Paul Skayman
Analyst · Haywood Securities
Thanks, George. Good morning, everyone. Starting with Turkey. Kisladag produced 52,600 ounces of gold, which was in line with our expectations for the quarter. I should remind everyone traditionally Kisladag has a slow first quarter due to cold weather and rainfall. Inventory levels rose during the quarter, in line with material placed on the pads been better grade than previously and also have been at higher levels on the pad than previously. Tonnes of ore mined and placed on pad were in line with budget and the grade of the material exceeded our budget. However, 0.94 is still our predicted overall TRID [ph] rate for 2017. Year-to-date, strip ratio at Kisladag was 1.27, slightly above our Q1 budget number, but approximately in line with full year guidance of 1.18. Cash cost for the quarter, as George said, very good at $446, a combination of currency exchange and site efficiencies were responsible for that number. Also in Turkey, Efemcukuru turned another solid quarter, production of 22,500 ounces. Tonnage mined and processed was slightly over budget, ounce production slightly behind due to lower traded head grade in Q1. Cash cost for Q1 were $515 an ounce, and again, slightly lower than our guidance of $525 to $575. Moving over to Greece. Olympias is in the final stage of commissioning, things appear to be progressing well. Material has been mined, placed on surface, now moving through the circuit and we're happy with how things are going. We remain on track for commercial production in Q3. And as George said, we're looking forward to hosting some of you over the next month or 2, as you get to see for yourself the progress on site. At Skouries, I indicated earlier in the year, we had a slow start to 2017 with significant snowfall for most of the first 2 months over the site. With improving weather conditions, work is now moving forward again and we continue to work on areas in the process plant, along with proprietary works around the tailings pond. At Tocantinzinho, we received the installation license just this week. However, we're still waiting for permits surrounding tailings and solution ponds. We're satisfying request for extra work on these areas of the project, which are required due to design concerns on tailing dam given the recent tails dam issues in Brazil. However, we do not anticipate any specific issues and expect to have these permits later this year. At the same time, basic engineering is nearly completed in Vancouver on Tocantinzinho. And with that, I'll turn it over to Fabby.