Taseko Mines Ltd (NYSE:TGB) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 4, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Bergot - VP, IR

Stuart McDonald - President, CEO & Director

Bryce Hamming - CFO

Richard Tremblay - SVP, Operations

Conference Call Participants

Orest Wowkodaw - Scotiabank

Edward Brucker - Barclays Bank

Craig Hutchison - TD Securities

Alexander Terentiew - Stifel Nicolaus

Alexander Bedwany - Canaccord Genuity

Michael Kozak - Cantor Fitzgerald

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michelle, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Taseko's Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Brian Bergot. Please go ahead, sir.

Brian Bergot

Thank you, operator. Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining Taseko's third quarter conference call. The news release and regulatory filing announcing our financial and operational results was issued yesterday after market close and is available on our website at tasekomines.com and on SEDAR.

I am joined today in Vancouver by Taseko's President and CEO, Stuart McDonald, Taseko's Chief Financial Officer, Bryce Hamming; and our Senior VP, Operations, Richard Tremblay. As usual, before we get into opening remarks by management, I would like to remind our listeners that our comments and answers to your questions will contain forward-looking information. This information, by its nature, is subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause the stated outcome to differ materially from the actual outcome.

For further information on these risks and uncertainties, I encourage you to read the cautionary note that accompanies our third quarter MD&A and the related news release as well as the risk factors particular to our company.

I would also like to point out that we will use various non-GAAP measures during the call. You can find explanations and reconciliations regarding these measures in the related news release.

Following opening remarks, we will open the phone lines to analysts and investors for a question-and-answer session. I will now turn the call over to Stuart for his remarks.

Stuart McDonald

Thank you, Brian, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining the call today to Taseko's third quarter operational and financial results. But before we get into those details, let's start with an update on our Florence Copper Project as there were a number of positive developments this quarter.

In mid-August, the U.S. EPA issued the draft Underground Injection Control permit. This is the final key permit required for the commercial production facility. Although the timing was several months later than we would have liked, the permit wording was as expected. No surprises.