Hudbay Minerals Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by.

Welcome to the HUD-Bay Minerals Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. To join the question queue, you may press star then 1 on your telephone keypad. Should you need assistance during the conference call, you may reach an operator by pressing star then 0. I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded today, July 29, 2026, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. I will now turn the conference over to Candace Brule, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets and Corporate Affairs. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator. Good morning and welcome to HUD-based second quarter 2026 results conference call. Hudbay's financial results were issued this morning and are available on our website at www.hudbay.com. A corresponding PowerPoint presentation is available in the Investor Events section of our website, and we encourage you to refer to it during this call. Our presenter today is Peter Kukielski, Hudbay's Chief Executive Officer. Accompanying Peter for the Q&A portion of the call will be Eugene Lee, our President and Chief Financial Officer, Andre Lauzon, our Chief Operating Officer who will be retiring in September and Rob Carter, our Senior Vice President of Canadian Operations and incoming Chief Operating Officer. Please note that comments made on today's call may contain forward-looking information and this information by its nature is subject to risks and uncertainties and as such actual results may differ materially from the views expressed today. For further information on these risks and uncertainties, please consult the company's relevant filings on CDAR Plus and EDGAR. These documents are also available on our website. As a reminder, all amounts discussed on today's call are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. And now I'll pass the call over to Peter Kukielski.