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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1164) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of CGN Mining Company Limited (the "Company") will be held at The Function Room 1-2, 2/F, The Harbourview, 4 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on 16 May 2013 (Thursday) at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes:

1. To consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the reports of the directors (the "Directors") and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012.
2. To re-elect retiring Directors and to authorise the board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors.
3. To re-appoint SHINEWING (HK) CPA Limited as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
As special businesses, to consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

4. "THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules"), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the share capital of the Company and to make, issue or grant offers, agreements and options and other rights, or issue warrants and other securities including bonds, debentures, and notes convertible into shares of the Company, which will or might require the shares of the Company to be allotted, issued or disposed of during or after the end of the Relevant Period be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued (whether pursuant to an option or

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otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) the exercise of the subscription rights granted under the share option scheme of the Company or (iii) an issue of shares as scrip dividends pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association of the Company from time to time shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purposes of this resolution:
"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) the date which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
(iii) the revocation or variation of this resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.
"Rights Issue" means an offer of shares for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares of the Company thereon on the register of members on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holding of such shares thereof (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory applicable to the Company)."
5. "THAT
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its own shares, subject to and in accordance with all other applicable laws in this regard, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company which may be purchased or agreed to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) above of this Resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purposes of this resolution:
"Relevant Period" means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
(iii) the revocation or variation of this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting."
6. "THAT conditional upon resolutions numbered 4 and 5 above being passed, the general mandate granted to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with any additional shares of the Company be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the number of shares in the capital of the Company that are repurchased by the Company under the authority granted to the Directors as mentioned in ordinary resolution no.5 above to purchase such shares, provided that such extended amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue at the date of passing of this resolution may be allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to resolution no. 4 above."
By Order of the Board

CGN Mining Company Limited Jason Kong

Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 27 March 2013
Registered office:
Cricket Square
Hutchins Drive, P.O. Box 2681
Grand Cayman KY1-1111
Cayman Islands
Head office and principal office in Hong Kong:
Suites 6706-07, 67/F., Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Notes:

1. A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by the above notice is entitled to appoint one or more proxy to attend and, subject to the provisions of the articles of association of the Company, to vote in his stead in the event of a poll. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. In order to be valid, the form of proxy must be duly completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any), under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority must be deposited at the Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar and transfer office, Union Registrars Limited at 18th Floor, Fook Lee Commercial Centre, Town Place, 33 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the appointed time for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

2. Completion and return of a form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending in person and voting at the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof, should he so wish. In such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed revoked.

3. In the case of joint holders of a share, any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such joint holders are present at the above meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

4. An explanatory statement containing further details regarding resolutions nos.4 to 6 above as required by the Listing Rules is set out in Appendix I to the circular which will be dispatched to shareholders together with the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012.

5. As at the date of this notice, the board of Directors of the Company comprises two executive Directors: Mr.

He Zuyuan (chief executive officer) and Mr. Li Xianli, four non-executive Directors: Mr. Yu Zhiping (chairman), Mr. Wei Qiyan, Ms. Jin Yunfei and Mr. Huang Jianming, and three independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Ling Bing, Mr. Qiu Xianhong and Mr. Huang Jinsong.

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