IAMGOLD Corporation (NYSE:IAG) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 8, 2024 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Graeme Jennings - VP, IR
Renaud Adams - President and CEO
Maarten Theunissen - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Lawson Winder - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Anita Soni - CIBC World Market
Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank
Simon Wildsmith - Canaccord Genuity

Operator

Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the IAMGOLD Third Quarter 2024 Operating and Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast. 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]

At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Graeme Jennings, VP Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for IAMGOLD. Please go ahead, Mr. Jennings.

Graeme Jennings

Thank you, operator, and welcome everyone to our conference call today. Joining us on the call are Renaud Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maarten Theunissen, Chief Financial Officer, Bruno Lemelin, Chief Operating Officer, Tim Bradburn, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Dorena Quinn, Senior Vice President, People.

We are joining today from IAMGOLD's Toronto office, which is located on Treaty 13 Territory on the traditional lands of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. At IAMGOLD, we believe respecting and upholding Indigenous rights is founded upon relationships that foster trust, transparency and mutual respect.

Please note that our remarks on this call will include forward-looking statements and refer to non-IFRS measures. We encourage you to refer to the cautionary statements and disclosures on non-IFRS measures included in the presentation and the reconciliations of these measures in our most recent MD&A, each under the heading Non-GAAP Financial Measures. With respect to the technical information to be discussed, please refer to the information in the presentation in the heading Qualified Person and Technical Information. The slides referenced on this call can be viewed on our website.

I'll now turn the call over to our President and CEO, Renaud Adams.

Renaud Adams

Thank you, Graeme, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. The third quarter was another exciting quarter for IAMGOLD, as our operations performed well, demonstrating safe, stable production and strong cash flow growth. Gold production year-to-date for the company totals 490,000 gold ounces. Driven by the strong year-to-date performance at Essakane and the turnaround of Westwood, both assets which are poised to achieve the near -- the upper end of the production guidance estimate.