first-quarter profits for randgold rise 19% quarter on quarter.s to production is down 11% quarter on quarter. we have a little bit of a drop in production overall. first-quarter gold sales come in at $345.8 million. so we have got this breaking in thed we have the man chair beside you. first, we will discuss the numbers with our bristow -- mark bristow. run us through these numbers. gold had a nice rally. talk me through the production drop by 11%. what caused it? quarter 4 last year was a very good quarter. we moved some of the growth from 3 to quarterarter 4. up in production. the financials were very comforting. that was a benefit of the higher gold price and a very good from flagship complexes, which fared particularly well, and our cost plans. campaign on 100% sulfide and had eight days down and one more with a failure. operation, we were commissioning the crushes as planned this quarter and it went on a little longer. anna: can i ask you about the gold price? your share price has been nicely tracking the gold price over the first quarter of