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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 7, 2025, Mark Gibson provided notice of his resignation, effective May 9, 2025, as Ivanhoe Electric Inc.’s (the “Company”) Chief Geophysics Officer and principal operating officer. On May 8, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Glen Kuntz, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Mine Development, to succeed Mr. Gibson in the role of principal operating officer effective May 9, 2025.
Mr. Kuntz, 57, has served as our Senior Vice President, Mine Development since November 21, 2022, and prior to that was our Chief Technical and Innovation Officer since January 2022. In addition, he has served as Vice President of Mesa Cobre Corporation, one of our owned subsidiaries, since April 2022. Mr. Kuntz is a Qualified Person, Professional Geologist, and mining executive with over thirty years of experience focused on exploration, development and operations (underground and open pit), technology, and studies across a variety of commodities and mining types/methods throughout the Americas, Africa and Australia. Mr. Kuntz holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Geology from the University of Manitoba.
Additional information regarding Mr. Kuntz is included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2025, in the paragraph appearing under the heading “Executive Officers – Glen Kuntz”, which paragraph is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC. | |||
| Date: May 9, 2025 | By: | /s/ Taylor Melvin | |
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| Taylor Melvin | |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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