New Gold Inc. (NYSE:NGD) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 27, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Ankit Shah - EVP, Strategy and Business Development

Patrick Godin - President and CEO

Keith Murphy - Vice President, Finance

Conference Call Participants

Fahad Tariq - Credit Suisse

Anita Soni - CIBC

Operator

Good morning. My name is Michelle and I will be your conference operator today. Welcome to the New Gold Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. Please be advised that today's conference call and webcast is being recorded. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to hand the conference over to Ankit Shah, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. Please go ahead.

Ankit Shah

Thank you, Michelle and good morning everyone. We appreciate you joining us today for New Gold's second quarter 2023 earnings conference call and webcast. On the line today we have Patrick Godin, President and CEO; and Keith Murphy, our VP Finance. Should you wish to follow along with the webcast, please sign-in from our homepage at newgold.com.

Before the team begins the presentation, I would like to direct your attention to our cautionary language related to forward-looking statements found on slides two and three of the presentation.

Today's commentary includes forward-looking statements relating to New Gold. In this respect, we refer you to our detailed cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements in the presentation. You are cautioned that actual results and future events could differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements. Slides two and three provide additional information and should be reviewed.

We also refer you to the section titled Risk Factors in New Gold's latest Annual Information Form, MD&A, and other filings available on SEDAR, which set out certain material factors that could cause actual results to differ.

In addition, at the conclusion of the presentation, there are a number of end notes that provide important information and should be reviewed in conjunction with the material presented.

I will now turn the call over to Pat for some opening remarks.

Patrick Godin

Thanks Ankit and good morning everyone. I want to welcome Keith Murphy, our VP of Finance to the call. Keith will cover the quarterly result going forward, and we are excited to have him joining us.

I wanted to give a few brief remarks before to turn the call over to Keith to discuss the quarter. We had an excellent quarter and continued to build on the momentum from the beginning of the year. I note on our first quarter call that Q2 will see planned major maintenance perform at Rainy River. I also note at that time that our team prepares for the worst, but we plan for the best. And I'm proud to say our team showed great resilience.