Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE:FSM) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 9, 2023 12:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Jorge Alberto Ganoza - President & Chief Executive Officer

David Whittle - Chief Operating Officer, West Africa

Cesar Velasco - Chief Operating Officer, Latin America

Luis Dario Ganoza - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Eric Winmill - Scotiabank

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Fortuna Silver Mines Q3 2023 Financial and Operational Results Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode and the floor will be open for questions after the presentation. [Operator Instructions] Please note this conference is being recorded.

I will now turn the conference over to your host Jorge Alberto Ganoza, CEO of Fortuna Silver Mines. Jorge over to you.

Jorge Alberto Ganoza

Thank you, Jenny, and good morning to all and welcome again. In addition to myself, we have on the line Luis Dario Ganoza, Chief Financial Officer; Cesar Velasco, Chief Operating Officer of Latin America; and David Whittle, our Chief Operating Officer for West Africa.

For your reference during the conference call, we have provided a third quarter results presentation available on the landing page of our website under Featured Presentations.

As we will be making forward-looking statements during the call, please refer to our cautionary statements included in the presentation, news release, MD&A and the risk factors in our Annual Information Form. Technical information in the presentation has been reviewed and approved by Eric Chapman, our Senior Vice President, Technical Services and qualified person. Financial figures contained in the presentation and discussed in today's call are presented in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

Yesterday before market opened, we reported record production and financial results. Our noteworthy results are the successful outcome of 2 years of hard work and focused execution on our strategic plan. We have placed ourselves in a strong position to deliver shareholder value today and into the future. Since the Roxgold acquisition in mid-2021, we have successfully expanded and consolidated our presence in two of the most exciting mining regions in the world, West Africa and Latin America. We have a balanced mine asset portfolio that offers multiple value enhancing opportunities.

Now, let me tell you why the achievements of this quarter are so important. I see this as an inaugural quarter due to the start of contribution of our feed and flagship mine Séguéla. So I will be comparing performance versus the previous second quarter, which I believe helps better see the impact and the change in the business. Production and financial results are highlighted by record figures across all relevant metrics of the business.