First Quantum Minerals Announces Voting Results For the Election of Directors

TORONTO, May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or “the Company”) (FM.TO) announced that the nominees listed in the Management Information Circular for the 2020 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders were elected as directors of First Quantum. In total, 505,436,164 shares were voted at the meeting, representing 73.32% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Annual and Special Meeting on May 7, 2020 are set out below. The below results have also been filed on www.SEDAR.com.

NAME	NUMBER OF SHARES		% OF VOTES CAST
	FOR	WITHHELD	FOR		WITHHELD
Philip K.R Pascall	427,755,036	73,283,393	85.37%		14.63%
G. Clive Newall	428,594,250	72,444,179	85.54%		14.46%
Kathleen Hogenson	497,157,620	3,880,809	99.23%		0.77%
Peter St. George	420,935,641	80,102,788	84.01%		15.99%
Andrew Adams	423,195,776	77,842,653	84.46%		15.54%
Robert Harding	433,787,134	67,251,295	86.58%		13.42%
Simon Scott	497,788,202	3,250,227	99.35%		0.65%
Joanne Warner	499,531,356	1,507,073	99.70%		0.30%

For further information, visit our website at www.first-quantum.com.

North American contact: Lisa Doddridge, Director, Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 361-6400 Toll-free: 1 (888) 688-6577

United Kingdom contact: Clive Newall, President
Tel: +44 7802 721663 Fax: +44 140 327 3494
E-Mail: info@fqml.com