Ivanhoe Electric Announces Full Exercise and Closing of Underwriters’ Option for $22.5 Million in Public Offering of Common Stock, Increasing Gross Proceeds to $172.5 Million
October 27, 2025
Ivanhoe Electric Announces Full Exercise and Closing of
Underwriters’ Option for $22.5 Million in Public Offering of
Common Stock, Increasing Gross Proceeds to $172.5 Million
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, October 27, 2025 -- Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (NYSE American: IE;
TSX: IE) (“Ivanhoe Electric”), Executive Chairman, Robert Friedland and President and
Chief Executive Officer, Taylor Melvin are pleased to announce the full exercise and
closing on October 2 7, 2025 , of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional
1,500,000 shares of Ivanhoe Electric’s common stock at a public offering price of $15.00,
pursuant to the previously announced and completed underwritten public offering of
10,000,000 shares of Ivanhoe Electric’s common stock at a public offering price of $15.00
per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, including the proceeds from the exercise
of the underwriters’ option, were $172.5 million, before deducting underwriting discounts
and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Ivanhoe Electric.
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to complete the remaining payments
owed from the purchase of land at our Santa Cruz Copper Project in Arizona, to fund
early development activities at the Santa Cruz Copper Project, to fund exploration
activities at our current projects and joint ventures , and for other working capital and
general corporate purposes.
BMO Capital Markets acted as lead book-running manager of the offering. J.P. Morgan
and National Bank of Canada Capital Markets acted as book-running managers of the
offering.
A registration statement on Form S -3 (No. 333-273195) relating to these securities has
been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and was
automatically declared effective on July 10, 2023. The shares being offered in this offering
were offered by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus
relating to the offering that form a part of the registration statement. The final prospectus
supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on October 22, 2025, and is
available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from
BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd
Floor, New York, NY 10036, email: [email protected].
The final MJDS prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the
offering was filed with the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory
authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada (except Québec) on October
22, 2025 and copies of the final MJDS prospectus supplement and accompanying final
base MJDS prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from the underwriters and
will be available under Ivanhoe Electric's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca .
In obtaining the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange of the Offering, Ivanhoe
Electric relied on the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual
available to "Eligible lnterlisted Issuers", since Ivanhoe Electric’s common stock is
listed on the NYSE American and had less than 25% of its overall trading volume
occurring in Canada during the 12 months prior to launch of the Offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Ivanhoe Electric
We are a U.S. company that combines advanced mineral exploration technologies
(Typhoon™ and Computational Geosciences Inc.) with electric metals exploration
projects predominantly located in the United States, headlined by the Santa Cruz Copper
Project in Arizona. Our mineral exploration efforts focus on copper as well as other metals,
including nickel, vanadium, cobalt, platinum group elements, gold, and silver. We also
operate a 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden to explore for
minerals on ~48,500 km 2 of underexplored Arabian Shield in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
Contact Information
Mike Patterson
Vice President, Investor Relations and Business Development
Email: [email protected]
Phone 1-480-601-7878
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward looking information” and
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. and Canadian securities laws.
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release,
including statements regarding the use of proceeds from the offering are forward-looking
statements. Forward -looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and
assumptions and on information currently available to management. Such statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the forward -looking statements due to various factors, including
management’s discretion over the use of proceeds of the offering; we will require
substantial additional capital investment in the future; our mineral projects are all at the
exploration or development stage and are subject to the significant risks and uncertainties
associated with mineral exploration and development; we have inferred resources that
may never be upgraded to a higher category of resource or reserve; we have a limited
operating history on which to base an evaluation of our business and prospects; we
depend on our material projects for our future operations; our mineral resource and
reserve calculations and economic projections relating to our properties are only
estimates; actual capital costs, operating costs, production and economic returns may
differ significantly from those we have anticipated; the title to some of the mineral
properties may be uncertain or defective; our business is subject to changes in the prices
of copper, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, vanadium and platinum group metals; we have
claims and legal proceedings against one of our subsidiaries; our business is subject to
significant risk and hazards associated with exploration activiti es, mine development,
construction and future mining operations; we may fail to identify attractive acquisition
candidates or joint ventures with strategic partners or be unable to successfully integrate
acquired mineral properties or successfully manage j oint ventures; our success is
dependent in part on our joint venture partners and their compliance with our agreements
with them; our business is extensively regulated by the United States and foreign
governments as well as local government s; we may be adversely affected by tariff and
trade actions; we and the VRB China Joint Venture may not receive the anticipated
payments from Red Sun in connection with the VRB China Joint Venture transaction in
full or in a timely manner; our subsidiary Cordoba’s sale of its interest in the Alacrán
project may not be completed; the requirements that we obtain, maintain and renew
environmental, construction and mining permits are often a costly and time -consuming
process; our non-U.S. operations are subject to additional political, economic and other
uncertainties not generally associated with domestic operations; and our operations may
be impacted by public health emergencies, pandemics, epidemics, or similar events .
These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction
with the other cautionary statements described in or incorporated by reference in Ivanhoe
Electric’s preliminary prospectus supplement relating to this offering and accompanying
base prospectus that form a part of the registration statement on Form S-3, as amended,
filed with the SEC and preliminary MJDS prospectus supplement relating to th is offering
and accompanying final base MJDS prospectus filed with Canadian securities
commissions. Ivanhoe Electric expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
update the forward -looking statements contained in this press release to reflect any
change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which
such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law. No assurance can
be given that such future results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date of this press release. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.