FOR:  LUNDIN MINING CORPORATION

TSX SYMBOL:  LUN

APRIL 4, 2005 - 11:32 ET

Lundin Mining Appoints Anders Haker as Chief Financial
Officer

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - April 4, 2005) - Lundin
Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN)(O-List Stockholmsborsen:LUMI) ("Lundin
Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
Anders Haker as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of
April 4, 2005.

Mr. Haker has more than 18 years professional experience in accounting
and financial management. He is a graduate of the University of Uppsala
and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration. A Swedish citizen, Mr.
Haker began his career at Price Waterhouse in Stockholm as an auditor
and then joined Trelleborg Group, a large industrial group with
operations in over 40 countries worldwide, as Head of Accounting of
Trelleborg Finance BV and subsequently Financial Controller. More
recently, Mr. Haker was Executive Vice President and CFO of the Boliden
group in Toronto and Stockholm.

Mr. Lukas Lundin Chairman of Lundin Mining, commented, "We are very
pleased to have Mr. Haker join our team. He brings with him a wealth of
experience and financial expertise. Over the course of his career he was
responsible for the successful execution of dozens of major financial
and market transactions. We look forward to working with him and drawing
upon his experience as we continue to grow Lundin Mining and build the
Company into one of the largest base metals producers in the world."

Lundin Mining is a Canadian mining and exploration company with a
primary focus in Scandinavia. The main asset of the company is the
Zinkgruvan mine, located about 200 kilometers southwest of Stockholm,
Sweden. The mine has been producing zinc, lead and silver on a
continuous basis since 1857. Zinkgruvan has consistently ranked in the
lowest cost quartile among zinc mines in the world. Lundin Mining holds
more than 95 percent of the shares of the mining and exploration company
North Atlantic Natural Resources AB (NAN). NAN's primary asset is the
Storliden copper and zinc mine in the Skellefte District of northern
Sweden, which has been in production since 2002. A public offer has been
made for the remaining outstanding shares of NAN. Lundin Mining also
holds a large copper/gold exploration project in the prolific Norrbotten
Mining District in northern Sweden.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Edward F. Posey, President

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