Mike Westerlund | Vice President, Investor Relations |
Phil Baker | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Lindsay Hall | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Larry Radford | Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer |
Dean McDonald | Senior Vice President, Exploration |
Cosmos Chiu | CIBC |
Heiko Ihle | H.C. Wainwright |
John Bridges | J.P. Morgan |
Mark Mihaljevic | RBC Capital Markets |
John Tumazos | Very Independent Research |
Lucas Pipes | B. Riley FBR |
Matthew Fields | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2018 Hecla Mining Company Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference maybe recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today’s conference, Mike Westerlund, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.