International Battery Metals Ltd. (IBAT:CA) This autumn 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Operator

Thank you for standing by. My name is Tina, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the IBAT Fourth Quarter Financial Results Call. [Operator Instructions]

It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Brian Siegel, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Brian Siegel
Managing Director

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our fourth quarter and full year 2026 financial results conference call. I’m Brian Siegel with Hayden IR. With me today is our CEO, Joe Mills, who will provide a business update; and CFO, Michael Rutledge, who will review our financial performance.

Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that except for historical information, the matters discussed in this presentation are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Words like believe, expect and anticipate refer to our best estimates as of this call, and there can be no assurances that these will actually take place. So our actual future results could materially differ from these statements. Further information on the company’s risk factors is contained in the company’s quarterly and annual reports filed on SEDAR and with the Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR.

Now I’ll turn the call over to Joe.

Joseph Mills
CEO & Director

Thank you, Brian, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We appreciate you joining us today to review our fourth quarter and fiscal year-end 2026 results.

Before I get into the business update, I do want to take a step back and reflect on the past year. April marked my 1-year anniversary at IBAT. When I took over as