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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Karora Resources First Quarter 2021 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Paul Huet, Chairman and CEO. Thank you. Please go ahead.
Thank you, operator. Good morning, and welcome to the Karora Resources First Quarter Conference Call. I'm happy to announce that I have made the move to Australia. I'm thrilled to be here in our Perth office alongside Graeme Sloane, Managing Director of our Australian Operations. Other members of the Karora executive management team speaking on the call today, in addition to me and Graeme are Barry Dahl, Chief Financial Officer; and Oliver Turner, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development.Please feel free to follow along with slides on the Karora website. This morning we issued a news release outlining our solid results for the first quarter of 2021. There were no surprises and we delivered according to our plan. Our MD&A and financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2021 have been filed, all of which are available on the Karora website and under Karora’s profile on SEDAR.Before I get into the presentation, I just want to remind people, please review our cautionary statements regarding forward-looking information and non-IFRS measures, which can be found in our management's discussion and analysis, news release and on our presentation slide. Thanks to all of you that have taken the time to join us for our call today. Now that I'm on the ground in Perth, I'm thrilled to report I have just returned from a 4-day site visit of our operation. I must say I was very impressed with the enthusiasm of our employees and the improvements I saw at all the operations since my last visit, especially considering the added pressures that we are all facing resulting from COVID. Admittedly, I'm particularly pleased at the focus from our 2 General Managers, Don Harper and Phillip Rickson and for their attention and efforts to safety. With so many things going on at each of our operation, it is easy for safety to get overlooked, and I can gladly report this is not the case. Our GMs are extremely focused in this area. This is a value that cascades down throughout our organization starting from the support at the Board.From an operations perspective, I'm also happy to report that our previously announced Phase 1 mill expansion is actually ahead of schedule and we have already achieved a run rate of 1.5 million tons per year. That is an extra 100,000 tons per year from the debottlenecking exercises that we've been doing. We are already halfway to our target of increasing the mill by 550 tons per day. There is no doubt we will be enjoying the benefits of the additional mill feed in the second half of the year.The full Phase 1 expansion, once complete, will represent a 15% increase in capacity from 1.4 million to 1.6 million tons per year. This expansion aligned quite well with the new ore sources we have to fill the extra capacity in the second half of the year. I was also able to finally visit Spargos since acquiring it in 2020. Our high-grade open pit is progressing as planned. There are several contractors on the ground. There is certainly a lot of activity preparing the site for us to mine. We expect to have completed all the pre-strip and final permit allowing us to get ore into the plant in the third quarter of 2021, again aligning with the mill upgrade.Lastly at Higginsville, I was pleased to spend time at Two Boys underground, and I also visited Aquarius. Our new mine superintendent, Phil Botha, has a great handle on reopening these operations, and we look forward to receiving tons from both these sources later in the year as well.Over to Beta Hunt, on the heels of reporting some very strong drill results, including the high-grade Larkin Gold Zone, the high-grade 30C nickel discovery and some very high-grade intercept at the 50C nickel discovery, I was able to spend a full day at the operations and underground with Robert Walker and several others. It was certainly exciting to finally see the newly discovered Larkin Zone with my own eyes. I'm happy to report that the infrastructure required is being finalized with the newly constructed ventilation raise and there was also a core drill turning while we were there. You can all expect some more information about the Larkin and in the next coming quarters.As always, Graeme will dive into the operations in much more detail. I was simply so excited after returning from the operations that I felt that it was necessary to steal some of his thunder and share with people what I was able to see firsthand. We certainly have some extremely busy and exciting times for our shareholders. As many of you will recall, our 2021 production guidance range of 105,000 to 115,000 ounces is approximately a 20% increase compared to last year's guidance. It is important to understand the increase in production this year is aligned with the increase in mill throughput and addition of new mining areas, as such production is more weighted to the second half of the year.With respect to the first quarter, I want to summarize a few highlights or bullets. For Q1, we delivered another steady production result of approximately 25,000 gold ounces and sold approximately 26,000 ounces, which was in line with our guidance and our budget and plan. We had a consolidated all-in sustaining cost of $1,049 per ounce sold. This again was aligned with our full year 2021 guided range of $985 to $1,085 per ounce. This is quite similar like what we delivered in 2020 with respect to cost being reduced quarter-by-quarter with one huge exception. We are starting 2021 much lower than Q1 of 2020. Actually, based off memory, I believe our all-in sustaining cost was approximately $1,200 per ounce in the first quarter of 2020. We're already at $1,049. So we continue to strive and focus at ensuring our margins are an extremely important part of our business.Q1 EBITDA was $21 million or $0.15 per share. And adjusted earnings were $8 million or on a per share metric, it was $0.06 per share. We made the final royalty payment of USD 2.5 million using cash to the Maverix Metals company during the first quarter as part of the Beta Hunt royalty buyback. I'm actually very thrilled that this is finally behind us once and for all.Our cash position remained strong with $77 million at the end of Q1, slightly lower than year-end 2020. The small decrease in cash was primarily due to the timing of planned investments in growing the business. Our 2021 capital plan includes significant investment in the first half of the year, including new trucks and other equipment, as we prepared to bring new mining areas in the second half of the year.Our continued ability to generate cash is demonstrated by our operating cash flow of $19 million or $0.13 per share despite planned lower grades, and our working capital increased by over $6 million to $63 million. Actually, it's not that distant of a memory for me when I recall doing one of these quarterly calls and the working capital of our company was a whopping negative $8.7 million. Times have certainly improved for our company.Beyond accelerating production growth in the second half of the year. One of the many reasons I have relocated to Western Australia is to directly support our plans to deliver a multi-year growth plan alongside Graeme and our projects team. We are excited about where our organic growth potential can take us over the next few years, and I'm looking forward to delivering the plan to the market in the very near term.Before turning the call over to Graeme, I wanted to take a moment and recognize and thank all our people, both employees and contractors from our mine sites for working so safely. I was privileged to have met many amazing people at our operations. To each of you, thank you for your tireless efforts and continued sacrifices. We are truly blessed by an amazing team at our operations.At this point, I will turn the call over to Graeme to outline the first quarter operating performance. Over to you, Graeme.
Thank you, Paul. Our first quarter for 2021 was another solid production and cost performance. And importantly, we were able to advance a number of key capital projects at Higginsville Central and our Higginsville Mill. As always, the health and safety of our personnel is our top priority, and I'm pleased to report we have reached a total of 739 lost time incident free days at Higginsville and 261 days at Beta Hunt. This is a great achievement and a testament to the hard work of our general managers and their respective teams. We have also undertaken a number of key safety initiatives to continue the strong focus on safety. These include the continued employment of a full-time nurse, upgraded medical facilities at both sites, including a new medical center at Beta Hunt; upgraded our emergency response team equipment and training; and the establishment of a number of mutualized agreements with neighboring mining companies. So a great deal of good work undertaken, which is reflected in the results.From an environmental perspective, there was zero reportable incidents for the quarter, and multiple project approval submitted and received from the relevant authorities. Overall, I'm very proud of the level of commitment to safety and the environment shown by our respective teams [ in ] all areas of our business.If you go to Slide 9, operational highlights, Higginsville. On a consolidated basis, for Q1, we processed 371,000 tons for just under 25,000 ounces of gold. As Paul mentioned earlier, our debottlenecking benefits and the expansion at the mills are already paying dividends with throughput rates reaching 1.5 million ton per annum. This is, as you said, ahead of schedule and further improvements are expected to take us to 1.6 million tons in the coming months. Even with the higher mill throughputs, recoveries averaged a consistent 93% for the quarter, demonstrating our ability to blend material from multiple sources whilst maintaining throughput and recoveries. Mill availability exceeded 95%, so we've really been firing on all cylinders, reflecting an excellent effort by our Higginsville General Manager, Don Harper; the Mill Manager, Dennis Nunn, and their operational team.With additional mill feed coming from Beta Hunt, we were also able to fast track a number of predevelopment activities at Higginsville and trade some of our lower grade stockpiles. This resulted in a total of 138,000 tonnes milled from Higginsville for the quarter at an average grade at 1.6 per gram ton, 17% lower than quarter 4 in 2020.This will be rectified in the coming months with mine production to progressively ramp up from our Spargos and new underground areas. Mining at Higginsville open pits largely focused on per-strip activities, yet we were still able to mine around 140,000 tons from Hidden Secret and a further 20,000 tons from Baloo. Apart from the obvious gold content, this material also provides critical blending flexibility for our mill and supports our recovery rates and optimal crushing and grinding performance.Slide 7, operational highlights, Beta Hunt. For Q1, Beta Hunt contributed 63% or 233,000 tons of the total tons milled for the quarter, resulting in just under 19,000 ounces of gold. Beta Hunt underground mine production continues to improve with average monthly rate of 70,000 to 75,000 tons of mining compared to the 60,000 to 65,000 in the second half of 2020, an increase of approximately 15%. The improvement mainly associated with the upgrade to the mining fleet and improved production techniques in the stopes. Slide 8, exploration highlights. During the quarter, we continued drilling activities at both Beta Hunt and Higginsville, with over 40,000 meters drilled across operations. Our exploration budget for 2021 is a very healthy AUD 20 million, split roughly 50-50 between Greenfields exploration and resource development.As with most mining companies here in Western Australia, assay turnaround is a challenge, owing to the industry wide shortage of laboratory capacity and lab personnel. We need to ensure we don't use COVID as a catch all, but in this instance, we can lay the lab and labor issues directly at the feet of COVID and border restrictions. We are hopeful this situation may improve in the latter part of 2021.At Higginsville, we completed over 30,000 meters of drilling with up to 4 rigs drilling at any one time. Key milestones include the completion of stage one scout air core drilling at Lake Cowan, where we previously reported an intersection of 1.35 grams per ton over 50 meters. This is an excellent result, as under normal circumstances, anything greater than 20 parts per billion is considered significant. Follow up drilling is aimed for later in the year. Our resource Definition drill program continues to focus on near mine targets within Higginsville Central and close to the Higginsville plant. Targets include the Aquarius and the Two Boys deposits.At Spargos, we have previously reported a number of very high-grade intercepts, including 29.8 grams per ton over 19 meters and 27.3 grams per ton over the 15 meters. In March, we reported an intersection of 6.1 grams over 14 meters, and although a little lower in grade is seen as extremely important as it supports the down plunge interpretation of a high-grade shoot, which now extends for over 300 meters. This shoot remains open at depth and highlights the potential for future underground mining operations. Overall, plenty of good news from drilling at Higginsville and Spargos, and we look forward to providing further updates as assays are received.Slide 9, exploration highlights, Beta Hunt. At Beta Hunt, drilling continues to focus on upgrading extending the up-plunge potential of A Zone and the new Larkin Gold Zone. Both areas are shaping up very nicely and expected to be incorporated in our 2021 mineral resource update later this year.Our nickel exploration is also in full swing. And last year, we reported our first new nickel discovery in 13 years with the announcement of the high-grade 30C target. Last month, we also announced another new discovery, 50C, which included an intercept of 11.6% nickel over 4.6 meters. You can see this on Slide 9. As with 30C and Larkin, the 50C is within close proximity to existing mine development, reflecting the enormous advantage we have at Beta Hunt, given the extensive network of underground development already in place. These discoveries clearly demonstrate the strong upside potential for nickel, which, as you know, is a meaningful byproduct credit to our growing gold production profile.So in conclusion, let me leave you with this. We have now extended the Beta Hunt Gold system to over 3.5 km in strike length. You add in the nickel potential and be rest assured, we have a very special mine.I'll now turn it over to Barry Dahl.
Thank you, Graeme. I'll now provide a few financial highlights for the first quarter. Please turn to Slide 11, Financial Highlights. First quarter revenue was $59 million, up $5 million or 9% compared to the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year increase in revenue was due to a combination of higher gold ounces sold and higher realized prices. First quarter net earnings were $5.6 million compared to $0.5 million first quarter of 2020. First quarter net earnings were negatively impacted by a noncash unrealized foreign exchange loss of $4.6 million or $0.03 per share. First quarter adjusted earnings were $8.1 million or $0.06 per share after noncash adjustments related mainly to the unrealized inter-company foreign exchange loss and other noncash items.First quarter cash operating costs were USD 952 per ounce and AISC costs were well within our guided range at $1,049 per ounce. The cash balance at the end of the first quarter was very healthy at $76.7 million, down slightly from $79.7 million at December 31. During Q1, we paid $2.5 million as the final payment to Maverix related to the royalty buyback agreement entered last year and a $5.3 million reduction in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Working capital was $63.2 million at the end of the first quarter, up $6.4 million compared to 58 -- $56.8 million at December 31.I'll now turn the call over to Oliver.
Thanks, Barry, and hello everyone. In the short time since our last quarterly call, we've been very active on multiple fronts. Our engagement with SIX Media has resulted in strengthened retail presence and engagement across our media platforms, while continued virtual marketing and conference attendance were key drivers behind the strong outperformance of our shares versus our peers during the month of April and into May. In fact, we've been one of the strongest stories from a Quant Analytics perspective since the last quarterly call, a strong show of support from our institution. Near-term catalyst coming up this year included a multi-year growth plan, which we intend to release to the market during the current quarter. Of course, we also plan to deliver drilling results from across our properties to the market on a regular basis as assays are returned to us from the labs, as Graeme previously mentioned.At Spargos, we expect to announce an updated resource estimate, providing a higher level of confidence for the start-up of mining operations, expected at the beginning of the third quarter. From this new estimate, we plan to step-up further with the drill bit with the target of further ounce additions and grade improvements. It is a very exciting project.Last and certainly not least, pending TSX approval, we will be renewing our NCIB program in order to provide us with the flexibility to repurchase shares in the open market as opportunities arise. As always, we have a thorough capital deployment review process. And with our upcoming growth plan, we have a very high return use of our growing cash balance. NCIB purchases compete with those capital uses, and thus, we carefully evaluate each repurchase decision before executing. During 2020 and early 2021, we moved strategically to repurchase shares to reduce the net cost of our Ramelius royalty buyback, which was executed to great success. We will watch carefully for similar opportunities to execute our NCIB as 2021 progresses.And with that, I'll turn it back over to Paul.
Thanks, Oliver. And thank you again to everyone for joining us today. We realize and understand how busy people are and taking in the time to listening to our call is greatly appreciated. We had a fantastic transformational year in 2020 and are certainly excited by what we have ahead of us in 2021. We look forward to reporting our progress as we move the business forward. Thank you and have a great day. And we'll turn it over to the operator for some questions.
[Operator Instructions] And your first question comes from Tom Gallo with Canaccord Genuity.
First one here is for Paul. Now that you're sort of firmly on the ground in Australia through the quarantine process, sounds like have had your hands on the operation here for a little bit. If you could just kind of give us a little bit more of an understanding of what your next priorities are going to be in your sort of new location.
Yes. Thanks, Tom. Look, as I just mentioned, I just got to spend quite a bit of time underground here at all our operations. And our priorities are really going to be what we laid out, finishing the projects that we have, getting that second phase or mill one expansion done, sorry. Getting the projects online, we've got several projects coming on at the same time. And then more importantly, Tom, getting that growth plan out to the market. We've been working very hard with a lot of consultants look around the clock, too. We've been working some in North America. And on this time zone, trying to make sure we get that completed with consultants. So getting that growth plan to the market is very critical, not only for us but for the market. So we've got a pretty busy, busy road in front of ourselves, and it's actually really exciting to be here on the ground in the middle of all the action, Tom. So hopefully that answers your question.
Yes. No, it’s good to hear. Just -- obviously, you guys are laser focused on that growth plan. Just a second question here for me, more just sort of some housekeeping stuff with the modeling. We saw that all-in sustaining costs go up quarter-over-quarter. We kind of knew that was coming, obviously, well within the range of $10.50 an ounce. Should we expect to see that level sort of sustain going forward? And maybe can you explain a little bit more? I think we touched on it last quarter, why you guys were kind of so low. But maybe just sort of reiterate to me so I can recall just on where that increase, 15% increase came from and sort of what we should expect here from an AISC basis going forward.
Yes. Okay, Tom. I'll start, but then I'll hand it over to Graeme. Here it's Paul again. It was certainly budgeted that way and part of our plan and that's why we had that range. We certainly had planned that because we know we're going to have different grades, more projects and the increase in mill. But I'll let Graeme go ahead and answer that one for Tom, please.
Absolutely, Paul. Tom, as Paul said, look, this increase was budgeted. So it wasn't a surprise. Secondly, the gold sales in quarter 4 was up sort of around 10% on quarter 1, which obviously directly fades into our all-in sustaining costs. And at Higginsville, in quarter 1, we've been undertaking quite a bit of development on their next generation mining tenders at Two Boys, Aquarius, Spargos. So not a big production quarter from Higginsville. And at the same time is that when we were able to feed in a higher grade or sort of more of the Beta Hunt feed, it allowed us with the increase in mill throughput allowed us to actually treat some of our lower grade stockpile. So that -- the combination of the lower grade stockpiles. The fact that we're able to have lower grades -- lowest gold sales in here combined to give you that slightly higher, but within guidance and within our budget all-in sustaining cost.
And your next question comes from the line of Ian Parkinson with Stifel GMP.
Just a question on the grade profile trends. So the grade drop in the quarter and there was materially less than the way you finished the year. And in Q4 was obviously -- was quite solid. But can you explain to me why the decrease? Was it expected? Is this the model predicted? Just give me some color on that, please?
Yes. Thanks for the question, Ian. Graeme you want to go ahead and answer that one, please.
Absolutely. Yes. Look, Ian, it's -- again, it's -- we’ve actually took advantage of the really good work that's being done in and around the treatment plant. We have that extra capacity come through earlier than what we planned. So what we did, we plugged that hole with -- not hole, that additional capacity and we took the opportunity to treat some of our lower grade stockpile. So overall, the average grade came down, the gold production went up, and so it's pretty much a controlled grade profile. So as I said, most of this is planned. We see it coming. We take an opportunity. And look, in the future, if we say over and above what are our mill can do, we’ll probably fill that hole too with some of our stockpile material.
And I just want to add, Ian -- sorry, that it would certainly aligned every -- where we’re mining is reconciling very, very strong with our model within actually some of the greatest numbers that I have seen. I have seen less than 5% dilution here. So our model is reconciling very, very tight with be areas that we're mining. So I just wanted to add that as well to Graeme's response, Ian.
Yes, no, understood. I mean grade is just one factor in margin, right? But as far as the trend, would you expect the trend to increase over the course of the remainder of 2021? The grade?
We…
Go ahead, Graeme.
look, all our grades have budget to -- as we bring these other mining centers on around Spargos for that. We are back ended in as far as our production profile based around the grade. So to achieve what we have in the first quarter above budget, it's been a good outcome for us, and we expect to see that trend continue throughout the year.
Sorry, and I apologize if you've already answered this, because I had some trouble dialing into the call. But on the Spargos resource update, what's the timing on that?
Go ahead, Graeme.
Yes, just on the Spargos, we’ll target the end of the quarter 2 for Spargos. We've still got a little bit of work to do around some of the modeling and just the final touches to it and then sort of that will come out in quarter 2 and then we'll look to do the remaining resources as we would normally at somewhere around that quarter 4.
Okay. And just one more quick one from me. Just the rest of the projects. I know you guys -- you have a lot of balls in air. Other projects that you're working on, can you just remind me that the schedule or the timing of those -- that additional work? Just so I can lay out what to expect for 2021 and early 2022?
Go ahead, Graeme.
Yes. And just to clarify that, you -- the other projects -- I mean, the mining projects we're talking about?
Yes, mining projects and just as you got more boots on the ground as we know, so…
Two Boys, Aquarius and the mill expansion.
Yes, we certainly -- most of those will start to take shape around quarter 3 -- in quarter 3, and then start to build as we get into quarter 4. As you can imagine, these – certainly, at Aquarius, it's a new project. So there’s normal predevelopment activity. So don't really put a lot of answers onto the deck. But as we move into that in the latter part of the year, we should start seeing the high-grade material come through and the tons at Spargos. Again, quarter 3, we should see that -- as Paul mentioned, we should see that the open pit kickoff and that'll be a nice addition to going into the plan. And Two Boys, again, is around that quarter 3. So quarter 2 was always scheduled to be -- budgeted to be sort of a quarter that was a --lot of development was going to take place and we should start seeing in quarter 3 and quarter 4 when production goes up and costs start to come down to that -- into the lower level. So that's a [indiscernible] of those. And then around exploration, we’ll continue exploration [indiscernible].
And your next question comes from Nicolas Dion with Cormark Securities.
Congrats on another solid quarter. The earnings and cash flow from operations were quite strong, but the free cash flow was a bit lighter due to your growth CapEx spend in the quarter. So just wondering if you could elaborate on some of the investments in growth you made in the quarter as well as any other drivers beyond that which impacted your cash.
Yes. Actually -- Oliver, do you want to answer that one.
Yes, for sure. So thanks for the question, Nic. There are several things in the first quarter. As we stated previously, we were adding 2 new underground trucks to our mining fleet, which were outstandingly successful at Beta Hunt. Last year, in 2020, they drove market productivity improvements. We added another one of those in the first quarter. It's engaged now, which is excellent. We had the USD 2.5 million payment to Maverix, that's the second half of the payment from the deal last year that is now finalized and complete. And then, of course, as Graeme mentioned, we've done a lot of work around mobilizing these new higher-grade opportunities, both at Higginsville and at Spargos. So you'll see in the capital investment line we put a lot of money back into PP&E and into our projects. So it was a planned heavier capital quarter. Nevertheless, we obviously still generated some free cash flow as you noted. So setting us ourselves up very well for the rest of the year as these higher-grade projects come online. So we’ll see continued improvement quarter-over-quarter as we progress through the year.
Okay. And then, I guess, is it fair to say that the CapEx spend this year will be more first-half weighted.
Yes, absolutely. That's absolutely correct.
Okay. And then moving on, I guess just finally, on your debt balance. You mentioned previously the potential to refinance that. So just wondering if there's any updates there.
Yes. So I'll take that one. With respect to the debt. As a reminder, we got the debt when we bought the Higginsville Mill. We didn't want to issue more equity, and we believed we could always repay the debt, which we're very comfortable. That was a great decision to do. At the time, we paid 10%. Now that the company's evolved and we in production, where we have a lot more different opportunities with respect to refinancing that debt at a much lower coupon. We are currently in the process of finalizing our growth fund that we've been talking about. We're using that with bankers to show a growth plan and explore some term sheets with several groups. Several -- we signed with 4 different groups and we're evaluating term sheet to refinance that at a much lower rate than what we have today. So stay tuned. We will continue to update the growth -- final come out and then we're going to get back to the bankers and will be refinancing that debt this year.
And your next question comes from David Talbot with Red Cloud.
Congrats on a good quarter. No surprises when you're giving us even more to look forward to. I guess on that note, what is your expected timing to update the market on the organic growth plan? And what should we really expect from that?
Yes. So thanks for the question. As we were talking about, our objective is to get that organic growth plan by the end of Q2. As -- I don't know if you heard me say a little earlier, we've been working actually around the clock with groups in North America and groups in this time zone to make sure that we get it out on time. It's more important that we get it right. Just like everyone else, we've been struggling with some consultants and trying to get contractors to work, but it's getting done. We're close to the finish line now and expect something by the end of Q2 for that organic growth plan.
Yes, I guess struggling with the consultants, is that more of an availability issue? Or is that a COVID restriction issue?
Yes. Sorry. Maybe struggling for wrong word. Maybe I should choose my words carefully. It's not -- not sure it's struggling, but there are some COVID restrictions. There is just a lack thereof. So maybe it's not struggling. There's just not as -- we went through a big process to determine which group we would use. That took us quite a while. And having the right consultants and availability to do all the work alongside us was challenging. Struggling might have been too harsh of a word, I guess. But again, I certainly -- I'm happy to see that we're getting close to the finish line now and looking towards the end of this quarter, we'll have something else.
Okay, fair enough. You always mentioned that that's coming out in the second quarter. So still relatively on track. Okay. And then second question here. Can you update us on new plans for your Australian listing and what your objectives are behind that decision?
Yes. So with respect to the Australian listing, we've always had a lot of demand. We've always had interest from numerous groups in Australia asking us to get a listing. Now we're going to continue evaluating that. The decision is not final yet. But it's certainly something we're looking at closely with the Board, and I guess the only way to say it is, there is a tremendous amount of demand for us to get that and considering all our assets are currently in Australia. So that's about the best I can give you on that right now.
Do you have a sense if that’s retail demand or institutional?
No, no. Actually, yes. I do have a sense. Thanks for asking. It's certainly institutional. We are getting inbound -- look, there's the superannuation funds in Australia that have to invested in Australia. There is certainly quite a few funds and there are institutions that expressed significant interest with our company.
And we have no further questions. I will now turn the call back to Paul Huet.
Look, I just want to once again reiterate, thank you for taking the time to join us with our call . We recognize just how busy people's calendars are and their schedules. And I want to wish everyone a great day and thank you for supporting us. Have a great day. We'll talk soon. Thank you very much.
This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.