Changes to Equinox Minerals Limited Board

TORONTO AND SYDNEY, June 3, 2011 - Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX: EQN) (ASX: EQN) ("Equinox" or "Company") announces that, following the satisfaction of all conditions to the offer by Barrick Gold Corporation to acquire all of the common shares in Equinox at a price of C$8.15 per share by way of takeover bid, the below changes have been made to the Equinox Board of Directors ("Board") effective immediately.

Mr Craig Williams, Mr David McAusland, Mr David Mosher, Mr Jim Pantelidis and Mr Tony Reeves have resigned from the Board and Mr Rick McCreary, Mr Jamie Sokalsky, Mr Kelvin Dushnisky and Mr Rob Krcmarov have been appointed to the Board. Ms Jennifer Mazin has been appointed as the Assistant Company Secretary.

It has also been resolved that the number of Board members be reduced from seven directors to six directors.

President and CEO, Craig Williams: "complimented the board for its outstanding contribution, which along with the Company's dedicated management team have built Equinox into a leading global mining company. The Company that I co-founded with the late Dr Bruce Nisbet in 1993 has evolved from a $10 million junior explorer to a major copper miner valued at over $7 billion. A credit to all involved in driving Equinox over the last 18 years. I offer my sincere thanks to all who have worked with me over those exciting and stimulating years."



For further information:

Investors and analysts	Media - Australia
Craig R Williams President and Chief Executive Carl Hallion VP Business Development Len Eldridge Head of Investor Relations Phone: Canada:  +1 416 865 3393 Australia: +61 8 9322 3318 Email: equinox@equinoxminerals.com	Michael Vaughan / Andrew Stokes FD Phone +61 (0) 2 8298 6100 Email: michael.vaughan@fd.com  andrew.stokes@fd.com Media - North America John Lute Lute and Company Phone: +1 416 929 5883 Email: jlute@luteco.com Media - Zambia Nathan Chishimba Lumwana Mining Company Phone: +260 211 257 643 Email: nathan.chishimba@lumwanamine.com