Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Alliance Resource Partners First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Cary Marshall, Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Resource Partners. Thank you, sir. You may begin.

Cary Marshall
Senior VP & CFO of Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC

Thank you, operator. Good morning, and welcome, everyone. Earlier today, Alliance Resource Partners released its first quarter 2026 financial and operating results. We will review the quarter, discuss our perspective on current market conditions and outlook for 2026 and then open the call to answer your questions. Before beginning, a reminder that some of our remarks today may include forward-looking statements, which are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained in our filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are also reflected in this morning's press release.

While these forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us, if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or if our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those we projected or expected. In providing these remarks, the partnership has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of