Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO) Q4 2022 Results Conference Call February 24, 2023 11:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Lisa Wilkinson - Vice President, Investor Relations

George Burns - President and Chief Executive Officer

Phil Yee - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Simon Hille - Senior Vice President, Technical Services and Operations

Conference Call Participants

Kerry Smith - Haywood Securities

Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank

Mike Parkin - National Bank

Operator

Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the Eldorado Gold Fourth Quarter and Year End 2022 Financial and Operational Results Conference Call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions [Operator Instructions].

I would now like to turn the conference over to Lisa Wilkinson, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Lisa Wilkinson

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. I'd like to welcome you to our fourth quarter and year end 2022 results conference call. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that, we will be making forward-looking statements and referring to non-IFRS measures during the call. Please refer to the cautionary statements included in the presentation and the disclosure on non-IFRS measures in our management's discussion and analysis as well as well as the risk factors set out in our annual information form. Joining me on the call today, we have George Burns, President and Chief Executive Officer; Phil Yee, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Simon Hille, Senior Vice President, Technical Services and Operations. Other members of the senior leadership team will also be available for the Q&A session. Our release yesterday details our fourth quarter and year end 2022 financial and operating results. This should be read in conjunction with our fourth quarter and year end financial statements and management's discussion and analysis, both of which are available on our Web site. They have also been filed on SEDAR and EDGAR. All dollar figures discussed today are US dollars unless otherwise stated. We will be speaking to the slides that accompany this webcast. You can download a copy from our Web site. After the prepared remarks, we will open the call for Q&A. At this time, we would invite analysts to queue for questions.

I will now turn the call over to George.

George Burns

Thanks, Lisa, and good morning, everyone. Here is the outline for today's call. I'll provide a brief overview of Q4 results and highlights before passing it to Phil to go through the financials and Simon to review our operational performance. Then we will open the call to questions from analysts. In light of the devastating earthquakes that took place in Turkey and Syria at the beginning of February and earlier this week, I on behalf of the Eldorado team would like to extend our condolences to those impacted by the disaster. In the immediate period following the initial earthquakes, our mine rescue teams from Efemçukuru and Kisladag mobilized to the impacted area. A number of these team members are highly trained in underground mine rescue, a much needed skill for earthquake rescue and recovery efforts. The teams were able to save several lives and recover victims so they could be returned to their families to be grieved for. Additionally, Tüprag, Eldorado's Turkey subsidiary donated blankets, raincoats and other essential supplies to support those in the earthquake affected regions. Working with our colleagues in Turkey, we will continue to provide aid and assistance to support the relief efforts as needed in the days, weeks and months ahead. Fortunately, our operations are located over 1,000 kilometers away and were not impacted by the earthquakes. We will continue to assess the situation and our top priority as always is to ensure the continuing safety and well being of our team members. I would like to thank our entire team in Turkey for responding so quickly and compassionately to this tragedy. These efforts have been an inspiration for all of us.