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Sale Of Stock, Consideration Used To Advance Mineral Projects

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Standstill Period To Limit Shareholding

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Subsidiary, Noncontrolling Owner, Term Of Ownership

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Area of land held.

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	May 15, 2023 USD ($) km² $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Subsequent events
Common stock issued for strategic investment			$ 9	$ 9
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden (“Ma’aden”)
Subsequent events
Area of land \| km²	48,500
Common stock issued for strategic investment	$ 127,100
Number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	10.3
Purchase price of stock (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 12.38
Installment payments	$ 66,000
Consideration used to advance mineral projects	$ 61,100
Ownership percentage (in percent)	0.5
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden (“Ma’aden”) \| Ivanhoe Electric \| Forecast
Subsequent events
Ownership interest (in percent)		9.90%
Term of non-controlling ownership (in years)		8 years
Standstill period to limit shareholding (in years)		5 years
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden (“Ma’aden”) \| Ivanhoe Electric \| Forecast \| Maximum
Subsequent events
Ownership interest (in percent)		19.90%
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden (“Ma’aden”) \| Ivanhoe Electric \| Subsequent events \| Forecast
Subsequent events
Ownership interest (in percent)		9.90%