Greetings, and welcome to the Centerra Gold conference call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. If at any time during the conference you need to reach an operator, please press star zero. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 . I would now like to turn the conference over to Toby Caron, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you, Jennifer, and thanks everyone for joining our call today to discuss Centerra Gold's acquisition of the Goldfield District Project. Today's call is open to all members of the investment community and media in listen-only mode. As we are in the quiet period before our year-end results release, which will occur this Friday, February 25th, we will not be taking questions, but I ask that you direct them to our earnings conference call on Friday. Joining me on the call today are Scott Perry, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Malcolm Stallman, Vice President Exploration. I would like to caution everyone that certain statements made today may be forward-looking statements and, as such, are subject to known and unknown risks, which may cause our actual results to differ from those expressed or implied.
Please refer to the caution regarding forward-looking information in our news releases and our other filings, which can be found on SEDAR, EDGAR, and on the company's website at centerragold.com. I'll now turn this call over to Scott.
Thanks a lot, Toby. Yeah, very good day to everyone. Very excited to be hosting this call today. Just, you know, obviously this represents the next phase of growth for Centerra, so it's exciting. Before we get going, I just want to start off by taking a moment to explain the protocol for this conference call. Just to reiterate what Toby said, you know, normally we would not be convening a conference call so close to the announcement of our year-end financial results. Look, having said that, we didn't want to miss the opportunity to provide some color on our thinking and our plans for the Goldfield acquisition to the investment community.
Unfortunately, though, you know, just given the close proximity to our year-end financial results, we're actually in what we deem a quiet period per our disclosure regulations. We will not be able to take any questions in today's call. As Toby mentioned, we certainly invite you to ask those questions about this acquisition during our year-end financial results conference call, which is scheduled for this Friday, February 25. In terms of the remarks I'll be making, I'm really referencing the accompanying acquisition investor presentation deck, which is available on our website, and I'm just starting off on slide number four.
Look, with this transaction, we now expect to be entering into an exciting and enhanced growth chapter at Centerra through the acquisition of the Goldfield District project. We really expect that this is gonna underpin our organic growth over the medium term, and we also expect that this will favorably recalibrate our geopolitical risk profile, which we think should be advantageous just in terms of Centerra's future valuation. I myself, I'd categorize this investment as a very measured organic growth acquisition that is certainly well within our financial means and capacity, and I'll touch more on that shortly.
In addition, we think there's some strong industrial logic here just in terms of our ability to leverage the operating, development, and exploration experience and success that we've already had with our Öksüt operational mine, just given the, you know, the numerous similarities between Öksüt and the Goldfield District project. In terms of the transaction value, $175 million is the upfront cash consideration, which in terms of the identified value proposition, we believe this investment is gonna produce a meaningful accretive transaction across a number of metrics, especially so in terms of increasing the future pro forma gold exposure per share of Centerra, you know, be it incremental reserves, incremental resources, the incremental production per share, all the way through to the future economic contributions per share.
All of this is underpinned by the fact that we are funding this acquisition with 100% cash, which obviously results in no increase to our share count upon closing. Just moving on to slide five. One thing you'll note, today's presentation is nonspecific in terms of the conceptual resources, production profiles, and project-specific financial profiles, which is, again, to be consistent with our disclosure regulations, whereby we here at Centerra are not in a position time-wise to provide qualified person certifications on any of the vendor's previous studies. However, do note our immediate plan following closing will be to refine those existing technical studies with a new Centerra-authored resource update, which is expected to be released in the first half of 2023, and thereafter, the finalization of a new updated feasibility study.
What I will say is that based on our extensive due diligence and analysis, we are quite confident in our expectation that those future studies are gonna showcase that the Goldfield District project is gonna be quite similar to our operational Öksüt mine, with perhaps even more meaningful exploration upside, just given the significant land package and the underexplored nature of the property. What we're putting forward here on this slide is some compelling strategic rationale. First and foremost, this transaction is gonna represent the addition of a high-quality development project that we think is gonna have quite low capital intensity. It's a conventional open-pit heap leach project, and it's already in late-stage development. It's a very similar approach in terms of what we built and are now operating in our Öksüt mine in Turkey.
We anticipate that when in operation, it's gonna represent meaningful future low-cost production, which will be very beneficial in terms of Centerra's company-wide medium-term organic growth. As I mentioned, one of the great things about open-pit heap leach projects is they tend to be at the lower end of the capital intensity spectrum. Again, we think this is gonna be similar to the experience that we had with Öksüt. The second row of this table, just in terms of the improvement in our geographical profile, I mean, this really provides a new platform of operations, but importantly, a platform that is domiciled in a Tier One mining jurisdiction. The project itself is located in the Esmeralda County, Nevada, which is obviously a world-class mining-friendly jurisdiction.
We are already seeing strong partnership and advocacy from the various representatives, be it in the county, be it in the state regulators, and likewise in terms of the nearby town of Goldfield. Increasing our exposure to North America, we think will be advantageous in terms of our overall geopolitical risk profile. As I mentioned earlier, we think that should be beneficial in terms of underpinning a more robust valuation, moving forward. Just in terms of the third bullet point, what we're seeing here conceptually is a relatively short construction period. The project, in a lot of respects, is quite heavily de-risked, especially so in terms of the conceptual first phase one of the project's development.
As I mentioned, our immediate plan will be to further refine the existing technical studies undertaken to date by Waterton, and we expect to have a resource update released in the first half of 2023, and very shortly thereafter, we'll have an updated feasibility study. One of the things I wanna just note is that we've. You know, in terms of our due diligence, which has been extensive, and I'll touch on that, we've seen very good support just from a license to operate perspective or just from a community and a regulatory perspective. One of the significant de-risking initiative that has already been completed by Waterton is the relocation of a major section of Highway 95.
I think this speaks volumes just in terms of the support this project has already been receiving from a number of the key stakeholders. The fourth bullet point, just in terms of leveraging our existing expertise. One of the great things here, one of the things that, you know, we sort of drew a lot of assurance and comfort from, is it really felt very similar to our Öksüt project. Shareholders in Centerra will know that we've had some quite good success in Turkey just in terms of our experience operating in country, but also in terms of the build, the move into commercial operations and, you know, the results thereafter that we've been showcasing at Öksüt.
We're gonna be certainly looking to leverage a lot of that development, that operating, that exploration expertise that we've obtained with our Öksüt mine. That was a project that we constructed on time and under budget, and we're certainly looking to parallel a lot of that success. The second last bullet point here, just from a prospectivity perspective, I think one of the things that you know that we really found very attractive was the size of the land package, but also just the high you know the high degree of prospectivity as well as the overall endowment that we've seen at this project and its associated land claims.
In terms of our modeling and our evaluation, we're seeing substantial upside potential, and we'll be obviously looking to see if we can bring that to fruition moving forward in terms of our exploration program. It's a very large land package, represents some 65 sq km. In terms of an endowment, historically, this land package has produced some 4 ,000,000 oz gold . Our exploration team has already identified numerous drill-ready exploration targets, and we believe these targets have the potential to expand the known three deposits, as well as extending the conceptual mine life. Just my last bullet point here, just in terms of due diligence. You know, I wanna note that this is a project or an opportunity that has been under study for nearly two years.
We've been evaluating this project, we've been studying this project, and have been particularly focused on ascertaining how can we, Centerra, add value here, again, looking to leverage the success that we've had with our operational Öksüt mine. Again, just given the strong similarities that we see with Öksüt and the Goldfield District project. The team has extensively due diligence all facets of the conceptual operation, from exploration through to infrastructure through to business unit operating productivity profiles, as well as even undertaking an additional hydrology drilling investment. Our return on investment capital threshold at Centerra are relatively high, but I think, you know, excitingly, the investment value proposition that we're seeing here, it screams favorably. Upon finalizing the new feasibility study, we, Centerra, envision showcasing a compelling rate of return project and investment opportunity. Just moving on to slide number six.
You know, as I mentioned earlier, this transaction represents the acquisition of a high-quality development project, and importantly, one that comes with significant exploration upside. Just referencing the left side of the slide, in terms of the project's overview, you know, obviously, it's located in Nevada, which is a fantastic, you know, tier one mining jurisdiction, very strong history there. It's located in a region that is well-endowed. As I mentioned earlier, historically, we've seen some 4,000,000 oz of gold produced from this region over the last 100 years. The second bullet point, the project is very similar to our Öksüt operational gold mine, being a conventional open pit heap leach project. We have three known deposits, being the Gemfield, the Goldfield Main, and the McMahon Ridge deposit. They are illustrated on the right of the slide.
In terms of the conceptual development here, it's really gonna be approached most likely in two phases. Phase one would be the development and operation of the Gemfield deposit, and then phase two is when Goldfield Main and McMahon Ridge deposits will be brought into operation as well. I just wanna highlight, you know, I know I'm speaking a lot about the exploration upside, but the Gemfield deposit, which you see illustrated there in the schematic, this deposit when it was found, was originally undercover. There was no surface expression. So again, I just think it speaks to the prospectivity and the potential of this deposit. But I know.
You know, it's an underexplored package of land claims, so it's something that we'll be extensively and strategically investing in. In terms of the processing methodology here, it's again similar to Öksüt in a lot of respects. It's three-stage crushing, your typical heap leaching, followed by your ADR plant treatment to produce your resultant ore. Again, exactly the same as Öksüt, albeit Öksüt is two-stage crushing. As I mentioned earlier, the property claim, the land package, it's significant, 15,000 acres or some 60 sq km. In terms of our due diligence, that really underpins a lot of the conviction that we have in this opportunity. We see significant potential here. We know these land claims are underexplored. In terms of our base case evaluation, the value proposition attracted us to this opportunity.
in terms of our upside scenarios, when we started to factor in different degrees of exploration success and additional resource conversion, in terms of the mine longevity that you can conceptually see here, it was very quickly a compelling attractive value proposition and return on investment capital. Just moving on to slide seven. in terms of the jurisdiction itself, you know, Nevada, I think, you know, consensus would put forward or advocate, definitely a tier one mining jurisdiction. again, for Centerra, we think that provides a new platform of operations for us. as I mentioned earlier, that should only be beneficial in terms of our jurisdictional risk profile or our geopolitical risk rating. I think that's gonna underpin hopefully, you know, some robust valuation as we move forward.
The property, in terms of accessing the property, it's via U.S. Highway 95 from Las Vegas. You know, being Nevada, you obviously have a significant pool of labor talent with a very strong mining experience. During our due diligence, there's been a lot of interactions with the stakeholders, with the regulators, with the county officials, and I feel comfortable representing that we're seeing strong local support. Again, I think what's even more symbolic of that, and this is to Waterton's credit, is the work that's already taken place on moving Highway 95 to facilitate the eventual development and operation of the Goldfield District project. Nevada, you know, obviously a world-class mining jurisdiction.
You can see in terms of the map here, we just illustrated, you know, a lot of history here, a number of nearby open-pit heap leach producing gold mines, as well as other development stage projects. I'm pretty excited about this just to be upgrading our portfolio, to be increasing our presence in terms of where our asset value or where our resources are domiciled. I think the more we can increase our North American presence, I think that's gonna, you know, certainly position us well just in terms of our valuation moving forward.
I think even you know secondly I'll just highlight you know the ability to bring this transaction to Centerra. I think it's fortunate you know because I think it is a strong value proposition and being underpinned by that sort of top-tier jurisdiction that can be difficult. That's rare that you find these opportunities. Something that certainly underpins my excitement. Slide eight. I've mentioned this a number of times. You know we think the project is analogous to Öksüt. We think there's a number of similarities here. As you can see in the top banner the Goldfield District project this is envisioned to be a conventional open-pit heap leach project very comparable to our Öksüt operational gold mine.
Oxford itself, that's been a great experience for us. Our team delivered that project on time and under budget. You know, since the project commenced operations, we've produced in excess of 200,000 oz of gold to date. Just down the bottom of the slide, I just note that these images are photos of our Öksüt gold mining operation. Referencing the left of the slide, again, in terms of similarities, open-pit heap leach, you know, very conventional approach, simple method in terms of processing, something that, you know, we've got an increasing amount of experience in. Likewise, you know, we think this project has very meaningful exploration. We think that's gonna be a very meaningful opportunity for us moving forward here over the medium term.
The fourth bullet point, you know, one of the things that I highly covet is, you know, it's a very low capital intensity. Conceptually what we're seeing here, we're seeing similarities to Öksüt in terms of the envisioned sort of capital construction costs, and that's obviously advantageous. As I mentioned earlier, we think in terms of license to operate, you know, in terms of support from the stakeholders, again, be it community, regulators, local county, we think strong support has been established. That's again, credit to the vendor of this project. On the right of the slide, just in terms of the advantages when it comes to heap leach operations, you know, it's a smaller footprint and obviously comes with a...
Tends to, you know, typically come with a lower environmental impact, especially noting that there's no need for tailings storage facilities. Again, one of the advantages is the low capital intensity I spoke to. Then likewise, you typically see, you know, lower unit operating costs. Again, you know, this project, I think conceptually, that's what we're seeing. This will be a meaningful source of high-quality, low-cost production. I think it's gonna be relatively consistent with, you know, where our current company-wide sort of operating cost profile is. Then lastly, just the potential to incorporate additional resources from, you know, any nearby sort of exploration success, any satellite deposits that we may identify, you know, we see the potential here to bring those into operation at relative ease.
What really supports that is just the lower unitary cost. When it comes to, you know, what is the potential radius in terms of where we can be looking at opportunity within this large land package, I think, you know, the low unitary cost structure that we see here is gonna underpin a wider radius. Again, large land package and a lot of potential here on the exploration front. We see, you know, in terms of the mine longevity, I think there are opportunities here in terms of additional resource expansion, but I won't say any more on that because joining me on the call today is Malcolm Stallman, who is our Vice President of Exploration and our Global Head of Exploration.
I just wanna pass over slide nine to Malcolm, just for Malcolm to provide his observations and his color. With that, Malcolm, if I can pass it to you, please.
Great. Thank you, Scott, and good morning to everyone. I'll be presenting you with a brief summary of the geology and history of the Goldfield District project, and I'll outline to you why we are very excited about what we believe to be the substantial exploration upside within the property. As Scott said, I'll be referencing slide nine in this part of the presentation. As has been mentioned, the Goldfield District project is a well-endowed but underexplored property located in a Tier one mining jurisdiction. Geologically, the property covers the majority of a significant advanced argillic alteration system, which hosts world-class high-sulfidation epithermal-type gold, silver mineralization.
Some of the key geological features observed within the project area that are common to all world-class high sulfidation districts include, firstly, a large silica-alunite alteration footprint, which in this case is approximately 30 km by 20 km in size. Secondly, evidence of both stratigraphic and structural controls on ore emplacement. Thirdly, ore being hosted in several lithological horizons. Fourthly, district-scale metal zonation. The prolific gold endowment of the project area is evidenced by its past production and the more than 300 known historical workings in the area that are recorded in a United States Geological Survey database that was compiled in the early 1900s. However, using Google Earth images, it can be seen that there are many tens of unrecorded small shafts, trenches, and pits within the property.
We believe that all these attributes provide many opportunities for the discovery of further mineralization within the project area. As Scott mentioned, the Goldfield District has a long history of exploration and mining. Despite this, it is still underexplored and remains highly prospective. Historically, gold was first discovered in the area in 1902. The Goldfield District produced approximately 4,200,000 oz of gold at a reported average grade of approximately 18 g per ton, or roughly 0.5 oz p er ton gold, between 1903 to the early 1920s. The details of this production, which is deemed to be historic and not NI 43-101 compliant, are listed in the United States Geological Survey report referenced at the bottom of the slide.
Since the 1920s, mining operations in the district have been sporadic and relatively minor, comprising the treatment of tailings, limited underground mining, and small-scale heap leaching. The project has undergone limited systematic modern exploration. The property comprises a land package of just over 60 sq km of tenure. Historically, the highly fragmented and complex land holding situation meant that district-scale systematic exploration could not be undertaken. Consolidation of the land package only began in earnest in the early 2000s, with most of the modern exploration since then having been focused around the known deposits. During our due diligence, our analysis of the project drill hole database shows that approximately 88% of the holes drilled and 87% of the meterage drilled has been in the vicinity of the known deposits.
It is considered that significant potential remains for new discoveries to be made within the extensive underexplored parts of the project area. As mentioned already, the project comprises a highly prospective land package. Our analysis and interpretation of the available exploration data shows the project to contain an exploration pipeline of targets that range from resource stage and drill-tested targets to untested or partially tested geochemical and/or geophysical targets, through to untested conceptual targets. In terms of resource expansion and exploration upside, multiple opportunities exist to add resources through infill and resource expansion drilling through prospect scale and regional scale exploration drilling, and through the acquisition of further land within the district.
The map on slide nine shows the outline of the land package, plus the location of the three main deposits, all overlain on a grade times thickness heat map, which is the reds, blues, greens, and yellows, and also the contours of the gold and soil anomalies are shown. Our highest priority targets relate to the vicinities of the known deposits, where there is good potential to increase the resources of heap leachable oxide gold from extensions to known mineralization and from deeper horizons in the vicinity of the known mineralization. Again, on the map you can see the heat map, which shows the areas that have been drilled and in which potentially economic mineralization has been intersected, and this requires follow-up.
Additionally, there's potential for further resources to be defined about relatively well-defined targets such as the Adams Prospect and the strike extensions of the McMahon Ridge Deposit. For example, small-scale open cut mining and some drilling was carried out in the past at the Adams Prospect, and multiple anomalous drill intercepts require interpretation and follow-up. To the McMahon's Ridge area, a strong gold and soil anomaly with supporting high-grade rock chip samples extends southeasterly from the deposit for over two kilometers. Only a dozen or so holes have been drilled into the zone. It's a target for immediate follow-up. On the map you can see the soil contours there heading to the southeast from the McMahon Ridge deposit.
Lesser developed targets within the project area include the large areas of silica-alunite alteration, which is a favorable indicator for potential gold mineralization in these types of mineral systems. Many of these zones of alteration have associated soil and rock chip anomalies, some of which are coincident with old mine workings. Very few of these zones have been adequately drill-tested, and they require further investigation. Again, on the map, you can see the contours with the soil anomalies. For instance, one example in the south, there's an underexplored 3 km-long gold and soil anomalous trend that requires further work. Another very significant target within the project area is the large areas of shallow recent cover, where surface geochemistry doesn't work, but old shafts and very limited drilling have shown that there is alteration and mineralization beneath the thin cover.
As Scott mentioned, the best example of this is the Gemfield deposit, which was only discovered in the early 1990s. It is located beneath thin alluvial cover and has no surface expression and was therefore missed by the historic miners. It was discovered through structural modeling and the use of induced polarization geophysics. Given the extent of the covered regions within the project area, we strongly believe that further deposits will be found beneath covered areas. While the main focus is exploring for shallow heap leachable oxide gold mineralization, the potential for narrow zones of very high-grade mineralization and steeply dipping feeder zones cannot be ignored. This was the material that was mined historically.
Further to this, it should also be noted that much of the resource definition drilling around the known deposits was vertical, and that this means it could have missed many of these narrow, high-grade feeder zones. These, you know, future drilling will be angled, and the intersection of these high-grade feeder zones may add substantial ounces to the resources. In summary, the Goldfield District project is highly prospective and underexplored, and we strongly believe that there is substantial potential to expand the existing gold resources and to find new mineralization within the project area. We are looking forward to getting on the ground there and getting drills running. We have multiple targets to follow up, and we have high expectations that we'll be successful. Thank you, and back to Scott.
Thanks a lot, Malcolm. Just on slide 10. With this acquisition, you know, we obviously think this is an excellent fit for Centerra. In terms of our analysis, our evaluation, we think the Goldfield District project has the potential to be a source of low-cost production that is only gonna strengthen Centerra's operating portfolio moving forward. It represents the opportunity here to add a high-quality development project that's gonna underpin meaningful organic growth on a company-wide basis here over the medium term. One of the key facets that I've touched on is the jurisdictional profile. Centerra establishing this meaningful platform and presence in Nevada is obviously gonna go a long way in terms of improving our geographical profile moving forward.
Being a conventional open-pit heap leach project, we're envisioning a relatively short construction timeline, and with that, relatively low capital intensity. Most importantly, again, just given the large number of similarities between Öksüt and the Goldfield District project, we really do think that we can leverage our existing operational development and exploration expertise. Then, as you've heard myself touch on and Malcolm just expand on in more detail, the large land package, we think, is very attractive, very prospective, and we think it's relatively underexplored, and that could provide substantial upside potential moving forward, and especially so in terms of how much that could move the pendulum when it comes to our overall conceptual sort of value proposition here and, you know, result in return on investment capital.
I think the key takeaway here, you know, as per the slide, is we think this is an excellent fit to Centerra, and it's gonna be an additional source of relatively high cost, low-cost production that'll be very important for our diversification moving forward. Just moving on to slide 11. This is still conceptual, but here's our just in terms of what we're envisioning for the project, here's our sort of current sort of four-year plan in terms of how we see the project development moving forward. Really sort of three key phases, if you will. First on the left of the slide will be an 18-month definition phase. You can see each of the key deliverables that we'll be undertaking as part of that phase.
The first five has already been complete, which is to the credit of Waterton, the project vendor. You can see the additional activities that we'll be embarking on over the next 18 months. Some of the more important ones from my perspective is obviously gonna be the exploration investment that we're gonna be making, but also the commitment that we're making today to be providing a resource update by the first half of 2023. Coming off the back of that resource update, we'll be you know, working on a lot of engineering and finalizing a feasibility study for the project as well as a technical report update. We expect all that to be completed after the resource update.
That's what's gonna really allow us to, you know, to showcase, you know, what is the value proposition here, one with which I think is gonna be quite compelling. As and when we finish those various sort of definition studies, that will allow us to move into detailed engineering and then ultimately moving into the construction phase. Again, that is approximately a two-year sort of timeline. Again, I would just note that that was you know, largely consistent with our experience at Öksüt. Then obviously thereafter, you know, once you've completed your engineering, that gives us the ability to, you know, take this opportunity to the board in terms of making a potential construction decision or for the board to sanction a build decision.
If, as and when that was granted, you can see, the ramp-up phase on the far right, we think will be relatively quick, which again, is similar to our experience at Öksüt. Just moving on to slide 12. Just wanna touch on, Centerra, sort of more company-wide basis, if you will, just in terms of our overall, you know, financial, flexibility. You know, as per the banner at the top of the slide, the acquisition of the Goldfield District project, it still provides, a lot of flexibility for Centerra, to, you know, obviously to embark on this transaction, but also to continue, delivering on other shareholder-friendly capital return initiatives that are being considered over time.
In terms of the table on the left of this slide, you can see in terms of our treasury profile, we've got a very strong liquidity position. If I reference the table section, you can see our overall liquidity is some $1.3 billion. In terms of this transaction that we're announcing today, we've got the $175 million upfront payment. We certainly have, you know, significant financial resources and the means to fund this acquisition. The last row in the table, I just wanna note this is, you know, as per our guidance this year, we're guiding for free cash flow of up to some $250 million.
Again, in terms of our, you know, I'm gonna categorize it as a peer-leading sort of balance sheet. We see that balance sheet continuing to grow here over the course of this year, notwithstanding the acquisition of the Goldfield District project. In terms of the bullet points on the right, I think we're certainly advocating that we have a strong ability to fund this acquisition, and we're doing so with cash. I think that's important just in terms of best ensuring we're gonna be maximizing the overall value accretion here in terms of not growing our share count moving forward.
Really, again, you know, significant financial flexibility and as at the top of the slide, I think advantageous just in terms of our overall positioning when it comes to delivering on future sort of shareholder-friendly capital return initiatives that we will be considering over time. Just to sort of wrap up today's sort of you know, conference call, just a few key points I wanna reiterate. You know, I think what we've put forward here is some very compelling strategic rationale. We think this is a great opportunity to add a low CapEx, you know, low capital intensity, high quality development project to our portfolio and just what that means for our medium-term organic growth moving forward.
In terms of Centerra's geopolitical risk profile, the addition of this asset means more domiciled North American presence, and I think that's gonna be favorable in terms of underpinning robust valuations here over the medium term. In terms of the conceptual construction timeline here, we think it's relatively short. Again, we think it's gonna be a similar sort of proposition to what we saw at our operational Öksüt gold mine. Therein, we think, you know, we've got a great opportunity here to really leverage a lot of that experience, to leverage our operational experience, our development experience, our exploration experience that we've had at Öksüt and really try and apply that here at the Goldfield District project. Exploration. You know, it's a significant land package.
It's underexplored on a number of fronts. We'll be certainly making the investments to see, you know, what opportunities we can bring to fruition there. I think most importantly, we feel like we know this project really well. It's been under study since 2020. The due diligence has been extensive. I think this is a very measured step that we're taking here in terms of what we're announcing today. I'm very excited. I look forward to, you know, the team completing the resource update, completing the feasibility study, and then that putting us in a position where we're gonna be pretty excited to showcase this next phase of organic growth for Centerra Gold.
With that, I'm gonna look to wrap up the call, and as I mentioned at the outset, unfortunately, we can't do any Q&A today just given how close we are to releasing our year-end financials. We certainly encourage all participants to join our call this Friday when we're announcing our year-end financial results. With that, I wish everyone good day, and I'll pass the call back to the operator, Jennifer, just to close out the call.
Thank you. That does conclude the conference call for today. We thank you all for your participation and ask that you please disconnect your line. Thank you. Have a great day.