PR Newswire
TORONTO, July 27, 2017
TORONTO, July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - First Quantum Minerals
Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company", TSX Symbol "FM") announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an interim
dividend of CDN$0.005 per share in respect of the financial year ending December 31, 2017.
The dividend will be paid on September 19, 2017 to shareholders of record on August 28, 2017. The ex-dividend date is August 24, 2017.
The Company has established a Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan") for its Canadian resident
shareholders ("Eligible Shareholders").
The Plan enables Eligible Shareholders to reinvest the cash dividends paid on all or a portion of their Common Shares into
additional Common Shares, which will be issued at 97% of the Average Market Price (as defined in the Plan) and provides the
opportunity to make optional cash purchases of additional Common Shares on a semi-annual basis, on dividend payment dates.
To participate in the Plan, registered Eligible Shareholders must deliver a properly completed enrolment form to Computershare
Trust Company of Canada ("Computershare") (in its capacity as "Plan Agent" under the Plan), as
directed under the Plan, by no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the fifth business day
immediately preceding a dividend record date in order for the cash dividend to which such record date relates to be reinvested
under the Plan.
Additional information on the Plan is available on www.investorcentre.com/first-quantum
The dividends paid are considered eligible dividends for Canadian tax purposes.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
G. Clive Newall
President
SOURCE First Quantum Minerals Ltd.