OSC
REVERSES TSX DECISION
Toronto,
January 23, 2009 (TSX: LUN; OMX: LUMI; NYSE: LMC) Lundin Mining Corporation (Lundin Mining or
the Company) reports that the Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) has reversed
the Toronto Stock Exchanges (the TSX) December 10, 2008 decision granting
conditional approval for the listing of the HudBay shares to be issued as
consideration in connection with the acquisition by HudBay Minerals Inc.
(HudBay) of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Lundin Mining pursuant
to an arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
In
reversing the TSX?s decision, the OSC determined that a HudBay shareholders?
meeting is required prior to the completion of the previously announced plan of
arrangement with Lundin.
Lundin
Mining is reviewing the OSC decision and advises that the Lundin Mining Special
General Meeting of Shareholders to consider the HudBay/Lundin Mining
arrangement will proceed as scheduled on Monday, January 26, 2009. The
Special General Meeting will be held 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) at the Imperial
Room at The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario,
M5J 1E3.
Background on Lundin Mining
Lundin Mining Corporation is a diversified base metals mining company
with operations in Portugal, Spain
and Sweden
producing copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In addition, Lundin Mining holds
a development project pipeline which includes the world class Tenke Fungurume
copper/cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and holds an
extensive exploration portfolio and interests in international mining and
exploration ventures.
On behalf of the Board,
Phil Wright
President and
CEO
For further
information, please contact:
Sophia
Shane, Investor Relations North America:
604-689-7842
Josh Crumb, Senior
Business Analyst: 416-342-5560
Robert Eriksson, Investor
Relations Europe: +46 (701) 112615
:
Forward
Looking Statements
Certain
of the statements made and information contained herein is ?forward-looking
information? within the meaning of the Ontario Securities Act or
?forward-looking statements? within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United
States. Forward-looking statements are subject
to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or
results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements,
including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to foreign
currency fluctuations; risks inherent in mining including environmental
hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected geological formations,
ground control problems and flooding; risks associated with the estimation of
mineral resources and reserves and the geology, grade and continuity of mineral
deposits; the possibility that future exploration, development or mining
results will not be consistent with the Company?s expectations; the potential
for and effects of labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties with or
shortages of labour or interruptions in production; actual ore mined varying
from estimates of grade, tonnage, dilution and metallurgical and other
characteristics; the inherent uncertainty of production and cost estimates and
the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, commodity price fluctuations;
uncertain political and economic environments; changes in laws or policies,
foreign taxation, delays or the inability to obtain necessary governmental
permits; and other risks and uncertainties, including those described under
Risk Factors Relating to the Company?s Business in the Company?s Annual
Information Form and in each management discussion and analysis.
Forward-looking information is in addition based on various assumptions
including, without limitation, the expectations and beliefs of management, the
assumed long term price of copper, lead and zinc; that the Company can access
financing, appropriate equipment and sufficient labour and that the political
environment where the Company operates will continue to support the development
and operation of mining projects. Should one or more of these risks and
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking
statements. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.
Cautionary
Notes to Investors - Reserve and Resource Estimates
In
accordance with applicable Canadian securities regulatory requirements, all
mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates of the Company disclosed or
incorporated by reference in this Annual Information Form have been prepared in
accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects (?NI 43-101?), classified in accordance with Canadian
Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum?s ?CIM Standards on Mineral
Resources and Reserves Definitions and Guidelines? (the ?CIM
Guidelines?). The definitions of mineral reserves and mineral resources
are set out in our disclosure of our mineral reserve and mineral resource
estimates that are disclosed or incorporated by reference in this Annual
Information Form.
The
Company uses the terms ?mineral resources?, ?measured mineral resources?,
?indicated mineral resources? and ?inferred mineral resources?. While
those terms are recognized by Canadian securities regulatory authorities, they
are not recognized by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
?SEC?) and the SEC does not permit U.S.
companies to disclose resources in their filings with the SEC.
Pursuant
to the CIM Guidelines, mineral resources have a higher degree of uncertainty
than mineral reserves as to their existence as well as their economic and legal
feasibility. Inferred mineral resources, when compared with measured or
indicated mineral resources, have the least certainty as to their existence,
and it cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource
will be upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral resource as a result of
continued exploration. Pursuant to NI 43-101, inferred mineral resources
may not form the basis of any economic analysis, including any feasibility
study. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to assume that all or any
part of a mineral resource exists, will ever be converted into a mineral reserve,
or is or will ever be economically or legally mineable or recovered.