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accession: "0001104659-26-068231"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IE"
cik: "0001879016"
company_name: "Ivanhoe Electric Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-29T20:05:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:08:40.016704+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ivanhoe Electric signs $64.7M definitive TBM purchase agreement for Santa Cruz Copper Project

## Summary
- Total purchase price $64.7M for tunnel boring machine from Robbins; $1.1M deposit already paid.
- Remaining $63.6M due in milestones: 20% after signing, 32.5% at shipping, 20% at delivery, 27.5% at commissioning.
- Commissioning target July 30, 2027; liquidated damages $50,000 per calendar day for delay caused by Robbins.
- Agreement signed May 28, 2026; TBM will bore the mine decline tunnel at Santa Cruz Copper Project near Casa Grande, AZ.
- Assembly costs of $5.8M paid separately; title transfers upon delivery at project site.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-068231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IE
- cik: 0001879016
- company_name: Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-29T20:05:20+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879016/000110465926068231/0001104659-26-068231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879016/000110465926068231/tm2615932d1_8k.htm

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