Good day, and welcome to the 2024 Annual Meeting of Piedmont Lithium Inc. Our host for today's call is Jeff Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Piedmont Lithium. At this time, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. I will now turn the call over to your host, Mr. Armstrong. You may begin, sir. Good morning, afternoon, or evening to everyone, depending on where you're joining us from around the world. I'm Jeff Armstrong, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to Piedmont Lithium's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. It is now 11:00 A.M., and I'd like to formally call our annual meeting to order. Polls are now open as well. Today's meeting is being held virtually. We believe this format allows for maximized attendance, improved communications, and cost savings for our stockholders and the company. While the meeting is virtual only, we still welcome questions from our stockholders. As indicated in the rules of conduct, U.S. stockholders may vote or submit questions during the meeting by entering the 16-digit control number they received with their proxy materials. CDI holders may vote or submit questions during the meeting if they requested and received the 16-digit control number. Please remember that you may vote your shares online at any time during this meeting prior to the closing of the polls. The polls opened at the beginning of the meeting, and we will close the polls on all matters shortly after the presentation and discussion of today's proposals. Now, let me take the opportunity to introduce you to the members of the board in attendance today. In addition to myself, the members of our board today are as follows: Christina Alvord. Christina has served on the board since 2023. She previously served as the president of the Central Division of Vulcan Materials Company. Jorge Beristain. Jorge serves as Vice President of Finance at Ryerson Holdings Corporation. Jorge has served on the board since 2021 and was a member of the board of our predecessor company. Jorge currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. Michael Bless. Michael has served on the board since 2023. He previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company. Claude Demby. Claude most recently served as the President of Cree LED, and he has served on the board since 2021. Claude currently serves as Chair of the Leadership and Compensation Committee. Dawne Hickton. Dawne joined the board in 2024. She serves as the Chair... She serves as the Chair and CEO of Cumberland Additive. Dawne will serve as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective today. Keith Phillips. Keith has served as our President and CEO since 2017 and has been a board member since 2021. He was also a member of the board of our predecessor company. Keith brings our board his knowledge from a 30-year career on Wall Street, which included senior roles with Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan. I'd like to thank our board for their dedication and their willingness to serve. Next, I'd like to introduce to you the members of our executive leadership team in attendance today. The other members of the executive leadership team include Patrick Brindle, our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Michael White, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. and Bruce Czachor, our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary. I'd like to thank the executive leadership team and every member of our organization for their hard work this year. David Buist and Lindsay Levin from our independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Loretta Ayers from our former accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche, are also joining us today. This meeting will be conducted in accordance with the agenda and the rules of conduct that have been provided on the virtual meeting website. To maintain an informative, orderly and constructive meeting, we ask that participants abide by these rules. First, we will confirm that this meeting has been properly convened. Then, we will present the 12 proposals before the stockholders, as set forth in the proxy statement. During the formal business portion of the meeting, any questions should pertain to the proposals under consideration. Following the discussion and vote on the business items, we will conclude the formal business portion of the meeting and answer questions of general interest. Finally, our CEO, Keith Phillips, will make a few closing remarks. Now, I would like to introduce Bruce Czachor, our Corporate Secretary. Bruce, can you report whether we have a quorum, whether a quorum is present for the conduct of business? Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Kevin Chow of Carideo Group will serve as Inspector of Election at this meeting. He is present and has subscribed to his oath of office, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting, and which states that he will faithfully execute with strict impartiality his duties as Inspector of Election. As of the close of business on April 15th, the record date for the meeting, 19,365,198 shares of common stock, including our CDIs on an as converted basis, were issued and outstanding. Our Inspector of Election reports that a majority of shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting are present virtually or represented by proxy. The company's agents have also certified that a notice regarding internet availability of proxy materials was mailed to stockholders of record beginning on or about April 29, and the company's proxy materials were, in fact, made available to those stockholders. We'll file copies of the notice and related affidavit of mailing with the minutes of this meeting. Accordingly, I declare that this meeting is properly constituted and convened for purposes of transacting such business as may properly come before it. As stated in the notice, the purpose of this meeting is to address Proposals 1 through 12. Proposal 1 is to elect Mr. Keith Phillips, Mr. Michael Bless, and Ms. Dawne Hickton to serve as Class 1 directors for a three-year term until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Proposal 2 is to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. Proposal 3 is to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. Proposal 4 is to approve the grant of stock options to Mr. Phillips. Proposal 5 is to approve the grant of restricted stock units, or RSUs, to Mr. Phillips. Proposal 6 is to approve the grant of performance stock units to Mr. Phillips. Proposals 7 through 12 are to approve the grant of RSUs to non-executive directors. Please note that we will give stockholders an opportunity to ask questions on the proposals themselves after all proposals have been presented. Thank you, Bruce. Now we will consider the proposals. Bruce, would you present the proposals? Yes. Proposal 1 is the first matter to be considered is the election of Mr. Phillips, Mr. Michael Bless, and Ms. Dawne Hickton to serve as Class I directors for a three-year term until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Proposal 2 is to consider the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. Representatives of both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte are present and available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders. Proposal 3 is the approval on a non-binding advisory basis of the compensation of our named executive officers. Proposal 4 is the approval of the grant of 169,003 stock options to Mr. Phillips. Proposal 5 is the approval of the grant of 64,362 RSUs to Mr. Phillips. Proposal 6 is the approval of the grant of 257,442 performance stock units to Mr. Phillips. Proposal 7 is the approval of the grant of 13,976 RSUs to Mr. Armstrong. Proposal 8 is the approval of the grant of 7,724 RSUs to Ms. Alvord. Proposal 9 is the approval of the grant of 7,724 RSUs to Mr. Beristain. Proposal 10 is the approval of the grant of 7,724 RSUs to Mr. Bless. Proposal 11 is the approval of the grant of 7,724 RSUs to Mr. Demby. Proposal 12 is the approval of the grant of 7,724 RSUs to Ms. Hickton. Thank you, Bruce. Are there any stockholder questions or comments specifically related to these proposals? If there is no further discussion, we will close the poll shortly. If you have previously voted, it is not necessary for you to vote today unless you wish to change your vote. The polls will close shortly. If you have not already voted, please do so at this time. Now that we have allowed some time for stockholders to vote, it is, it is, 11:13, and I declare the polls closed. Bruce, could you please present the preliminary results? Mr. Chairman, the preliminary results show that we have received votes and proxies sufficient to elect each of the director nominees and approve the other proposals voted on today. The final vote totals, including votes validly received at this meeting, will be tabulated and included with the official minutes of the meeting and will be filed with the SEC in accordance with SEC rules. Thank you, Bruce. On behalf of the entire company, I want to thank you all for attending and exercising your voting rights as stockholders, and for your continued support of Piedmont Lithium. This concludes the formal business portion of today's meeting, and the formal portion of the meeting is hereby adjourned. We will be available for a few minutes for any comments or questions of general interest you may have. Please note, we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that comply with the meeting rules of conduct will be addressed. I see no questions. It is now my pleasure to turn the meeting over to our President and CEO, Keith Phillips. Keith is going to spend a few minutes providing us with his views on this past year, as well as talking about what the future may hold in store for Piedmont, Piedmont Lithium. Keith, the floor is yours. Thank you, Jeff. Before I provide an update on the company, I would like to remind everyone that certain comments made today may include forward-looking statements which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results or outcomes, or the timing of these results or outcomes, to differ materially from management's current expectations. Please review the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in our most recent annual report and our other SEC filings. We do not intend to update our forward-looking statements. I would like to review Piedmont's notable achievements over the past year, and there have been several. We began 2023 by securing long-term customer contracts with Tesla and LG Chem for offtake from our jointly owned North American Lithium project. NAL restarted production in March 2023 and is now the largest producing spodumene mine in North America. Piedmont has received all material permits required to begin construction at Tennessee Lithium, and we progressed significantly in the state mining permitting process for Carolina Lithium, which has resulted in the recent receipt of our mine permit. More on that in a minute. In Ghana, we exercised our option to acquire a 22.5% equity interest in Atlantic Lithium Ghana, which includes the Ewoyaa Lithium Project. Shortly afterward, Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources granted a mining lease for the project, marking an important step in Ewoyaa's development. Both the acquisition of our equity interest in Ewoyaa and the receipt of the mining lease are subject to Ghanaian government approvals and other statutory requirements. We are evaluating non-dilutive funding options for our portion of the project's capital investment. These options include the possibility of an offtake partner, as we hold a life of mine offtake agreement with Atlantic Lithium for 50% of the annual production of spodumene concentrate at Ewoyaa. However, perhaps most notable in 2023 was our transition from a lithium developer to a lithium supplier. In the third quarter, we made our first customer shipment via our North American Lithium offtake agreement. We believe that this agreement, for the greater of 113,000 dry metric tons, or 50% of the spodumene concentrate production annually from the project, combined with our 25% ownership in the joint venture, provides Piedmont with leverage towards favorable economics as lithium prices rise while hedging our exposure to capital and operating costs. In November 2023, we held our first-ever earnings call and reported inaugural revenue. By year-end, we had shipped 43,200 dry metric tons of spodumene concentrate from our North American Lithium offtake and generated $39.8 million in revenue, with $71.7 million in cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2023. This year, we are targeting shipments totaling approximately 126,000 dry metric tons, prioritizing contract customer shipments weighted to the second half of the year. 2024 has already been marked by great progress for Piedmont. In the first quarter, North American Lithium achieved multiple record production levels as the project continues to ramp up to steady state operations expected to be achieved this year. The construction of the crushed ore dome is now completed and commissioned, which is expected to result in increased production and a reduction in unit operating costs. Most recently, several new and expanded high-grade mineralization zones were identified at North American Lithium, which we believe demonstrates the potential for near-term upgrades to the mine's resources and reserves. As an operating mine producing IRA-compliant spodumene concentrate, we believe North American Lithium is highly strategic, and the possibility of an extension to mine life and/or an increase in annual production is very exciting. In North Carolina, we achieved a milestone in May 2024 with the receipt of the mining permit for Carolina Lithium, one of only two significant spodumene projects in the United States. We believe the mining permit is a catalyst for accelerating discussions with potential funding parties, including strategic partners and supportive government programs, such as the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. Our goal for this project, and all of our development projects, is to put in place a strong funding plan to minimize dilution to Piedmont shareholders. Lastly, we welcomed a new director to our board in the first half of 2024, Ms. Dawne Hickton, an accomplished leader in the aerospace, energy, and metals industries. We believe her background and experience helps further diversify the board's executive, operational, and strategic guidance to the company, and we are looking forward to working with her as we further our mission to supply the U.S. with lithium resources through our projects. With a fortified balance sheet, prudent cost-saving plan, and lithium prices that have rebounded off the lows, we are optimistic about our second half of 2024. We believe we are well positioned to continue advancing growth across our portfolio while maintaining our focus on maximizing value for Piedmont shareholders. I will now turn the meeting back to our Chairman, Jeff Armstrong, to close. Thank you, Keith. On behalf of the entire company, I want to thank you all for attending and exercising your voting rights as stockholders and for your continued support of Piedmont Lithium. This concludes today's meeting, and the meeting is hereby adjourned.