Total Voting Rights

5 Jan 2010 07:00



First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

Voting Rights and Share Capital

In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("the Company") hereby notifies the market that at 31 December 2009:

The number of the Company's common shares in issue was 78,589,823

The number of the Company's common shares held in Treasury was 711,017

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company 

(excluding shares held in Treasury) is 77,878,806

The above figure (77,878,806) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.