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Officers & Directors

Philip K.R. Pascall , , , Chairman, CEO and Director

Mr. Pascall graduated from Sussex University in England with an honours degree in Control Engineering, and later completed an MBA at the University of Capetown. He worked in general management positions in South Africa from 1973; and in the Mining industry there from 1977 with RTZ, and E.L. Bateman, and since 1981, in Australia. He was the Project Manager of the Argyle Diamond Project and then, he was Executive Chairman and part owner of Nedpac Engineering between 1982 and 1990. During this time, Mr. Pascall was involved in a wide variety of mineral projects in Australia, New Zealand, S.E. Asia, Chile, the United States, and Zimbabwe. After selling his share of Nedpac in 1990, he was a consultant in the mining industry, including a period with Rio Tinto's Hamersley Iron, and with various projects in Zimbabwe and Zambia. He has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 1996.

Clive Newall , , , President and Director

Mr. Newall graduated from the Royal School of Mines, University of London, England in 1971 with an honours degree in Mining Geology, and was awarded an MBA from the Scottish Business School at Strathclyde University. He has worked in mining and exploration throughout his career, having held senior management positions with Amax Exploration Inc. and the Robertson Group plc. Mr. Newall was a founder and has been President and Director of First Quantum Minerals Ltd since its start up in 1996. He is also a non-executive director of Gemfields Plc and Baker Steel Resource Trust Limited.

Martin R. Rowley , , , Executive Director Business Development and a Director

Mr. Rowley graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975.After starting his career as an accountant working in both Australia and England he worked as executive assistant to the Board of Directors of a large Australian public company from 1980 to 1984. He then established his own resource consulting and investment company and was involved as a shareholder, Director and Chairman of a number of Australian public resource companies before co-founding First Quantum Minerals Ltd in 1996. Mr. Rowley served as First Quantum's CFO and as a Director until January 2007, when he assumed the role of Executive Director, Business Development. He is also non-executive Chairman and a director of Forsys Metals Corp, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company in the uranium sector and Lithium One Inc, an emerging Canadian listed lithium company.

Christopher Lemon , , , General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Mr. Lemon was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1994 after graduating from the University of Victoria Law School. He also holds a Bachelors degree with honours in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Toronto. Mr. Lemon practiced law with two major Vancouver law firms with a focus on natural resource and environmental law, litigation and administrative law. He represented First Nations in the development of Canada's first two diamond mines in the Northwest Territories. In 2000 he was appointed Associate Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Weldwood of Canada Limited, a major Canadian forest products company. In early 2005 he joined International Forest Products Limited and was appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Lemon joined First Quantum in August, 2007.

Peter St. George , , , Lead Independent Director

Mr. St. George worked in the investment banking industry for over 30 years holding senior positions in the United Kingdom and Australia. He was Managing Director and Chief Executive/Co-Chief Executive Officer of Salomon Smith Barney Australia and its predecessor, Natwest Markets Australia, from January 1995 to mid-2001. Up to 1994 he was the Managing Director Corporate Finance Natwest Markets, having previously been a Director of Hill Samuel & Co. Limited, both London headquartered merchant and investment banks. He is currently a non-executive director of Boart Longyear Limited, an international drilling products and services business listed on the ASX, and Dexus Property Group, a leading ASX listed Australian property group specializing in office, industrial and retail properties. He has also served on a number of other public and private company Boards in Australia. Mr. St. George qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town.

Andrew Adams , , , Independent Director

Mr. Adams obtained his degree in Social Science from Southampton University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom in 1981. He worked for the Anglo American group of companies for 12 years up to 1999, his final position being Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AngloGold North America based in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Adams worked for Aber Diamond Corporation as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2003. Currently he serves as an independent non-executive director of Uranium One Inc and Torex Gold Corp.

Paul Brunner , , , Independent Director

Mr. Brunner served as President and CEO of Boart Longyear Company (USA), a leading provider of drilling services, tools and equipment for the natural resource industry, the construction and quarrying industries and industrial markets worldwide, from 2004 to 2008. During his 21-year career with Boart Longyear, Mr. Brunner held several senior positions including Managing Director - Boart Longyear Limited (South Africa); Regional Director - Boart Longyear Limitada (Chile/Peru); and, President - Boart Canada Ltd. Prior to Boart Longyear he spent most of his career working at mining operations in Northern Canada. Mr.Brunner holds a MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and is a mining engineering graduate from the Colorado School of Mines. He also attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a focus on mining.

Michael Martineau , , , Independent Director

Mr. Martineau graduated from the University of Oxford in England with a MA and d.Phil in geology. He has worked worldwide in mineral exploration and mine development since 1970, specializing in Africa since 1986. After seven years in North America with Kennecott Copper Corporation, he moved to the United Kingdom becoming General Manager Global Exploration for BP Minerals. After a period as Director Minerals for Seltrust Mining (Australia) and CEO of Cluff Minerals Exploration in 1989, he founded and acted as CEO for Canadian-listed SAMAX Gold Inc, Carpathian Gold and latterly AXMIN Inc. Currently he serves as a non-executive director of Golden Star resources and Chairman of Eurasia Mining plc.

Steven McTiernan , , , Independent Director

Mr. McTiernan is a senior executive with experience in both natural resources and investment banking. He has been Senior Independent Director of Tullow Oil PLC, a leading FTSE 100 independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America, since 2002. Mr. McTiernan was previously Senior Vice President at The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, held senior energy-related positions at NatWest Markets and CIBC World Markets, and also worked for oil companies in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Mr. McTiernan graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Natural Sciences.

Juliet Wall , , , General Manager, Finance

Ms. Wall is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience and a BSc Economics graduate from the University of Cardiff. She joined First Quantum in January 2012 after a seven-year tenure with Anglo American Plc where she was Group Financial Controller.