First Quantum Exhibit 4.5








Exhibit 4.5



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, Erik Mattias Fackel, hereby
certify that 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/ Erik Mattias Fackel
              
              
     

Erik Mattias Fackel 
	 	M.Sc Earth Sciences
















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, Erik Mattias Fackel, do hereby
certify that: 



	1.  	  	I
am Project Geologist for First Quantum Minerals Ltd, of 450-800 W. Pender St.
          Vancouver, BC, V6C 2V6, Canada.  







	2.  	  	My
residential address is: 44 Mwasumina Road,           Ndola, Zambia. 






	 3.  	  	I
graduated with a M.Sc in Earth Sciences from the University           of Stockholm,
Sweden the 8th January, 2001. 






	 4.  	  	I
have worked at the Frontier           project site since the 1st of December 2004.  






	5. 	  	I
am responsible for the preparation of the 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the
          Technical Report. The mineral resource was carried out by an independent
          consultant. I have visited the site on numerous occasions since December 2004.  






	6. 	  	I
have had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the
          Technical Report. The nature of my prior involvement includes data collection
          and data management.  






	7. 	  	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.  






	8.  	  	I
am not independent of the Issuer applying all of the tests in section 1.5 of
          National Instrument 43-101.  







	9.  	  	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/ Erik Mattias Fackel
              
              
     

Erik Mattias Fackel	
	M.Sc Earth Sciences