BTG - B2Gold Corp. (BTG) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-02-22 14:58:04 ET
B2Gold Corp. (BTG)
Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call
February 22, 2024, 11:00 am ET
Company Participants
Clive Johnson - President & CEO
Mike Cinnamond - SVP, Finance & CFO
Bill Lytle - SVP & COO
Peter Montano - VP, Projects
Victor King - SVP, Exploration
Conference Call Participants
Wayne Lam - RBC
Ovais Habib - Scotiabank
Anita Soni - CIBC World Markets
Don DeMarco - National Bank Financial
Presentation
Operator
Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to B2Gold Corporation's Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for analysts to ask questions. [Operator Instructions].
I would now like to turn the conference over to Clive Johnson, President and CEO of B2Gold. Please go ahead, sir.
Clive Johnson
Thank you, Operator. Hello, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We're here today, as the operator said, to discuss the fourth quarter 2023 financial results and also the full year of 2024.
I want to start the call off by again extending the condolences to all those at B2Gold for the tragic loss of life in Mali February 15, there was an armed attack on a convoy of our buses and unfortunately four people were killed in the attack. So we'd like to extend our condolences to the families of those that passed and also our best wishes for the full recovery of the people that are in hospital.
We are with the government working on an extensive investigation of what happened in the incident that happened about 300 km from the Fekola mine on the national highway, which is the way that many of the mines in the area and people in the area travel along the main highway. So we've had a trouble spot there in the past. We've taken steps with the government to improve security. We will continue to work with the government to improve the security for our employees who is traveling to and from the mine. The investigation will help us understand the motivation of the attack who the attackers were, and with that report, which will be done shortly, we'll take some additional steps....
B2Gold Corp. (BTG) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript