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China Armco Metals, Inc. (CNAM) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May 20, 2013 5:00 PM ET
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the China Armco Metals first quarter 2013 earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions) This conference is being recorded today May 28, 2013. I’d like to turn the conference over to Philip Rosen of The Language Factor. Please go ahead Mr. Rosen.
Thank you and welcome everyone to today’s conference call for China Armco Metals. This call will cover China Armco’s financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2013. The earnings press release accompanying this conference call went to the wire on May 15, 2013. On our call today, Mr. Kexuan Yao, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Fengtao Wen, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. [Li Zongwin], General Accountant, Ms. Zhang, assistant to the chairman and Philip Rosen who will be assisting with translations.
Before we get started I am going to quickly read a disclaimer about forward looking statements. This conference call may contain in addition to historical information forward looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Securities laws regarding China Armco Metals Inc. Forward looking statements include statements about plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are different than historical fact. These forward looking statements are based on current management expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may result in expectations not being realized and may cause actual outcomes to differ materially from expectations reflected in these forward looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include change in demand for the company’s services, the impact of competition and government regulation and other risks contained in the statements filed from time to time with the SEC. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, made on behalf of the company are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements and such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and we caution you not to place any undue reliance on these.
During the call today, the company will discuss non-GAAP financial measures. These specifically related to a non-cash charge for the change in the value of warrants. As such, the calculations which address operating income, net income, or earnings per share which do not include this charge are non-GAAP in nature and used solely to help investors have visibility into the financial metrics which are reflective of the operations. They should not be relied on for making informed decisions and, as again, we’d like to point you to the SEC filings and subsequent notes.
During today’s call we will provide more color on our first quarter 2013 including a review of our financial performance. I will wrap up with a discussion of our outlook and the roadmap for our 2013 growth strategy. As a reminder and for those of you that are new shareholders, China Armco Metals is engaged in the sale and distribution of metal ore and non-ferrous metals throughout the PRC, and is in the recycling business with the launch of our metal recycling production facility at the end of the second quarter in 2010.