Filed by First Quantum Minerals Limited pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Inmet Mining Corporation
Commission file no.: 333-185937
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NEWS RELEASE
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March 22, 2013
www.first-quantum.com
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FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS ANNOUNCES CREATION OF A NEW GLOBAL LEADER IN COPPER
85.5% OF INMET SHARES TENDERED
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (First Quantum or the Company, TSX Symbol FM, LSE Symbol FQM)
and its wholly-owned subsidiary FQM (Akubra) Inc.
(together, the Offeror) today announced that, as at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on March 21, 2013, a total of 60,120,405 common shares of Inmet Mining Corporation (Inmet, TSX Symbol IMN), representing
85.5% of the outstanding Inmet shares (on a fully diluted basis), had been validly tendered to the Offerors offer (the Offer) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Inmet. The Offeror has taken up and accepted for payment all
such shares and will pay for such shares on or before March 27, 2013.
Inmet shareholders who elected: (a) the cash and share
alternative will receive $36.00 in cash and 1.6484 common shares of First Quantum per Inmet share; (b) the share alternative will receive 3.2967 common shares of First Quantum per Inmet share; and (c) the cash alternative will receive
$40.60 in cash and 1.4376 common shares of First Quantum, subject in each case to adjustment for fractional shares and to confirmation of the number of Inmet shares validly tendered pursuant to Notices of Guaranteed Delivery.
The Offer has also been extended and will now be open for acceptance until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on April 1, 2013 in order to allow
Inmet shareholders an additional opportunity to tender to the Offer. If the Offeror is successful in acquiring 90% of the Inmet shares (on a fully diluted basis) under the Offer, the Offeror intends to acquire the balance of the Inmet shares by way
of Compulsory Acquisition, as more fully described in the Offer circular. If the Offeror does not acquire 90% of the Inmet shares (on a fully diluted basis) under the Offer, the Offeror will be implementing a Subsequent Acquisition Transaction to
acquire the balance of the Inmet shares, as more fully described in the Offer circular.
Inmet shareholders are urged to tender their Inmet shares, to the extent they have not already done so, prior to the expiry of the Offer at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time) on April 1, 2013 in order to receive payment for their shares sooner rather than later.
The combination of the First
Quantum and Inmet assets has created one of the worlds leading copper producers with a geographically diversified portfolio of high-quality operations and development projects in eight countries across four continents.
With pro forma revenues in 2013 forecast to be in excess of US$3.5 billion and a strategic plan to produce more than 1.3 million tonnes per annum of
copper by 2018, the Company is poised to become the largest, widely-held pure-play copper producer and one of the top five copper producers in the world.
The Company will be one of the fastest growing copper companies with a projected compound annual growth in copper production of more than 20% for at least the next decade. It is also positioned to benefit
from a strengthened financing profile, greater liquidity, the ability to generate substantial free cash flow and the flexibility to use debt and equity capital markets at a lower long-term cost.
First Quantums immediate focus now is to integrate the operations and people of the two companies in order to maximize the best elements of both to
create an enlarged and unified Company with a much stronger corporate and financial profile.
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First Quantum recognizes the success that Inmet has had in developing a social license to operate at Cobre Panama and in operating well-managed and efficient mines at Las Cruces in Spain, Çayeli in
Turkey and Pyhäsalmi in Finland.
Las Cruces, Çayeli and Pyhäsalmi are valuable additions to First Quantums operating
asset base.
At Cobre Panama, the Company will build upon what has already been achieved by bringing First Quantums technical expertise
and proven ability to deliver projects efficiently. The combination of the two project development teams and the Companys enhanced financial capability will substantially de-risk Cobre Panama and drive further value creation.
In the short term, First Quantum will conduct a detailed review of Cobre Panama to determine the appropriate next steps in how the project can be
completed as efficiently as possible. An update on the outcome of this review will be provided in due course.
Philip Pascall, First
Quantums Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
We are delighted to have successfully completed the Offer and are
grateful for the overwhelming support that Inmet shareholders have shown for our vision of a new global leader in copper. This transaction is a substantial advancement in our long-stated objective of geographical diversification.
We are now focused on turning the vision into reality by putting together the great strengths of both companies their high-quality mining
assets and their equally high-quality human resources to create a new global leader in copper with a far broader and more geographically diversified and dynamic portfolio of operating and development assets than either company on a standalone
basis.
The combined group now has the management team and financial capacity to ensure that our strategic target of 1.3 million
tonnes of copper production per annum within the next five years is achieved. We look forward to working with all stakeholders in what is undoubtedly an exciting future.
Bankers, Advisors and Information Agent
First Quantum engaged Jefferies International,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., and RBC Capital Markets to act as its financial advisors in connection with the Offer. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as legal counsel to First Quantum in connection with the Offer.
Financing for the Offer is being provided by Standard Chartered Bank.
Georgeson Shareholder Communications Canada, Inc. has been retained as information agent for the Offer. Shareholders may contact Georgeson at:
Toll Free (North America): 1-866-656-4120
Outside North America Call Collect: 1-781-575-2421
Email: askus@georgeson.com
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements and information in this press release, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to the anticipated completion of the proposed Offer
and the anticipated strategic and operational benefits of the Offer. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as plans, expects or does not
expect, is expected, budget, scheduled, estimates, forecasts, intends, projects, anticipates or does not anticipate or
believes or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, might or will be taken, occur or be achieved.
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With respect to forward-looking statements and information contained in this press release, First Quantum has made numerous assumptions including, among other things, assumptions about the price of
copper, gold, cobalt, nickel, PGE, and sulphuric acid, and other anticipated costs and expenditures. Although management of First Quantum believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are
reasonable, there can be no assurance that any forward-looking statement or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their nature involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. These
risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, uncertainties surrounding the ability to realize operational synergies following completion of the Offer, reliance on Inmets publicly available information which may not
fully identify all risks related to its performance, success in integrating the retail distribution systems, and the integration of supply chain management processes, future production volumes and costs, costs for inputs such as oil, power and
sulphur, political stability in Zambia, Peru, Mauritania, Finland, Turkey, Spain, Panama and Australia, adverse weather conditions in any of the foregoing countries, labour disruptions, mechanical failures, water supply, procurement and delivery of
parts and supplies to the operations, and the production of off-spec material.
See First Quantums annual information form for
additional information on risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the forward-looking statements and information. Although we have attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from
those disclosed in the forward-looking statements or information, there may be other factors, many of which are beyond the control of First Quantum, that might cause actual results, performances, achievements or events to differ from those
anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.
While
First Quantum may elect to update the forward-looking statements at any time, First Quantum does not undertake to update them at any particular time or in response to any particular event, other than as may be required by applicable securities laws.
Investors and others should not assume that any forward-looking statement in this press release represent managements estimate as of any date other than the date of this press release.
Other
This press release does not constitute an offer to buy or an invitation to sell, or
the solicitation of an offer to buy or invitation to sell, any of the securities of First Quantum or Inmet. Such an offer may only be made pursuant to an offer and take-over bid circular filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada.
First Quantum has also filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a Registration Statement, which includes the
offer and take-over bid circular relating to its offer to Inmet shareholders. FIRST QUANTUM URGES INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE OFFER AND TAKE-OVER BID CIRCULAR AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED
WITH THE SEC AND CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors may obtain a free copy of the offer and take-over bid circular and other documents filed by First Quantum with the Canadian securities
regulators at www.sedar.com and with the SEC at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. The offer and take-over bid circular and other documents may also be obtained free of charge from First Quantums website at www.first-quantum.com or upon
request made to First Quantum at 8th Floor, 543 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1X8.
For further information
visit our web site at
www.first-quantum.com
North American contact: Sharon Loung, Director, Investor Relations
Tel: (647) 346-3934 Fax: (604) 688-3818 Toll Free: 1 (888) 688-6577 E-Mail: sharon.loung@fqml.com
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United Kingdom contacts: Clive Newall, President Tel: +44 140 327 3484 Fax: +44 140 327 3494 E-Mail: clive.newall@fqml.com
Jefferies International: Peter Bacchus, Managing Director Tel: +44 778 994 3482
Media: Harmony International: Brian Cattell, Senior Partner Tel: +44 20 7016 9155
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