Hecla Mining Company

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Good morning, Adam, and thank you all for joining us for HECLR's third quarter 2024 results conference call. I'm Anvita Patil, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer. Our earnings release that was issued yesterday along with today's presentation are available on our website. On the call is Cassie Boggs, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Rob Krishnarov, Incoming President and Chief Executive Officer, Russell Lawler, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Carlos Aguar, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, and Kurt Allen, Vice President of Exploration. At the conclusion of our prepared remarks, we will be all available to answer questions. Any forward-looking statements made today by the management team come under the Private Securities Dedication Reform Act and involve risks as shown on slide two in our earnings release and in our 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. These and other risks could cause results to differ from those projected in the forward-looking statement. Any non-GAAP measures cited in this call and related slides are reconciled in the slides or the news release. I want to remind you, if you would like to have a call with management, You can do so by using the link under the section Virtual Investor Event in our earnings release I positioned yesterday. I will now pass the call to Cassie.

Thanks, Anveta. Good morning, everyone. I want to express both my excitement and gratitude that Rob has agreed to join us as the next president and CEO of HECLA. I've known Rob for 19 years, and based both on my experience in working with him and his proven track record of success, The board is confident he is the right person to lead HECLA, not only at this junction, but well into the future. Rob is a seasoned and successful geologist, having worked in the mining industry for three decades. He has broad experience across various geographies and operations. But more importantly, he is a leader who provides vision and fosters collaboration and teamwork by bringing diverse groups together. And that's what HECLA needs. So with these opening remarks, I'll pass the call to Rob both to introduce himself and to give some perspective on why he decided to join Heckler.