Kinross Gold Corporation

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Kinross second quarter 2022 results conference call and webcast. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent background noise. Should you require any assistance, please press star zero on your telephone keypad and an operator will assist you. During today's call, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, Simply press star 1 on your telephone keypad. I will now turn the conference over to Chris Lichtenhout, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you and good morning. With us today we have Paul Rowlinson, President and CEO, and from the Kinross Senior Leadership Team, Andrew Fribro, Paul Tamori, and Jeff Gold. Differing from estimates contained in our forward-looking information, please refer to page 2 of this presentation, our news release dated July 27, 2022, the MD&A for the period ended June 30, 2022, and our most recently filed AIF, all of which are available on our website. I will now turn the call over to Paul.

Thanks, Chris, and thank you all for joining us. Today, I'm going to briefly review our second quarter performance, comment on our expectations for the second half of 2022, and update you on key developments across our portfolio. Then I will provide some comments on the state of our business and the compelling value opportunity our shares currently offer. After that, I will turn the call over to Andrea and Paul, who will provide more detail on our financial performance and on our operations. Beginning with our results, as a company that has met guidance nine out of the last 10 years, I am not happy with our operational results in the first half of this year.