New independent Integrated Development Plan for Ivanhoe's Oyu Tolgoi Copper/Gold Project to be discussed during a conference cal

TORONTO, Sept. 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ivanhoe Mines will host a telephone conference call/webcast on Thursday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to discuss the new, independent Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the company's Oyu Tolgoi (Turquoise Hill) Copper/Gold Project in Mongolia. The conference call presentation, to be followed by a question-and-answer session, will be attended by Ivanhoe Chairman Robert Friedland, President John Macken, Deputy Chairman Edward Flood and Chief Financial Officer Peter Meredith.

The conference call may be accessed by dialling 1-800-387-6216 in Canada and the United States, or 416-405-9328 in the Toronto area and internationally. An operator will register participants. A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be provided through http://www.ivanhoemines.com/ and http://www.ccnmatthews.com/. The conference call will be archived for later playback and may be accessed by dialling 1-800-408-3053 or 1-416-695-5800 and entering the pass code 3163015 followed by the number sign.

Details of the IDP will be announced in a news release to be issued by Ivanhoe Mines on Thursday, September 29, prior to the conference call/webcast. Once issued, a copy of the release and the Executive Summary of the IDP will be available on the company's website at http://www.ivanhoemines.com/ and the SEDAR website at http://www.sedar.com/.

The IDP was independently prepared by a joint venture between AMEC Americas Limited, of Vancouver, Canada, and Ausenco Limited, of Perth, Australia, with input from 12 other leading international engineering and environmental consultants.

Ivanhoe shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbol IVN.

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