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TORONTO, April 20 /CNW/ - Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX and ASX symbol: "EQN") ("Equinox" or the "Company") announced
today that it has postponed its special meeting of shareholders

called to consider the acquisition of Lundin Mining Corporation
("Lundin"). The meeting, previously scheduled

to be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, has been rescheduled for 10am,
May 6, 2011. The Board of Directors considers this postponement to be
the preferred course of action in light of the announcement by
Minmetals Resources Limited (''Minmetals'') of its intention to make an
unsolicited take-over bid for the Company. The Company h



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t yet received a formal written offer in relation to Minmetals'
unsolicited bid announced on April 3, 2011. Shareholders should defer
making any decision until the Board of Directors has had an opportunity
to make a recommendation in respect of the Minmetals proposal.
Shareholders will be promptly notified of any recommendation by the
Board of Directors through a news release and circular in accordance
with applicable securities laws.


Equinox also announced that it plans to extend the date that its offer
to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Lundin common shares will
remain open for acceptance, from 6:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on April 29,
2011 to 6:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on May 11, 2011. Equinox intends to
mail a formal notice of extension to Lundin shareholders prior to April
29, 2011.


About Equinox

Equinox Minerals Limited is an international mining company dual-listed
on the Canadian (Toronto) and Australian stock exchanges.


The Company is currently focused on operating its 100% owned large scale
Lumwana Copper Mine in Zambia and construction of the Jabal Sayid
Copper-Gold project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


Equinox acquired the Lumwana project in 1999 and following nearly 10
years of feasibility, financing and construction, commissioned the
mine, plant and infrastructure in December 2008. Situated 220
kilometres northwest of the Zambian Copperbelt, Lumwana is now a major
copper mine which has established Equinox as one of the world's top 20
copper producing companies.


Equinox recently acquired the Jabal Sayid project as the project entered
the construction phase with first production scheduled for 2012. Jabal
Sayid is located within the Arabian Shield minerals province, 350
kilometres north-east of the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the
commercial capital of Saudi Arabia, and 120 kilometres south-east of
Medina.


For information on Equinox and technical details on the Lumwana and
Jabal Sayid projects please refer to the company website