Announcement in relation to Postponement of the 2016 Annual General Meeting

Reference is made to the Notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company") dated 5 May 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Notice.

As the Company needs more time to supplement and perfect the information to be proposed to the annual general meeting for consideration and approval, after careful consideration, the Company decided to postpone the 2016 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") from 9 a.m. on Monday, 19 June 2017 to 9 a.m. on Friday, 30 June 2017. The record date of the AGM will be changed from Monday, 19 June 2017 to Friday, 30 June 2017. The postponement of the convention of the AGM complies with the requirements of the relevant laws and regulations.

Accordingly, the book closure period of the register of members of the Company for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to attend the AGM will be extended from the period between Saturday, 20 May 2017 and Monday, 19 June 2017 (both days inclusive) to the period between Saturday, 20 May 2017 and Friday, 30 June 2017 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of H Shares will be effected.

The venue, the way of conduct and proposals to be considered etc. of the AGM will not be changed. Please refer to the Notice for detail.

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

Fujian, the PRC, 31 May 2017

*The Company's English name is for identification purpose only

Notes:

  1. Postponement of the AGM

    The AGM will be postponed to 9 a.m. on Friday, 30 June 2017 and to be held at the conference room at 21/F., Zijin Headquarters, No. 1 Zijin Road, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC").

    Save for the change of date of the AGM, there are no other changes to the proposals set out in the Notice. Please refer to the Notice for details in respect of the proposals to be considered at the AGM, the way of conduct of the AGM, registration procedures and other relevant matters.

  2. Closure of register of members and eligibility for attending the AGM

    As a result of the postponement of the AGM, book closure period of the register of members of the Company for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to attend the AGM will be extended from the period between Saturday, 20 May 2017 and Monday, 19 June 2017 (both days inclusive) to the period between Saturday, 20 May 2017 and Friday, 30 June 2017 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of H Shares will be effected. Holders of H Shares whose names appear on the H Share register of members of the Company on Friday, 30 June 2017 (being the record date) will be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM.

  3. Proxy

    The proxy form for H Shares shareholders sent together with the Notice on 5 May 2017 (the "Proxy Form") will be the valid proxy form for the postponed AGM. If you intend to appoint a proxy to attend the postponed AGM, you are requested to complete the Proxy Form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return the Proxy Form to Registrar of H Shares of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited by not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the postponed AGM (i.e. no later than 9 a.m. on Thursday, 29 June 2017, Hong Kong time). For the avoidance of doubt, if an H Share shareholder has completed and returned the Proxy Form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, such Proxy Form will remain valid for use at the postponed AGM and such H Share shareholder needs not re-submit the Proxy Form. If any H Share shareholder chooses to re-submit the Proxy Form, the last Proxy Form received by the Company will revoke and supersede the Proxy Form previously submitted by such H Share shareholder.

  4. Reply Slip

The reply slip sent together with the Notice to H Share shareholders on 5 May 2017 will be the valid reply slip for the postponed AGM. The deadline for H Share shareholders to return the completed and signed reply slip to the Secretariat of the Board of the Company or the Registrar of H Shares of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, will be extended from Wednesday, 31 May 2017 to Friday, 9 June 2017. For the avoidance of doubt, any reply slip duly completed and returned in accordance

with the instructions printed thereon by the H Share shareholders remains valid for the postponed AGM and the relevant H Share shareholders are not required to submit the reply slip again.

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