Equinox Gold Corp. (AMEX:EQX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Kerry Smith: And then the last question I had, Doug, just on Santa Luz with the new train and the [desalining]. Were these projects, I guess, probably should have been done a year and a half ago. I’m just wondering why it took so long to decide to push ahead of them. Was it just you need to do the engineering or you weren’t quite sure what the ultimate strategy might be?

Doug Reddy: No, it’s methodically working through test work to make sure that when we went to from pilot plant to industrial scale, we weren’t going to disrupt anything. And then doing the engineering work and doing the ordering and delivery of the equipment and scheduling it so that we can get other changes completed before we start to do this. If you change everything at once, you don’t really know what’s working. So, that’s why it’s a stepwise fashion of working through all the changes in Q1. So, we’re ready for the Q2, Q3 implementation of these 2, and then we’ll see the results in Q3.

Rhylin Bailie: So we do have a few questions online. I’ll get back to you by email about those. And I think we’re done for now. Greg, do you have any closing remarks?

Greg Smith: No, none for me Rhylin. Other than just thanks again everyone for joining the call. Thanks for the continued support. And we’ll talk to you next quarter.

Rhylin Bailie: Perfect. Thank you, operator. You can now conclude the call.

Operator: This concludes today’s conference call. You may disconnect your lines. Thank you for participating and have a pleasant day.