Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TRQ) CEO Steve Thibeault on Q3 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TRQ) Q3 2021 Results Conference Call November 3, 2021 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Roy McDowall - IR
Steve Thibeault - Interim CEO
Luke Colton - CFO
Jo-Anne Dudley - COO

Conference Call Participants

Jackie Przybylowski - BMO
Orest Wowkodaw - Scotiabank
Craig Hutchison - TD Securities
Ralph Profiti - Eight Capital
Dalton Baretto - Canaccord
Richard Hatch - Berenberg

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Turquoise Hill Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

This call is being recorded today, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. And I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Roy McDowall. Please go ahead, sir.

Roy McDowall

Thank you, Michelle. Good morning. I’m Roy McDowall, Head of Investor Relations and Communications. Welcome to our third quarter 2021 financial results conference call. On Tuesday, we released our third quarter 2021 results press release, MD&A and financial statements. These items are available on our website and SEDAR.

With me today on the call is Steve Thibeault, our Interim CEO; Luke Colton, our CFO; and Jo-Anne Dudley, our COO. This call and presentation includes certain forward-looking statements and information. We refer you to the forward-looking statements section of the annual information form dated March 8, 2021 supplemented by our MD&A, the 3 and 9 months ended September 30, 2021.

And now I’d like to turn the call over to Steve.

Steve Thibeault

Thank you, Roy, and good morning to everyone. Thank you for joining us for our third quarter 2021 earnings call. Jo-Anne, Luke and I will be available for Q&As following our presentation. Please note Slide 2 and 3 contain our cautionary statements, and I would encourage you to read through them.

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