TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/14/13 -- Inmet Mining Corporation ("Inmet") (TSX:IMN) today reports that a hearing date has been set by the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") regarding the Inmet shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan") on February 25, 2013. This hearing will address the application by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum") to the OSC to cease trade the Rights Plan.

The expiry date of the First Quantum offer to acquire Inmet (the "First Quantum Offer") is February 27, 2013. The ability to take up shares under the First Quantum Offer is subject, among other things, to First Quantum succeeding with its cease trade application.

The Rights Plan is intended to ensure that, in the context of the First Quantum Offer, the Inmet Board has sufficient time to evaluate a range of additional strategic alternatives aimed at enhancing shareholder value. The Rights Plan also seeks to ensure the fair treatment of shareholders and to provide them with adequate time to properly assess any potential takeover bid without undue pressure.

Forward-looking information

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About Inmet

Inmet is a Canadian-based global mining company that produces copper and zinc. We have three wholly-owned mining operations: Cayeli (Turkey), Las Cruces (Spain) and Pyhasalmi (Finland). We have an 80 percent interest in Cobre Panama, a development property in Panama, currently in construction.

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