Zijin Mining : (H Share)First Quarterly Report 2017

The board of directors (the "Board of Directors") of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company") announces the unaudited results (the "First Quarterly Report") of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group") for the three months ended 31 March 2017 (the "reporting period"), which have been prepared in accordance with the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises and the related laws and regulations.

This report is published in both Chinese and English. In the case of any discrepancies, the Chinese version of this report shall prevail over its English version.

In this report, unless otherwise stated, monetary units are denominated in Renminbi.

Fujian, the PRC, 28 April 2017‌

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

1. Overview of the Company's Performance……………………………….………………………………..4 3. Significant Events…………………………………………………………………………………………..7 4. Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………………………... 12
2. Important Notice

3. The Board of Directors, the supervisory committee, the directors, supervisors and senior management of the Company hereby warrant that the contents contained herein are true, accurate and complete, and there are no false representations or misleading statements contained in, or material omissions from this quarterly report, and jointly and severally accept responsibility.

4. All directors attended the Board of Directors meeting and reviewed the quarterly report.

5. Mr. Chen Jinghe, the person-in-charge of the Company, Ms. Lin Hongying, the person-in-charge of the accounting affairs of the Company, and Mr. Wu Honghui, the head of the accounting department (accounting chief of the Company), hereby warrant that the financial statements contained in this quarterly report are true, accurate and complete.

6. The first quarterly financial report of the Company was unaudited.

7. Overview of the Company's Performance
8. 2.1 Major accounting data

   Unit: RMB

   As at the end of the reporting period	As at the end of last year	Changes as at the end of the reporting period as compared with the end of last year (%)
   Total assets	91,786,876,738	89,217,700,259	2.88
   Net assets attributable to shareholders of the listed company	29,131,861,149	27,762,474,794	4.93
   Reporting period (January - March 2017)	Reporting period (January - March 2016)	Changes as compared with the same period last year (%)
   Net cash flow from operating activities	1,015,456,609	442,059,498	129.71
   Reporting period (January - March 2017)	Reporting period (January - March 2016)	Changes as compared with the same period last year (%)
   Operating income	18,457,471,590	19,397,681,539	-4.85
   Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company	1,005,633,520	63,760,733	1,477.20
   Net profit attributable to the shareholders of the listed company after deduction of non-recurring profit or loss	380,067,749	50,148,684	657.88
   Weighted average return on net assets (%)	3.54	0.23	Increased by 3.31 percentage points
   Basic earnings per share (RMB/share)	0.047	0.003	1,466.67
   Diluted earnings per share (RMB/share)	0.047	0.003	1,466.67

   Non-recurring profit or loss items and amounts

   Applicable □Not applicable

   Unit: RMB

   Items	Amount for the reporting period	Explanation
   Gains or losses on disposal of non-current assets	-113,747,136
   Government grants recognised in the statement of profit or loss for the current period, except for government grants which are closely related to the Company's normal business operations, and	45,838,541