Indicative Announcement in Relation to the Reduction of Shareholding of a Shareholder

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company") received a notice regarding the reduction of shareholding submitted by its major shareholder, Minxi Xinghang State-owned Assets Investment Co., Ltd.* ("Minxi Xinghang"), on 22 December 2014. From the period of 17
December 2014 to 19 December 2014, Minxi Xinghang reduced its shareholding of the Company's non-restricted tradable shares through the block trading system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 75,000,000 shares, 140,000,000 shares and 185,000,000 shares respectively, amounting to 400,000,000 shares in total and representing approximately 1.85% of the total number of shares of the Company.
Before the above shareholding reduction, Minxi Xinghang held 6,316,353,180 non-restricted tradable shares of the Company, representing approximately 29.28% of the total number of shares of the Company. After the above shareholding reduction, Minxi Xinghang is currently holding 5,916,353,180 non-restricted tradable shares of the Company, representing approximately 27.43% of the total number of shares of the Company.
The change in shareholding will not lead to changes in major shareholders or actual controller of the Company.

Investors and shareholders are advised by the board of directors of the Company to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of the Company.

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Fujian, the PRC, 22 December 2014
*The company's English name is for identification purpose only

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