Paul Wright

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am Paul Wright, Chair of Centerra Board of Directors. And on behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome you to this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Centerra Gold Inc. I'm here with Centerra's President and CEO, Paul Tomory; Centerra's Corporate Secretary, Mr. Yousef Rehman.

Also participating on this virtual meeting are some members of the current Board and members of the management of Centerra. As with last year, we are holding this meeting in a virtual-only format.

Few housekeeping matters to go through before we commence the business at hand. First all microphones are automatically on mute, questions by shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders can be submitted via the Lumi chat option. Please note that there will be a slight delay in the publication of the communications received.

Secondly, questions will only be addressed at the end of the meeting. However, questions regarding procedural matters are directly related to a specific motion may be addressed during the meeting. Only be addressing questions pertaining to the business at hand for this meeting. Depending on the number of questions received, we may not be able to address all of them. We cannot address all questions raised during the meeting, a member of management will endeavor to respond as soon as practical, after the meeting.

We always appreciate comments and feedback from our shareholders and encourage you to reach out to our Investor Relations department at any time with any questions.

Questions or comments containing inappropriate language, profanities, hostilities or that are otherwise disruptive to the orderly conduct of the meeting will not be published or answered. Similarly, questions or comments which are redundant will not be