TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- First Quantum
Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:
FM) is pleased to announce first introduction of ore to the
processing plant at Cobre Panama. On February 7, 2019, ore was introduced through
primary crushing and onto the stockpile with initial feed rates
between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes per hour, and on February 11, 2019, ore was introduced through to
the first milling circuit.
Operation on ore continues, and will move into all other
sections of the processing plant including producing copper
concentrate. The Company is now focused on an efficient
phased ramp-up for Cobre Panama continuing through 2019.
As a reminder, the Company will publish its fourth quarter 2018
and full year financial and operating results tomorrow,
Thursday February 14, 2019 after the
close of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company's President,
Clive Newall, will host a conference
call and webcast to discuss the results on Friday February 15, 2019. For further
information visit our website at www.first-quantum.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of First Quantum Minerals
Ltd.
G. Clive
Newall
President
North American contact: Lisa
Doddridge, Director, Investor Relations, Tel: +1-(416)
361-6400, Toll Free: 1 (888) 688-6577, E-Mail:
lisa.doddridge@fqml.com; United
Kingdom contact: Clive
Newall, President, Tel: +44 7802 721663, Fax: +44 140 327
3494, E-Mail: clive.newall@fqml.com
