First Quantum Exhibit 4.4






Exhibit 4.4









CERTIFICATE AND CONSENT 


	TO:	 	British Columbia Securities Commission

                Alberta Securities Commission

                Ontario Securities Commission

                Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec)	 
	 
	AND TO:	 	Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP	 
	 
	RE:	 	Offer to Purchase and Circular of First Quantum Minerals
                Ltd.	 








     




I, Kennedy C. Mtetwa, hereby
certify that I am a qualified person as described in National Instrument 43-101. I am a
co-author of the technical report entitled “The Frontier Copper Project, Katanga
Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo”, dated June 9, 2005 (the
“Technical Report”) prepared for First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 



I further certify that I have read the
disclosure in the offer to purchase and circular of First Quantum Minerals Ltd. dated
February 2, 2006, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein,
(collectively, the “Circular”) which includes disclosure derived from the
Technical Report and I do not have any reason to believe that there are any
misrepresentations in the information derived from the Technical Report that is contained
in the Circular or that the disclosure in the Circular contains any misrepresentation of
the information contained in the Technical Report. 



I consent to the filing of the
Technical Report with the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Alberta Securities
Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and the Autorité des marchés
financiers (Québec) and to the disclosure of the Technical Report, as well as any
extracts from and summary of the Technical Report, in the Circular. 



Dated this 2nd day of February, 2006. 




  



	 	
/s/ Kennedy C. Mtetwa
              
              
     

Kennedy C. Mtetwa, 
	 	BSc (Hons.), University of Zimbabwe















CERTIFICATE OF
QUALIFIED PERSON 



As an author of the report entitled
“The Frontier Copper Project, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the
Congo”, dated June 9, 2005, (the “Technical Report”) prepared for First
Quantum Minerals Ltd. (the “Issuer”), I, Kennedy C. Mtetwa, do hereby
certify that: 



	1. 	  	I
          am a Geological Consultant of Digital Mining Services, of 4 Elsworth Ave,
          Belgravia, Harare, Zimbabwe.  






	2.  	  	My
residential address is: 9 Roan Close,           Borrowdale West, Harare, Zimbabwe.  






	3.  	  	I
graduated with a BSc. (Hons.) in Geology           from the University of Zimbabwe in
1991.  






	4.  	  	I
am a registered member in good           standing of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe.  






	5.  	  	I
have worked continuously as           an economic geologist for a total of 14 years since
my graduation from university. 






	6. 	  	I
have read the definition of “qualified person” set out in National
          Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and certify that by reason of my
          education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI
43-101)           and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a
          “qualified person” for the purposes of NI 43-101.  






	7. 	  	I
am responsible for the preparation of the sections 15 and 16 of the Technical
Report. The mineral resource was carried out by an independent consultant. I
have visited the site on numerous occasions since October 2003.  






	8. 	  	I
have had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the
          Technical Report. The nature of my prior involvement includes quality control
          and analysis of drill sample assay results in 2004 and 2005.  






	9. 	  	I
am not aware of any material fact or material change with respect to the
          subject matter of the Technical Report that is not reflected in the Technical
          Report, the omission to disclose which makes the Technical Report misleading.  






	10. 	  	I
am independent of the Issuer applying all of the tests in section 1.5 of
          National Instrument 43-101.  




















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	11. 	  	I
have read NI 43-101 and Form 43-101F1, and the Technical Report has been prepared in
compliance with that instrument and form.  





Dated this 2nd day of February, 2006.




  



	
/s/ Kennedy C. Mtetwa
              
              

Kennedy C. Mtetwa,	
	BSc (Hons.), University of Zimbabwe