First Quantum Minerals Appoints Corporate Brokers

24.10.2011  |  Marketwired

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ('First Quantum' or the 'Company') (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) is pleased to announce that, following a review of existing relationships, it has appointed Jefferies International and RBC Capital Markets as joint corporate brokers to the Company.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

G. Clive Newall, President

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

Contacts:

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. - North American Contact

Sharon Loung

Director, Investor Relations

(647) 346-3934 or Toll Free: 1 (888) 688-6577

(604) 688-3818 (FAX)
sharon.loung@fqml.com


First Quantum Minerals Ltd. - United Kingdom Contact

Clive Newall

President

+44 140 327 3484

+44 140 327 3494 (FAX)
clive.newall@fqml.com
www.first-quantum.com


Maitland

Brian Cattell

+44 207 379 5151
bcattell@maitland.co.uk


Maitland

James Devas

+44 207 379 5151

+44 20 7379 6161 (FAX)
jdevas@maitland.co.uk