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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