Ivanhoe Electric Announces Completion of Earn-In to Acquire a 60% Interest in the Samapleu-Grata Nickel-Copper Project in the Ivory Coast - Seite 2

Figure 1: Samapleu-Grata Nickel-Copper Project Location in Côte d'Ivoire

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Highlights of the 2024 Preliminary Economic Assessment Announced by Sama Resources
The 2024 PEA outlines the potential for a conventional open pit mining operation supporting 86.5 million tonnes of modelled mill feed together with 1.62 million tonnes of direct shipped laterite material entirely from the Grata, Main and Extension deposits and the Sipilou Sud Laterite deposit.

Over the life of mine, the Samapleu-Grata Nickel-Copper Project would produce an annual average of 38,627 tonnes of a 26% copper concentrate and 55,119 tonnes of a 13% nickel concentrate through a process plant with a capacity of 5.475 million tonnes per year. This would be achieved through a conventional process that focusses entirely on flotation, for the production of separate copper and nickel concentrates together with cobalt, platinum, palladium and gold as by-products.

Highlights from the 2024 PEA announced by Sama Resources include:

• Average annual production of approximately 38,627 tonnes of 26% copper concentrate and 55,119 tonnes of 13% nickel concentrate
• Average annual nickel metal in concentrate of approximately 7,165 tonnes per year and copper metal in concentrate of approximately 10,043 tonnes per year
• 16 year-life of mine
• Pre-tax Net Present Value ("NPV") at an 8% discount rate of US$463M and internal rate of return ("IRR") of 28.2%
• Post-tax NPV₈ of US$257M and post-tax IRR of 22.3%
• Initial capital costs of US$338M including a contingency of US$61M
• Post-tax payback period of 3.8 years

The 2024 PEA is based on a long-term nickel price of US$8.83/lb and a long-term copper price of US$3.99/lb.

The 2024 PEA is preliminary in nature and includes inferred mineral resources, considered too speculative in nature to be categorized as mineral reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves have not demonstrated economic viability. Additional trenching and/or drilling will be required to convert inferred mineral resources to indicated or measured mineral resources. There is no certainty that the results of the 2024 PEA will be realized.

The 2024 PEA includes only the Grata, Main and Extension deposits and the Sipilou Sud Laterite Deposit, which together with the proposed mine infrastructure, covers only approximately 3% of the 835 km² Project area. This provides ample opportunities for exploration upside and expansion opportunities, including at known mineralized zones at Yepleu and Draba, as shown in Figure 2.

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