Michael Westerlund | VP, IR |
Phil Baker | CEO, President and Director |
Lindsay Hall | CFO and SVP |
Larry Radford | SVP, Operations |
Dean McDonald | SVP, Exploration |
John Bridges | JP Morgan |
Brett Levy | Seelaus & Co |
Heiko Ihle | H.C. Wainwright |
Cosmos Chiu | CIBC |
Ryan Thompson | BMO |
John Tumazos | John Tumazos Very Independent Research |
Trevor Turnbull | Scotiabank |
Matthew Fields | Bank of America |
Lucas Pipes | B. Riley |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Q4 and 2017 Hecla Mining Company Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Mike Westerlund, Vice President of Investor Relations.