First Quantum Exhibit 4.8








Exhibit 4.8





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, Geoffrey Clive Newall,
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 Lonshi Copper Mine, Katanga
Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo” dated January 30th 2003, as
ameded March 26th 2003 (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/ Geoffrey Clive Newall
              
              
     

Geoffrey Clive Newall
	 	BSc (Hons.) ARSM

















CERTIFICATE OF
QUALIFIED PERSON 



As an author of the report entitled
“The Lonshi Copper Mine, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo”
dated January 30th 2003, as ameded March 26th 2003 (the
“Technical Report”) prepared for First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (the
“Issuer”), I, Geoffrey Clive Newall, do hereby certify that: 



	1. 	  	I
am President of First Quantum Minerals Ltd, of 8th Floor — 543
          Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 2V6.  






	2. 	  	My
residential address is: 4 The Quarries, Mannings Heath, Horsham, West Sussex,
          united Kingdom, RH13 6SW  








	3.  	  	I
graduated with a BSc. (Hons.) ARSM in Mining           Geology from the Royal School of
Mines, University of London, UK in 1971, and           have a Masters of Business
Administration from the Scottish Business School of           Strathclyde University.  






	4.  	  	I
          am a registered member in good standing of the Institute of Materials Minerals
          and Mining (IMMM).  







	5.  	  	I
have worked continuously as an economic geologist for a           total of 34 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 co-responsible for the preparation of the Technical Report. The mineral
          resource and ore reserve estimates were carried out by independent consultants.
          I have visited the mine on numerous occasions since its discovery in November
          2000.  






	8. 	  	I
have had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the
          Technical Report. The nature of my prior involvement includes supervision of
all           exploration and ore reserve estimation.  






	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 not 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/ Geoffrey Clive Newall
              
              
     


Geoffrey Clive Newall	
	BSc (Hons.) ARSM