Equinox Minerals Provides Additional Information to Shareholders on Barrick Gold Corp.'s Notice of Extension

TORONTO and SYDNEY, June 3, 2011 - Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX: EQN) (ASX: EQN) ('Equinox' or 'Company') wishes to advise that, further to the June 1, 2011 announcement by Barrick Gold Corporation ('Barrick') that its offer to acquire all of the common shares in Equinox Minerals Limited at a price of C$8.15 per share by way of a takeover bid (the 'Offer') has been extended to 5:00 pm (Toronto, Canada time) on June 14, 2011, Barrick has commenced mailing of the Notice of Extension. The Notice of Extension is also available on the Equinox and Barrick websites and through Georgeson Shareholder Communications Canada Inc., Information Agent for the Offer at askus@georgeson.com.

In addition, holders of CHESS Depositary Interests ('CDIs') of Equinox should note that the deadline for the Offer for CDI tenders in Australia is June 9, 2011 at 7 pm (Sydney, Australia time).

For questions in relation to the Offer extension for CDI tenders or CDIs, please call the Offer information line from Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Sydney, Australia time) at 1300 572 080 (from within Australia) or +61 3 9415 4318 (from outside Australia).



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