Aya Gold & Silver (TSX:AYA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

0:00 Good morning, everyone. I will now turn the call over to Elizabeth Humui, Aya Gold and Silver, Director of Corporate and Financial Communications. Please go ahead. Thank you, operator, and welcome to Aya's Second Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Conference Call. Joining me today are Benoit Lassalle, President and CEO Yiguo Landry Tostchak, Chief Financial Officer Elias Elias, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer Rafael Baudoin, Vice President of Operations and David Lalonde, Vice President of Exploration. We will refer to a presentation available via the webcast and on our website. As we will be making forward looking statements during the call, please refer to the cautionary notes in the presentation, news release and MD and A, as well as the risk factors in our annual information form.

0:53 Technical information in the presentation has been reviewed and approved by Rafael Baudoin, Aya's Vice President of Operations and David Lalonde, Aya's Vice President of Exploration, both qualified persons as defined under National Instruments 40 three-one 101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. And following the presentation, we will have a Q and A session. I would now like to turn the call over to Benoit Hassan. Benoit? Elizabeth, thank you very much. Welcome, everyone, to our Q2 twenty twenty six conference call. It is another very strong quarter for AYA. We have pre released the production results for the quarter. You recall that the production for Q2 is 1,700,000 ounces of silver equivalent, which is a 61 increase year over year, and it's a 12% increase quarter over quarter.

1:53 That translated into very strong financial results. So our revenue for the second quarter of twenty twenty six stands at $97,000,000 which is an increase of 151% year over year. Our net income for Q2 is at $35,000,000 which is also a very strong increase from the previous year. And our cash flow is at US48 million dollars which is a 522% increase from the previous year Q2 twenty twenty five. So we have a very strong quarter in revenue, strong quarter in profit, strong quarter in cash flow.

2:45 And this, as we all know, due to the seasonality in Morocco, Q1 is always a little bit lighter because of the weather. Q2 comes out of the winter and is a stronger quarter. Q3 is stronger than Q3 than Q2, sorry, and Q4 has been historically our strongest quarter. So we're very pleased with the first half of the year as we will review some of the numbers. Now for the KPIs, the key performance indicator of the mine, the Zugundeer mine has performed extremely well. The mining rate continues to improve and it's up 7% quarter over quarter.

3:33 And I'm pleased to say that the mining rate on a daily basis achieved 4,900 ton a day. You recall that the plant and as was designed for 2,700 ton a day, and one of the key element was to make sure that the mining rate was gonna be aligned with the nameplate of the plant, which was supposed to be 2,700. We know now it's a lot higher, but the mining rate is at 4,900 ton a day. We had record performance achieved from the underground and the open pit. So we're extremely pleased with the outcome. The grade through the plan was 141 gram per ton, which is right where we wanted it to be.

4:21 And another element which is important is because we're mining more than we're processing, we have an ore stockpile of 374,000 tons. That is extremely important. It's the buffer that is there. If we reduce mining rates for more development, especially on the underground where we want to go to the lower level, we have 374,000 tons of ore stockpile. At the plant, we have record milling rate in Q2, which again reflects our strong execution. Q2 average is 3,900 ton a day compared to the previous quarter at 3,600 ton a day and to last year, same quarter over quarter was 3,000 ton a day And that we know the nameplate was 2,700.

5:16 So we've moved in the ramp up from 2,700 to 3,000 last year, started the year this year at 3,600 ton a day and are now at 3,900 ton a day and expect this to grow up a little bit again for Q3 and Q4. Strong recoveries as well at the plant and other KPI above 90% recovery and above 90% availability. So all of our KPIs are green. We manage them on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis. Currently, everything is in the green. We've also brought in a temporary crushing contractor to improve the throughput and we're adding a new crushing section to the plant and that should be ready by the beginning of twenty twenty seven.

6:12 Moving to the next slide, which is the selling price throughout the quarter. You recall that Q1 was exceptional as silver reach $120 per ounce in January. Of course, since then, we've seen a strong correction. So for Gundbert, the average selling price for Q2 twenty twenty six is $68.29 So it's $15 less than Q1, but it's very close to the average of the quarter. You understand that the average of the quarter is very hard to meet in a decreasing price environment because you don't sell every day. So in a decreasing price environment, you're a little bit below the average.

7:02 The average for the quarter is a little bit above 70 and we're at 68.29. We were above the average in Q1 because it was increasing at the time, so that was a little bit easier to be above the average, but it's still an extremely good selling price knowing that Q4 last year, we were all very happy with $59.23 So again, a strong selling price in Q2 for Gundaere And actually the selling price at Boumazim for some just reason was a little bit better at $70 an ounce, but we have a payability there of 50%. So the selling price was net at 35 because you remember, we're tailings, which has a lot of difficult elements.

7:55 So when you look at the cash costs, we were expecting cash costs to come down as Gundaer because we are now on a steady rate, increasing actually the throughput, but on a steady rate. And yes, we're very pleased that for Q2 twenty twenty six, the cash cost at Gundais is at $17.69 That's something coming from $18.64 in the previous quarter and $20 in Q4 of twenty twenty five. So again, are small details, better efficiency and we are working on cash costs, but at 17.69 knowing that this is a brand new plant, the development costs, the additional costs, sustaining costs are extremely low at Gundair, it's probably $3 an ounce maximum, it's not even that in Q1 and in Q2, So you're looking at a cash cost of $17.69 dollars which is a very, very good position to be in.

9:03 To the next slide at Boumadinho, just quickly Boumadinho is a bit of an add on to Gundaer. We're processing the old tailings. It's a reclamation operation, it had no CapEx, very low cash costs at $10.58 an ounce. It just generates cash flow. We're a little bit lower on the production front and we knew Q1 again, when you have a lot of rain in tailings, of course, it's a bit more complicated because it's slushy. So Q1 and Q2 were a little bit lower. We knew Q3, Q4 are going to be a lot higher, but we still managed to produce 187,000 ounces of silver equivalent and we made a margin of $20 As I said, we sold it for $35 an ounce. Our cash cost at Boumazin is $10.58 We made $20 an ounce, so 20 times 185,000 ounces of production, it's still $3,600,000 of free cash flow coming to Boumazim to pay for the operation and for the drilling. So it's a very nice add on to Usgunda, which we have in operation and accelerating in Q3 and Q4.

10:29 Looking at the next slide is the cash position at quarter end. We started the year in January 1, we had $136,000,000 in the bank of free cash. We always have $16,000,000 of restricted cash, which is part of the EBRD loan package. We started with $136,000,000 in the first six months of the year, we generated $119,000,000 of operating cash flow. So 136,000,000 we add to that 119,000,000 of operating cash flow. We have $38,000,000 of exploration and sustaining CapEx, 38,000,000.

11:15 We paid down $33,000,000 of EBRD in the first six months. We had one payment and we also paid down a $15,000,000 short term debt that we took last year on Boumazim just because it was available and we took it on, that was paid back. So we paid $33,000,000 back. We've invested 38,000,000 in exploration and sustaining CapEx. And we finished the quarter with $183,000,000 Of course, you know we report in U. S. Dollars. So $183,000,000 and we have $16,000,000 in restricted cash, which technically gets applied to the EBRD loan at the end if we want that.

12:01 So we had a strong cash flow H1, we have limited CapEx as we know, we have a large exploration program, but that's part of our value creation strategy. We did an early repayment of the $15,000,000 to EBRD and we're left with $183,000,000 that is ready to go to the development of Boumadine, which will start towards the end of this year. So very, very strong quarter. On the next slide, just a summary of the first six months. If you look at the operational performance, as a company we produced 3,200,000 ounces of silver equivalent at a consolidated cash cost for silver equivalent of $17.59 Zgundar did 2,800,000 and Boumazin did 500,000.

12:59 So if and we will talk about the guidance, but we're already half year and half the way to the guidance. So we are totally aligned with the guidance that we presented to you at the beginning of the year. We're totally aligned with the guidance. Zugundeer has a cash cost for the first six months of $18.18 Boumazene has a cash cost of $10.85 per ounce. So we're fully aligned and we'll review the guidance in a minute, but we're half the way into the year and we're half the way into our guidance. The revenue for six months stands at $2.00 $5,000,000 net income is $84,000,000 The basic EPS is at $0.58 and the operating cash flow for six months stands at $119,000,000 The guidance which you have on the next slide was presented to you at the beginning of the year.

14:02 Our production guidance is 5.2 to 5.8 at Gundair and at mid year, Gundair is at 2.8. So you see that we're tracking right on our Gundair production guidance. Boumatsin is at $1,000,000 We're at $05,000,000 right now at $400,000 but we know that Q3 and Q4 for Boumatsin are going to be a lot easier, no rain and much, much, much easier, warm weather. Bumadzin currently is between forty and fifty degrees some days, so it's very dry, so easy to work on tailings. The Zagunde average cash cost, we had guided at $21.50 We knew that Q1, Q2 would be a bit lower because of the strip in the pit and the strip has a direct effect on our cash costs. So we're not changing our guidance there. On Boumatsune, were at $10.10 we're at $10.40 So we're very, very close.

15:06 The sustaining and growth CapEx is at $36,000,000 It's about half and half. Half is sustaining, half is growth, new crusher, new installation, an ore sorter, different things that we're putting in, which are really growth CapEx and sustaining the development of the underground. And exploration expenditure is at $60,000,000 that hasn't changed, maybe a little bit more due to the new assets that we've acquired, the new permits, which I'll review in one minute. So the guidance is confirmed. We're well into it at the mid year point and we continue to be very positive about what's coming in Q3 and in Q4.

15:55 So going forward on the strategy and the operational priorities at Boumazin, which is the main now leg of value creation for Aya, all the independent consultant firms have been engaged on all key feasibility work streams. So metallurgy, energy, water supply, logistics, CSF location, feasibility study, all of that is now ongoing and will be ready next year, feasibility study. At the same time, the updated PEA is being completed as we speak and will be ready for publication early in September as we all come back from Labor Day weekend. So we're into it right now. We are into the mine plan. We are into the financial model for the PA review.

16:54 At the same time, feasibility is being completed. And we've already started the RFP process on mining, on construction, on electricity. So all of that is ongoing. So the investment decision has been made, the project is extremely profitable. We will also confirm CapEx in revised PA, which will be available in one month. So Boumazin is a strategic project for us. And we're working on this thoroughly and to come with the revised PA in September. At Gundais, you saw its optimization of this Gundais mine, It's working well.

17:44 The open pit, the underground, the grade control, all of that is going extremely well. We've put in additional ventilation, we've put in additional safety equipment. We had to complete the first phase of the TSF because we were putting through more material in the tailings due to the fact that we went from 2,700 ton per day planned

18:14 the feasibility study to today 3,900 ton a day, even 4,000 ton a day. So of course, the direct effect of that is the TSF gets filled much sooner than expected. We've completed the first phase of the new TSF, which is the same one, but just with bigger capacity that's been done. We actually did it on time and below budget.

18:37 And the new crusher expansion is being installed. It's going to get commissioned this fall and it will be ready for early twenty twenty seven. On the exploration front, and that's Slide the 12, on the exploration front, we do spend US60 million dollars a year. We are drilling 200,000 meters at Boumazin, we're drilling 30,000 meters at Gundane.

19:08 As of now, the drilling at Boumazin is at 93,000 meters. We know that the first half of the year, again, Ramadan is a little bit slower. We have a third contractor coming in with three machines or three drills. We are going to be up to fifteen, sixteen drills turning at Boumazil and we expect to complete the 200,000 meter program as we have and if everything goes well, maybe a little bit more. The big highlight of the quarter was the new zone that we discovered parallel to the main zone where we had an intercept of 51 meters at eight ninety gram per ton silver equivalent that is clearly not currently in the resource model.

20:01 There's additional drilling that will be done this year on this, but this is a significant discovery parallel to the main zone. We've also continued to drill the main zone and the TZ zone, and we've increased the length of the structure now to 5.4 kilometers, so that keeps increasing and we have many other targets where we're doing mapping, we're doing prospecting to support future drilling program on the Boumetsin large project, which is over 1,000 square kilometers of ground under the exploration license and the reconnaissance license of 600 square kilometers.

20:47 So we have a very large land package at Brumadinho and we keep increasing the land package. As Gundane, there's 30,000 meters. As of now, we've done 10,000 meters. You saw some results in June, there'll be more results coming out

21:02 in September. As Gundair is steady state, drilling is giving us always very good results. We continue to see the high grade mineralization. The structure is much wider than originally anticipated. So when we came in, we thought it was a 20 meter wide structure. It is and it's much wider. We're now pushing to the West to see under the fault. We are going to be drilling there in the next few weeks, few months to see if it's continuing under the West Fault. We're also drilling to the Northeast. So it's a very, very strong

21:41 project geology is getting to be better understood. We are using AI extensively to understand the regional play. And there'll be some regional drilling ongoing this fall and we're going to be looking hopefully for some very positive results.

22:02 And to close, I'd just like to talk about the acquisition that we've announced last week. We've announced the acquisition of two fifty nine square kilometers. We've already always been saying that in Morocco, there's tremendous potential. Some families have ground, some families have many projects and they have done very little exploration. They've walked the ground a little bit, done very little exploration, mainly have done a lot of the infrastructure work, but did not have

22:34 the expertise to do the exploration work. So we were able to acquire from two families, a two fifty nine kilometer portfolio, a district called Zagora, which has the potential for copper, lead, zinc and silver, Agadir Melul, which is copper, silver and gold, and some probably rare earth as well and Gulmin, which is lead

23:08 copper, gold and silver. Those are very, very good projects. You should know that we look at projects every week. People come to us, show us ground. We're very selective, very, very selective because we already have over a thousand square kilometers of ground between Gundar and Boumediene. But this is something when we showed that to the team, they said, no, this is very, very interesting. And we should move and acquire this. We have acquired this for 10,000,000 dirhams, so $1,000,000 and the budget is about $800,000 this year to do what we always do, which is satellite imagery, spectral, stream sediment.

24:00 We'll see if we do some geophysics a bit later, but this is low cost acquisition, low cost

24:08 exploration. We have a team there was already a team and we have some of our team is available to do this. We're not taking anybody away from Sgunda or anybody away from Boumazin because we'll have in total 18 to 20 drills turning. We will be producing 240,000 samples. So it's something that we're not taking away from these two assets to go and do the exploration on this new ground. This will have its own team. It reinforces our first mover advantage in Morocco. We are with Managem and of course, O'Nim, the largest player in the country. These are all district scale exploration footprint. They're all put together a very large

24:58 packages of permits. And for us, it just creates a pipeline of opportunities for the future. You will see us acquire additional ground, very similar, some close to Zounde, other close to Boumazin, but we are always looking at assets because we really believe that Morocco is underexplored. We know it is underexplored. We believe that there's more, there's more Boumazin, there's more Emitaire, which is owned by Managem, which is a world class silver asset.

25:33 There's more of that. There's copper deposits, there's more silver deposits and we have our first mover advantage and you will see us continue making small acquisition like very small, but some very, very good ground that we liked. So this completes the formal part of the presentation. I will turn it over to you operator for the Q and A period.

26:02 Thank If you'd like to ask a question at this time, please press 11 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press 11 again. Please stand by while we compile the Q and A roster.

26:25 Our first question comes from the line of Bryce Adams with Desjardins. Hey, Benoit and team. Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions on the Zagunda outlook. In the disclosure, it talks to increased, strip ratios in the back half of this year. So the question is, do think those strip ratios increase for Q3 and Q4? And then the same question for next year as well, for 2027. Is that an accelerated stripping campaign next year? And then just similar on some of the outlook, you talked to slower mining rates in the underground. What are the expectations there?

27:12 Thanks. Yeah, thank you, Bryce. Ralph is with us this morning, as you know, he's our VP of Operations, so I will let him answer this. The strip ratio for quarter three and four, the life of mine strip ratio and why we believe there will be a slower throughput in the underground over the next few quarters. Ralph? Hi, Bryce. Yes,

27:38 happy to comment on that. Let's start with the open pit. On the year to date in the open pit, we're around a strip of 10, and we're quite aligned with our 40 two-one 101 in the long term. We expect the strip to increase to around 16 in the next six months, and we expect to land the year closer to 13, which is quite aligned with our long term expectation for the open pit.

28:10 As for the pushback, we have several pushback plans through the life of mine for the open pit, and we have one coming towards end of year that is in mine plan this year. We might push it earlier next year. We're taking our time to assess what's the best path forward.

28:32 So the open pit is quite under control to the point that we have options. We can do it this year, we can do it a bit later, the start of next year. That is yet to be finalized depending on how things continue to progress. So the open pit on long term, expect a 13 strip ratio, some months closer to eight, like we had in the beginning of the year, some months closer to 16, depending on where we're at, and what's the best way to mine it as we go on the detailed planning on our rolling three month plan.

29:11 As for the underground, want to nuance that is we are focusing on new zones. And we want to really focus on continuing to develop the infrastructures for the lower levels. We're on plan. We are closer to the seventeen fifty level as we speak. And we need to go all the way

29:34 down to sixteen twenty five. We have a healthy stockpile. We're mobilizing extra crushing capacity that for the meantime, it's compensated by a crushing contractor. So we have, we want to be comfortable on the ground, we are right now comfortable, we worked a lot in the last two years to get to that point. And we want to keep it, we want to keep it like that. So right now on the ground, we have about 15, like 1,200 to 1,500 ton per day rate, which is fine. The reason why we would prefer to slow it down is because we have that option in hand, and we want to really focus on developing the sublevels to open more stopes and to be in this comfortable position. So as the open pit continues to sustain essentially a solid portion of the mill throughput, we did truck rushing coming on hand. We have an ore sorter also coming that we want

30:36 to commission later this year. So on the underground, it's not so much that we will reduce the throughput a little bit, yes, but it's really sustained and even I would say accelerate the infrastructure development for the sublevels. Okay, thanks for all of that, Rafa. And I understand that you're still putting together the 2027 open pit mine plan. At the minute, my model has a strip ratio of 20 to one for next year. Like, do you think that that is too conservative? Yeah, we're not planning for a 20 to one strip ratio for next year. Alright. Thanks. Yeah. We can adjust for that. That should help our numbers. And then last question for me is just on silver sales.

31:26 Sales lagged production a little bit in Q2. So Benoit, is that a catch up for Q3? Has it already been caught up in July? And do you think that that's a tailwind for the next set of financial results? Yes, thanks, Bryce, for this question, because I think that was something that the market was kind of puzzled with is the selling price. I'll let you go, who runs treasury and sales with the team answer is with us, because I think the market needs to have a clear understanding of why our selling price for some of you was a bit lower. Maybe, Gou, you want to go at it? Yes, sure. So the average sale price of silver, if you will, the LBMA average sale price for the quarter was $73 We were a bit over $68 at Gundar.

32:23 We also have to look at the timing. If you look at June specifically, price fell quite precipitously from over $70 to below $60 at the end of the quarter. And when we produce, we have to produce and then sell. So for sure, a third of our quarterly production was sold quite low compared to the average of the quarter, so that impacted the revenue slightly. We're 6.4% under on average of the LVMA average price. And then on volumes, there's a few things. As Gundar, we had a little bit of inventory and we can see it we can see it in inventory. And on Boumazin, we sold less than if you take our 1,000,000 ounces and you divide that by four quarters, we sold less in Q2, that's definitely going to be caught up here in Q3 and Q4.

33:21 Things are going very, very well. And then the remaining of the inventory that we had at Zwunder has been sold in July. And so yes, I think Q3 is looking good, especially at Boumets, and we'll see a significant catch up from the first half. Just yes, we were learning. It's our first time doing this reclaim, but I think now we've hit the wins at our sales now. So I think that'll be caught up here in Q3 and Q4. Okay, perfect. You very much. Sorry? Yes. Thanks, Bryce. And maybe I can add because what Hugo just said is we can see the whole sector did not like the price in June. So like there was a lot of waiting and because we looked at other companies the way they've done it and we all kind of got caught with that very quick deceleration or reduction of price.

34:18 And hence, the average selling at $68 at Goudin and $70 at Boumazim is like is a little bit below the average of the quarter. But in a decreasing market, it's very difficult to be on the average because you keep coming down as you sell and it's much easier to be up the average on an increasing market. So it's and but again, as I mentioned in my little presentation, we're very happy with 68 and 70. We preferred 82 in Q1, with a cash cost at 18 or 16 and AISC plus 3 or 4, I mean, we're still very happy. And look, six months, we generated $119,000,000 of operating cash flow. So we like the silver price. We like where it is. We will prefer it in Q3 and Q4 to be much higher, but look, time will tell.

35:21 Yes, for sure. Thanks, Benoit. Great color. I know we're focused on the details here, but at a higher level, it's a very healthy market and strong results from Aya. So thanks for taking my questions. Thanks, Brad. Our next question comes from Justin Chan with SCP Resource Finance.

35:49 Hi, guys. Congratulations. Good to see the cash flow, especially compared to what the initial CapEx was. My first one is on you mentioned adding a crusher at Goondair. Just curious if you think that in the long run, like what type of throughput that could enable or is it more just to maintain upper 3s to 4,000 tons a day? Thanks, Justin. And I'm going to pass it over to Ralph, but I just want to highlight your comment. You're absolutely right. 119,000,000 of operating cash flow on a CapEx of $140,000,000 I forgot to mention that in the presentation. Thank you so much. I think we have the best return on investment of the whole industry and we're to look similar. So thank you for highlighting this. It's appreciated.

36:43 Hi, Justin. This is Rafael. Happy to have a word on the crusher. So to be clear to start, we're not missing a crusher at Gundel, right? The nameplate is 2700, plant is well designed. Now we're pushing it. Easiest way to push it is to add some crushing capacity because that can be done afterwards. And it's quite different from another ball mill, for example. We often have a bit of rain in the in the beginning of the year, which makes it difficult to push the mill as as high as it can go. Now, if we go back to our forty three-one hundred one we published, we committed to increase throughput from say 3,600 to 3,800.

37:28 We're already there with the help of the mobile contractor. The idea with the crusher addition is to be independent. Now we have the help of a contractor, he's doing a great job, costs are very reasonable for the gain we get from it. The idea is to add a tertiary crusher to sustain our current throughput. And who knows, maybe even increase it a bit. That's be seen quarter on quarter, almost every quarter, except for one over the last 1.5, we've increased throughput in the mill. I don't think we're at the end of that, but we're certainly getting a bit close. And the next two quarters will tell us up to where we can continue to push it. We see days comfortably above 4,000.

38:18 That hasn't materialized yet as an average over the quarter. We're trying to get there. Hopefully we'll get there. But to answer your question directly, the tertiary crusher was part of our commitment to stabilize the mill at 3,850 tons per day, and we're already there. So I don't think it's a stretch to think we can beat that. And that's what we're trying to do. Gotcha. Thanks, Ralf. And then looking ahead to the Bumadin updated PEA, are there any changes in scope that you're considering perhaps on the throughput side on the open pit underground split side of things, or is it primarily an updated CapEx estimate and maybe we'll see changes on capabilities?

39:08 So the updated PA is what it is. It's an updated PA. So we have a new resource. There's a new way to calculate the NSR. There's payables that are changing, but materially the project remains quite a bit the same. There's some I would expect some changes on the open pit side, the underground side. We've done quite a bit of drilling since our previous resource, but the PEA is mostly focused on the resource, Justin. And any other large change if there would be, would be closer to the in feasibility study. Gotcha. Thanks. Just one last one, I think we had a we had a big rainy season or I guess wet season this year.

39:59 I I guess that that positions you really well for the second half in terms of terms of water supply. Just kind of clarifying given while Europe has been very dry, but I think this year is good in Morocco. We're already in August. Halfway or even past the halfway point of the dry season. Our water reservoirs are full. So we're very comfortable in that end. And we just completed the phase two of our tailing facility, which also allows for a little bit of water storage. So as we speak, the river flows of Gundar and we are continuing to fill a bit or to keep full, I should say, our water storage.

40:47 So yeah, I mean, water is not something we are concerned with in the short and the medium term. Okay, perfect. Thanks, guys. Really appreciate your time and I'll stay up the line. Thank you, Justin. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our Q and A period. I would now like to turn the call back over to Benoit for closing remarks. Thank you, operator. Thank you for all the questions. Look, it was a very strong quarter. We're very pleased with the Gundin, with the team. Bumadzin, as Ralph indicated, the study will be ready in a couple of weeks. It's mainly a new resource model and introduction of the new payability of the metal.

41:40 Some people were questioning historically metallurgy. Well, there's no metallurgy issue as we are sending all of the concentrate to a smelter. So metallurgy is not an issue. Payability is important, and we will have the new payability numbers in the PEA. So big catalyst coming or the catalyst that arrived in Q2, we didn't mention this, but The U. S. Listing has been a tremendous success. The NASDAQ listing, it did increase our G and A this quarter. Some of you may have seen it. It was a little bump in the road of our G and A, but that's being taken care of. But The U. S. Listing in Q2 is a major, major success.

42:29 Our volume has gone up, new funds became shareholders, some became shareholders between 58% of the company. It has really changed our distribution and our shareholder list. So we're very pleased with the listing. And so that was a major catalyst in Q2. Of course, drilling was we had great results in Q2. But what to expect going forward is the Boumazil study, which will be in early September, that is important because that's also the base for the feasibility study that will be done for H1 of next year. But at the end, we're starting Boumatsin.

43:18 We're going to break ground at the end of the year for electricity, the power line, for water, for the camp, for location and all that. So it is an ongoing construction project. Ralph has built a team in Canada. We have a team in Morocco that's also been put together, the construction team and all of that. So it is really shaping up to be the big project for 2027, 2028 for us, and it's continuing to grow. The drilling is ongoing at Boum Adzin. David will have updated results available in September, and we're going to see many of you at Beaver Creek or at the Denver Gold Show. So we'll have updated results from Boumediene and from Zgunda.

44:14 Also, can expect more acquisition of ground. Morocco is a very, very good jurisdiction when you compare that to a lot of Africa and South America. Morocco is a key jurisdiction for mining and we do see some people coming in, but we have a first mover advantage. We're buying we will be acquiring more ground and ground that David and his team like and believe that there's tremendous potential. So just on closing, you remember we always talk about the three pillars of the organization: geology, people and jurisdiction.

45:03 I think every quarter that we see every increase in commodity price, it just tells us that we are in the right jurisdiction with the right mining code, with the right people, with the right government supporting mining. The geology is exceptional, absolutely exceptional. And we will continue to show you that there's more Zuguntaer and more Boumazin and more Imitaer in Morocco. And the talent pool that we have is just expanding at all time. And people are very happy to come and join AYA in Canada or in Morocco.

45:48 So it's a recipe for success. We've done very well so far. I mean, since we took over six years ago, this has been a tremendous success, but we believe that there's a lot more to come. I would say the best is yet to come and that's a lot of pressure on David and in geology, but I think the best is yet to come. Jurisdiction is great. And look, we will see you for the Q3 call. We'll see you all of many of you before in Denver, but look, we were really looking forward to a strong third quarter, very good geological results and production results and financial results in Q3.

46:36 Thank you very much. Thank you for being there today and your support, and we'll see you in a few weeks in Colorado. Thank you. This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.