Announcement in relation to Releasing a Portion of Pledged Shares Held by a Substantial Shareholder

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company") received a notice from Minxi Xinghang State-owned Assets Investment Co., Ltd. ("Minxi Xinghang"), a substantial shareholder of the Company on 10 January 2017, that Minxi Xinghang released the pledge of its 570,000,000 shares of the Company (all of which are freely transferable with no selling restrictions) from China Everbright Bank Longyan Branch. The relevant formalities for the release of pledge have been completed. The released pledged shares represent approximately 2.65% of the total number of the shares of the Company.

As at the date of this announcement, Minxi Xinghang holds 5,671,353,180 shares of the Company (which are freely transferable with no selling restrictions), representing approximately 26.33% of the total number of the shares of the Company; among which the total number of pledged shares is 500,000,000 shares, representing approximately 2.32% of the total number of the shares of the Company.

This announcement is made on a voluntary basis.

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

Fujian, the PRC, 10 January 2017

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

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