B2Gold Corp. (BTO:CA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.63K Followers Follow B2Gold Corp. ( BTO:CA ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 7, 2026 11:00 AM EDT Company Participants Michael Cinnamond - President, CEO & Director Kelvin Paul Dushnisky - Executive Chair of the Board Michael McDonald - Senior VP, CFO, VP of Investor Relations, Corporate Development & Treasury William Lytle - Senior VP of Operations & COO Randall Chatwin - Senior Vice President of Legal & Corporate Communications Victor King - Senior Vice President of Exploration Conference Call Participants Wayne Lam - TD Cowen, Research Division Fahad Tariq - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Ovais Habib - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Research Division Lawson Winder - BofA Securities, Research Division Joshua Wolfson - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Don DeMarco - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division Carey MacRury - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division Anita Soni - CIBC Capital Markets, Research Division Presentation Operator Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to B2Gold Corporation's Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] The conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Mike Cinnamond, President and CEO of B2Gold. Please go ahead. Michael Cinnamond President, CEO & Director Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for B2Gold's Second Quarter 2026 Conference Call. I think first business, before we begin our discussion of the quarter, I want to address the trading halt that was implemented earlier this morning. Shortly before this call, we received confirmation that the government of Mali has granted the Menankoto exploitation permit. And given the significance of this development and our obligation to ensure that all investors receive material information at the same time, we requested a temporary trading halt pending the dissemination of the news release, which I believe will go out shortly. This permit represents a very important milestone for