VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 20, 2015) - (In United States dollars, except where noted otherwise) First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or "the Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced comparative earnings1 of $76.9 million or $0.13 per share for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $474.5 million or $0.80 per share for the full year 2014. Cash flows from operations, before working [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2015) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a final dividend of Cdn $0.0487 per share in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2014. The dividend will be paid on May 6, 2015 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2015. The ex-dividend date is April 13, 2015 [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2015) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) will publish its fourth quarter and year 2014 financial and operating results on Friday, February 20, 2015 before the open of the TSX. Following the release, the Company's President, Clive Newall, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results. Conference call and [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 26, 2015) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced its production and sales for the three months and year ended December 31, 2014 and production and capital expenditure outlook for the full year 2015. CEO'S COMMENTS "Overall our operations performed well in 2014 recording the highest annual copper production in the Company's [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 15, 2014) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today reported that a structural failure has occurred to the atmospheric leach tank at its Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Western Australia. The tank, situated after the autoclaves in the circuit, contained acid-leaching nickel in slurry. The spill, resulting from the failure, has [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 30, 2014) - (In United States dollars, except where noted otherwise) First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced comparative earnings1 of $137.2 million or $0.23 per share for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Cash flow from operations, before working capital changes and tax paid, amounted to $339.8 million or [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 14, 2014) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) will publish its third quarter 2014 financial and operating results on Thursday, October 30, 2014 after the close of the TSX. The Company's President, Clive Newall, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on Friday, October 31, 2014. Conference call and [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 30, 2014) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced that the workforce at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania has returned to work and operations have resumed following strike action by some unionized employees. The impact of the strike action on the mine's full year 2014 production is estimated at a [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sep 18, 2014) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) today announced that it has temporarily suspended normal operations at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania due to strike action by some unionized employees. The Company has sought a negotiated resolution. While these efforts continue, steps are now being undertaken to [...]
First Quantum and Lumina Copper today completed the previously announced plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) whereby First Quantum acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Lumina. Under the terms of the Arrangement, former Lumina securityholders who elected the full proration option received $5.00 in cash and 0.2174 of a First Quantum common share in respect of each [...]
S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices: The shareholders of Lumina Copper have approved the terms of a Plan of Arrangement with First Quantum Minerals. Lumina Copper shareholders will receive a combination of cash and First Quantum shares for each share held. Lumina Copper will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Venture Select Indices after the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 30, 2014) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company"), (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) will pay an interim dividend of CDN $0.0504 per share in respect of the financial year ending December 31, 2014. The dividend will be paid on September 19, 2014 to shareholders of record on August 28, 2014. The ex-dividend date is August 26, 2014. The dividends paid are considered [...]