operation, particularly in underground development, equipment, and exploration, and we're making excellent progress in each of those areas. We also continue to...