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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-098492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IE"
cik: "0001879016"
company_name: "Ivanhoe Electric Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:38:57.182471+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Santa Cruz copper project initial assessment: 20-yr mine life, $1.1B initial capex

## Summary
- Indicated resources 6,188 Mlb Cu; inferred 4,072 Mlb Cu; no change from Dec 2022.
- Mine plan targets 15,000 t/d, construction 2026-2029, production start 2029, 20-year life.
- Initial capital: mining $497.7M, process $563.7M, TSF $75.1M; sustaining $462.8M + $486.8M.
- Metallurgical tests confirm up to 94% total copper recovery via leach-float.
- Base case copper $3.80/lb; project on private land, state permits, not federal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-098492
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IE
- cik: 0001879016
- company_name: Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879016/000110465923098492/0001104659-23-098492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879016/000110465923098492/tm2324688d1_8k.htm

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