Hello, and welcome to the virtual special meeting of security holders of Aurion Resources Ltd. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. If you participate in this meeting and disclose personal information, you will be deemed to consent to the recording, transfer, and use of the same. If you disclose personal information of another person in this meeting, you will be deemed to represent and warrant to Computershare and the corporation that you first obtained all required consents for the disclosure, recording, transfer, and use of such personal information from all appropriate persons before your disclosure. It is now my pleasure to turn the meeting over to Mr. Matti Talikka, a Director and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. Mr. Talikka, the floor is yours. Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you everyone for joining us for this virtual special meeting of security holders of Aurion Resources Limited. My name is Matti Talikka. I'm a Director and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. I will act as the chair of this meeting, having been chosen by the directors present at this meeting to be chair. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the current directors of the corporation, other than myself, who are in attendance online at this meeting. We have Dennis Clarke, David Loveys, Leily Omoumi, and David Lotan, who is the Chairman of the Board. We also have corporation's officers in attendance online with us today. We have Mark Serdan, Chief Financial Officer, Mark Santarossa, Vice President of Corporate Development, and Diana Mark, Corporate Secretary. I will now take a few minutes to set out some specific instructions related to the meeting. We are conducting this meeting on Computershare's virtual meeting platform. This platform will allow all shareholders and warrant holders, which I will collectively refer as the security holders going forward, regardless of geographic location and equity ownership, to have an equal opportunity to participate in this meeting. The majority of all votes have been cast in advance of the meeting by proxy through the various available channels. That said, the right to virtually attend, vote, and participate in this meeting is very important. This online meeting is accessible to registered security holders, proxy holders, and guests. However, only registered security holders as of the record date and their duly appointed proxy holders can participate, submit questions, and vote at the meeting. If you have a question or comment, please select the Q&A icon. If you are a registered security holder or duly appointed proxy holder, you may ask a question or submit a comment by typing your question or comment into the text box at the top of the messaging screen that says, "Type your question," and clicking the send button. You will be able to see the questions and comments you have submitted by clicking the My Messages icon under the box. Please submit any questions or comments when prompted. As always, we will limit the questions and comments to matters that relate directly to the resolution being put forward for consideration at today's meeting. Questions that are similar in nature or repetitive may be grouped together and addressed in a single response at the appropriate time during the meeting. Registered security holders and duly appointed proxy holders that are logged in to the meeting's online portal may vote by electronic ballot on the virtual meeting platform. Each security holder is entitled to one vote for each share or warrant held. If you are a registered security holder or duly appointed proxy holder and have already voted prior to the proxy cutoff time and do not wish to change or revoke your previous vote, please do not vote again through the virtual meeting platform. By voting again, you will be revoking your previous vote. Online voting will open shortly during the formal portion of the meeting. We will allow sufficient time for votes, and you may vote from when the polls are opened until we declare the voting closed. You will have two minutes to vote once the polls are opened, and I will advise when there is one minute left before the polls close. When online voting has opened, the polling icon will appear in the navigation bar. The text of the matter on which you are being asked to vote and voting choices will then be displayed. After you vote, a message confirming that your vote has been received will appear. Your vote can be changed by simply clicking the other available option. As a reminder, internal network security protocols, including firewalls and VPN connections, may block access to the virtual meeting platform. If you are experiencing difficulty connecting or listening to the meeting, ensure your VPN setting is disabled or use a computer on a network not restricted to security settings of the particular organization. If any security holder or proxy holder attending the meeting virtually has any technical issues with voting or submitting a question during the meeting, please click the support button under the information section of your screen for technical assistance. We wish to remind attendees that only registered security holders as at the record date for this meeting and duly appointed proxy holders were registered with Computershare in advance of the meeting and received an invitation code can participate, submit questions, and vote at the meeting. We wish to confirm that the results of voting will be held until the end of the meeting in order to permit time for voting and tabulation by the scrutineer during today's meeting. Agenda item number one, appointment of secretary and scrutineer. Our corporate secretary, Diana Mark, will act as secretary of this meeting. Colleen Nielsen of Computershare will act as scrutineer of this meeting. Agenda item number two, notice of meeting. I have received affidavits affirmed by representatives of Computershare and Broadridge stating that the notice of meeting, management information circular, and proxy-related material have been mailed to the registered security holders of record and the non-registered shareholders as of the close of business on May 6th, 2026. Proof of such delivery has been tabled. I direct the secretary to keep copies of the affidavits of mailing with the minutes of this meeting. Unless there is any objection, I will dispense with the reading of the notice of meeting. As no objections have been received, we will continue. Agenda item number three, quorum. Under the corporation's articles and in accordance with the interim order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated May 7th, 2026, the corporation is authorized to hold today's meeting virtually, and registered security holders and duly appointed proxy holders participating in today's meeting virtually are deemed to be present for purposes of establishing quorum. A quorum is present if at least two shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who hold in the aggregate of at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares entitled to be voted at this meeting are present in person by virtual means or represented by proxy. Based on the preliminary scrutineer's report, a quorum is present for this meeting. I direct that the final scrutineer's report be kept by the secretary with the minutes of this meeting. Agenda item number four, meeting regularly constituted. As proper notice of the meeting has been given and we have established a quorum for the meeting, I therefore declare that this meeting is regularly called and properly constituted for the transaction of business. Agenda item number five, voting. As I previously stated, we will conduct a vote at this meeting by electronic ballots on the virtual meeting platform. If you are a registered security holder or duly appointed proxy holder and have already voted prior to the proxy cutoff time and do not wish to change or revoke your previous vote, please do not vote again through the virtual meeting platform. By voting again, you will be revoking your previous vote. For those registered security holders and duly appointed proxy holders that did not vote by proxy prior to today's meeting or who wish to change their vote, in a few moments, we will open the voting on the virtual meeting platform for the resolution detailed in the management information circular dated May 8th, 2026, prepared in connection with this meeting and mailed to all security holders prior to today's meeting, which I will refer to as the circular going forward. Particulars of the votes cast on all matters may be obtained from the secretary after this meeting. Agenda item number six, approval of arrangement resolution. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider and, if deemed advisable, pass a special resolution, which I will refer to as the arrangement resolution going forward, set out in appendix A to the circular, approving a proposed statutory plan of arrangement involving the corporation and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited under the Business Corporations Act, pursuant to which Agnico will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Aurion, all as more particularly described and set forth in the circular. In order to become effective, the arrangement resolution must be approved by an affirmative vote of at least, number one, 2/3 of the votes cast by shareholders present virtually or represented by proxy at today's meeting, voting as a single class with one vote for each share held. Number 2/3 of the votes cast by shareholders and warrant holders present virtually or represented by proxy at today's meeting, voting as a single class with one vote for each share and warrant held. Number three, a simple majority of the votes cast by shareholders present virtually or represented by a proxy at today's meeting, excluding any votes cast in respect of any shares by any person required to be excluded in accordance with Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The votes attached to 212,000 shares will be excluded for the purposes of determining whether minority approval has been obtained. For all of the reasons stated in the circular, and the board of directors of Aurion has recommended that security holders vote for the approval of the Arrangement Resolution. I move that the Arrangement Resolution, as set out in Appendix A to the circular relating to the approval of the proposed arrangement involving the corporation and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited be approved and adopted. Do any registered security holders or duly appointed proxy holders have any questions or comments directly related to this motion? Given that there are no questions or comments, the meeting will now proceed to a vote on the Arrangement Resolution. I hereby direct Computershare to open the polls. The polls are now open and will remain open for two minutes. At this time, we invite registered security holders and duly appointed proxy holders who have not voted prior to today's meeting or who wish to change their vote to vote through the virtual meeting platform. I will now allow time for voting to be conducted and concluded and will take a brief pause. One minute remains before the polls close. If any registered security holder or duly appointed proxy holder would like me to consider extending the voting period by an additional minute to vote, please indicate so by typing your request in the text box at the top of the messaging screen that says, "Type your question," and clicking the send button. I declare voting is closed and instruct the scrutineer to close the polls and tabulate votes and report back to me. Agenda item number seven, report on voting. We will now pause for a few minutes in order to permit tabulation of the votes before announcing the results. I have been advised by the scrutineer that the preliminary vote report shows that the Arrangement Resolution has been passed by the requisite majorities of the votes cast by security holders. Accordingly, I declare the motion carried. I direct that the scrutineer's final report on voting be annexed to the minutes of this meeting as a schedule. The results of the vote will also be available on SEDAR+. Agenda item number eight, termination of the meeting. This completes the formal business to be conducted at this meeting. I move to terminate this meeting. Do any registered security holders or proxy holders have any questions or comments directly related to this motion? Given that there are no questions or comments, I hereby declare that the motion to terminate this meeting has been carried and that this meeting is now terminated. Thank you for attending this virtual special meeting of security holders of Aurion Resources Limited. Thank you for your continued support
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