Kinross Gold Corporation

Good morning. My name is Rob and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Ken Ross Gold second quarter 2023 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 would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press the star one. Thank you. Chris Lichtenheld, Vice President, Investor Relations. You may begin your conference.

Thank you, and good morning.

With us today, we have Paul Rowlinson, President and CEO, and from the Kinross Senior Leadership Team, Andrea Freeborough, Claude Schimpert, Ned Jalil, and Jeff Gold. 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 two of this presentation, our news release dated August 2nd, 2023, the MD&A for the period ended June 30th, 2023, and our most recently filed AIF, all of which are available on our website. I will now turn the call over to Paul.