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FIRST QUANTUM ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO SELL EQUINOX SHARES
First Quantum Minerals Ltd (“First Quantum” or the “Company”, TSX Symbol “FM”, LSE Symbol
“FQM”) announced today that it has engaged RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets to act as
agents to solicit purchasers for its approximate 16% equity interest in Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX: EQN;
ASX: EQN) ("Equinox"), consisting of approximately 113.8 million Equinox common shares.
First Quantum intends to deploy the net proceeds from the transaction into the advancement of its diversified
pipeline of growth projects. First Quantum currently has three significant development projects underway -
the Ravensthorpe nickel project in Australia, scheduled for commissioning in 2011; the Kevitsa nickel-copper-
PGE project in Finland, scheduled for commissioning in 2012; and the Sentinel deposit in Zambia, which is
being advanced towards a development decision. First Quantum also has a definitive agreement to acquire
Antares Minerals Inc., owner of the Haquira deposit in Peru, one of the world’s major undeveloped copper
deposits.
This news release is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities. The securities
referred to in this news release have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption
from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.