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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

From: January 21, 2005

IVANHOE MINES LTD.

Suite 654 — 999 CANADA PLACE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA V6C 3E1

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82‑                              .)

Enclosed:

     Press release

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

	IVANHOE MINES LTD.
Date: January 21, 2005	By:	/s/ Beverly A. Bartlett
		BEVERLY A. BARTLETT
		Corporate Secretary

 

SHARE PURCHASE WARRANTS EXTENDED

Vancouver, B.C. — Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. announced today that it has extended the expiry date of 5,760,000 warrants to purchase 576,000 common shares issued in connection with a US $50 million private placement that closed on October 31, 2003.

On January 18, 2005, the company agreed that the warrants, which were to have expired on February 15, 2005, would be extended until February 15, 2006, subject to TSX approval. The company has now received TSX approval and effective February 15, 2005, warrant holders may exercise the warrants at the original exercise price of US $8.68 per (approximately Cdn$10.65) common share until the new expiry date on February 15, 2006. All of the warrant holders are arm’s length investors.