Ivanhoe Electric releases updated Santa Cruz Copper preliminary feasibility study
Ivanhoe Electric released an updated preliminary feasibility study for its 100%-owned Santa Cruz Copper Project in Arizona, dated September 23, 2026, which replaces the prior technical report dated June 23, 2025. The company is holding an investor call the same day to discuss the results. The portion of the filing provided does not state the study's headline economic figures, such as capital cost or net present value, so shareholders will need the full report and presentation to assess the project's economics.
Key points
- Updated study dated September 23, 2026 supersedes the prior technical report dated June 23, 2025.
- Capital and operating cost estimates carry an expected accuracy of -20% to +25%, with a contingency of less than 15% applied to capital costs.
- Investor call on September 23, 2026, with a slideshow presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.3.
- Ivanhoe Electric controls 277 unpatented mining lode claims and about 25.98 km² of fee simple mineral ownership at the project.
The filing
Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 11:44 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 23, 2026.
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