Operator

Hello, and welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Orezone Gold Corporation. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. If you participate in today's meeting and disclose personal information, you will be deemed to consent to the recording, transfer and use of same. If you disclose personal information of another person in today's meeting, you will be deemed to represent and warrant to Computershare and the corporation that you first obtain all required consents for the disclosure, recording, transfer and use of such personal information from all appropriate persons before your disclosure.

It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Patrick Downey, President and CEO and a Director of Orezone.

Patrick Downey
President, CEO & Director

Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Orezone Gold Corporation. My name is Patrick Downey. I am the President and CEO and a Director of the company. The Board of the Directors of the company has delegated to me the authority to lead the meeting of the shareholders today.

On behalf of Orezone, I want to thank Joe Conway for his contributions and guidance during his tenure as a Board member.

As this meeting is held virtually via live webcast, we will set out a few rules for the orderly conduct of the meeting, and I'll ask Ryan Goodman, the company's Senior Vice President and General Counsel to do so.

Ryan Goodman
Senior VP, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Thanks, Patrick. One, questions in respect of a motion can be submitted by any registered shareholder or duly appointed proxy holder