FQM.L Regulatory News (FQM)

29 Apr 2009 14:00



FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS TO PUBLISH 2009 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS ON MAY 13, 2009

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company", TSX Symbol "FM", LSE Symbol "FQM") will publish its 2009 first quarter results on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Following the release, Clive Newall, First Quantum's President, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results. 

Conference call and webcast details are as follows:

The conference call replay will be available until 11:59 pm (PST) on May 20, 2009. An archived transcript of the call will also be available on First Quantum's website (www.first-quantum.com).

For further information visit our web site at www.first-quantum.com

North American contact: Sharon Loung 8th Floor, 543 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1X8 Tel: (604) 688-6577 Fax: (604) 688-3818 Toll Free: 1 (888) 688-6577 E-Mail: info@fqml.com  United Kingdom contact: Clive Newall, President 1st Floor, Mill House Mill Bay Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 1TQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 140 327 3484 Fax: +44 140 327 3494 E-Mail: clive.newall@fqml.com. Or Simon Hockridge Hogarth Partnership Ltd. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7357 9477

Certain information contained in this news release constitutes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or information, including but not limited to those with respect to the prices of gold, copper, cobalt and sulphuric acid, estimated future production, estimated costs of future production, the Company's hedging policy and permitting time lines, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such factors include, among others, the actual prices of copper, gold, cobalt and sulphuric acid, the factual results of current exploration, development and mining activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated, as well as those factors disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time with the Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario Securities Commissions, the Autorité des marchés financiers in Quebec, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the London Stock Exchange.

ENDS