Welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting for the United States Antimony Corporation. Our host today is Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO. I'll turn the meeting over to your host. Mr. Evans, you may begin.
Thank you, sir. Good afternoon, everybody. I'm Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO of United States Antimony Corporation. On behalf of our Board of Directors, our officers, and employees, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. We're happy you decided to join us today. First of all, I would like to start by introducing the members of our Board of Directors. They are as follows. Joe Bardswich, who's a Director, Executive Vice President, and Chief Mining Engineer. Dr. Blaise Aguirre, who is an Independent Director. Joseph Carrabba, who is an Independent Director. General Jack Keane, who is an Independent Director. Jon Marinelli, who is an Independent Director. Last but not least, Mr. Mike McManus, who's also an Independent Director. Also with me today and assisting me in this meeting is Shawn Winkler, who is our Interim Chief Financial Officer.
We have with us today several third-party consultants. Scott New, who is our longtime third-party auditor partner, previously with Assure CPA and now with Sadler Gibb, who acquired the firm of Assure just last week, which is now our new Independent Public Accounting Firm. Also with us today is Dean Colucci from Duane Morris, who is our outside legal counsel. Now that we have gone through these introductions, I'd like to say a few words regarding mailing in the presence of a quorum. A notice of meeting and internet availability was mailed around April 20th, 2026, to all shareholders of record as of April 15th, 2026. An affidavit to that effect has been received by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. and will be filed with the minutes of this meeting today.
Based on the shares represented in person or by proxy, a quorum is present, we can now proceed with the meeting. In the interest of time, we will dispense with the reading of the minutes from the last year's shareholder meeting. Therefore, I'd like to go ahead and proceed now with the business of this year's annual meeting. As set forth in the meeting notice and the accompanying proxy statement, there are three matters to be voted on by shareholders today. Proposal number one. The first matter is the election of seven members of the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term. The Board of Directors nominated and recommended the election of Gary C. Evans, myself, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, Lloyd Joseph Bardswich, Joseph A. Carrabba, General John M. Keane, Jon R. Marinelli, and Michael A. McManus in the proxy statement.
Proposal number two, which is the second item, is to approve an amendment to the certificate of formation to increase the total number of authorized for issuance by the company. These are the authorized shares of the company. Proposal number three is the third item is to ratify the appointment of the new accounting firm, Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year that ends December 31, 2026. The polls are now open to vote for these proposals. Please use the Vote Now button to cast your vote. We'll pause for just a minute now to allow shareholders who have not already done so to vote their shares. We're now declaring that the polls be closed, and I'm asking Shawn Winkler, our inspector of elections, to tally up the votes.
We'll pause for another minute or so while the inspector tallies these votes up.
Gary, the votes have been counted. There's a quorum present in voting at this meeting, either virtually or by proxy. You can now continue on with the meeting.
Thank you, Shawn. The inspector of election reports that there is a quorum present in voting at this meeting, either virtually or by proxy. The inspector also reports the following. Number 1, each of Gary C. Evans, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, Lloyd Joseph Bardswich, Joseph A. Carrabba, General John M. Keane, Jon R. Marinelli, and Michael A. McManus have all been elected to the board of directors. The amendment to the certificate of formation to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance by the company has also been approved. Lastly, the selection of Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC as our new accounting firm has been ratified. A formal report by the inspector of election detailing results of the vote of each proposal will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. This now concludes the business to be conducted today.
Your board wants to thank each of the officers and employees of our company for their hard work and dedication. Every employee plays a critical role in achieving our goals and objectives and adding ultimate shareholder value to you. We'd also like to thank our shareholders for the continued support of our company and their encouragement of our board and our staff. While we've come a long way in a short period of time, we firmly believe the best is yet to come for this company. Thank you for participating in this meeting today and continuing to support your board of directors and management team. The 2026 Annual Shareholders meeting is now officially adjourned. Presenters to mute. Okay, operator.
This now concludes the 2026 annual meeting. Thank you for joining.