Zijin Mining : (H Share)Payment of 2017 Final Dividend

Reference is made to the Annual Results Announcement for the Year Ended 31 December 2017 dated 23 March 2018, the Notice of 2017 Annual General Meeting dated 29 March 2018, the Announcement in relation to Withholding and Payment of Personal Income Tax in respect of 2017 Final Dividend and the Announcement in relation to Withholding and Payment of Enterprise Income Tax for Non-resident Enterprise Shareholders in respect of 2017 Final Dividend dated 4 May 2018, the Announcement in relation to Closure Period of Register of Members of H Shares for the Proposed Distribution of 2017 Final Dividend dated 7 May 2018 and the Announcement in relation to the Resolutions Passed at the 2017 Annual General Meeting dated 17 May 2018 (the "Announcements") of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company"), the contents of which, among other things, relate to the payment of 2017 final dividend, its book closure dates, record date, withholding and payment of taxes, exchange rate, etc. The terms defined in the Announcements shall apply hereto unless otherwise defined.

The board of directors of the Company announces that the Company distributed a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2017 of Renminbi ("RMB") 0.90 (tax included) (approximately equivalent to Hong Kong dollars ("HK$") 1.111273 (tax included)) per 10 shares to shareholders (the "Shareholders") whose names appeared on the H shares ("H Share(s)") register of members of the Company on the record date (the "Record Date") of 30 May 2018. H Shareholders (excluding the H Shareholders who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect) who are entitled to the payment of the final dividend shall receive the same on 29 June 2018 by ordinary post at their own risk.

Dividend payable to the H Shareholders in the Mainland China who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will be paid in Renminbi by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited ("CSDC") as entrusted by the Company. The Company paid the 2017 final dividend to CSDC on 29 June 2018 for distribution thereafter.

Pursuant to the "Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中華人民共和國企業所 得稅法》) and the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中華人民共和國企業所得稅法實施條例》) (the "Tax Law") both implemented in 2008, the Company has an obligation to withhold for payment of the 10% enterprise income tax from the payment of the 2017 final dividend to shareholders who are non-resident enterprises (including HKSCC (Nominees) Limited) whose names are registered on the register of members of the Company (the "Register") as of the Record Date. The term "non-resident enterprise" when used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as defined under the Tax Law and its relevant rules and regulations.

Pursuant to the State Administration of Taxation Notice on Matters Concerning the Levy and Administration of Individual Income Tax After the Repeal of Guo Shui Fa [1993] No. 045 (Guo Shui Han

[2011] No. 348) (《國家稅務總局關於國稅發[1993]045 號文件廢止後有關個人所得稅徵管問題的通 知》( 國稅函[2011]348 號)) (the "SAT Notice") dated 28 June 2011, and the letter entitled "Tax arrangements on dividends paid to Hong Kong residents by Mainland companies" issued by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange Letter") dated 4 July 2011, the overseas resident individual shareholders of the stocks issued in Hong Kong by domestic non-foreign invested enterprises are entitled to the relevant preferential tax treatment pursuant to the provisions in the tax treaties entered into between the countries in which they reside and the PRC or the tax arrangements between the Mainland China and Hong Kong (Macau).

The Company will withhold and arrange for the payment of the withholding tax pursuant to the above opinions of the tax authorities and relevant tax laws and regulations, including the "Notice of the State Administration of Taxation in relation to the Administrative Measures on Preferential Treatment Entitled by Non-residents under Tax Treaties (Tentative)" (Guo Shui Fa [2009] No. 124) (《國家稅務總局關於印發< 非居民享受稅收協定待遇管理辦法(試行)>的通知》(國稅發[2009]124 號)) (the "Tax Treaties Notice"). The Company will determine the country of domicile of each of the individual H Shareholders based on the registered address as recorded in the Register on the Record Date of 30 May 2018 (the "Registered Address"). For the details of the arrangements of the withholding and payment of personal income tax of the individual H Shareholders, please refer to the relevant announcement dated 4 May 2018.

For the details of the arrangements of the payment of the withholding tax for the individual and enterprise H Shareholders in the Mainland China who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, please refer to the relevant announcements dated 4 May 2018.

Investors should notice that the Company has no obligation and will not be responsible for confirming the identities of any Shareholders. The Company will withhold and pay for the enterprise income tax andpersonal income tax, strictly in accordance with the Tax Law and its relevant rules and regulations, based on the information contained in the Register on the Record Date. The Company will owe no liability whatsoever in respect of and will not entertain any claims arising from any delay in, or inaccurate determination of, the status of the Shareholders or any disputes over the withholding arrangement.

Payment of final dividend

The Company has paid a final dividend of RMB0.90 (tax included) (approximately equivalent to HK$1.111273 (tax included)) per 10 shares, for the year ended 31 December 2017, on 29 June 2018. Payment has been made to the Shareholders of the Company whose names appeared on the H Shares Register on the Record Date of 30 May 2018. Dividends payable to H Shareholders of the Company (excluding the H Shareholders who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect) have been paid in Hong Kong dollars.

The amount of final dividend payable for each 10 H Shares is HK$1.111273 (tax included). Such final dividends have been paid by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Trustees Limited, the Company's receiving agent in Hong Kong, and have been mailed by Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited to the H Shareholders (excluding the H Shareholders who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect) who are entitled to receive the same, by ordinary post at their own risk on 29 June 2018.

Dividend payable to the H Shareholders in the Mainland China who invest in the H Shares of the Company via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will be paid in Renminbi by CSDC as entrusted by the Company. The Company paid the 2017 final dividend to CSDC on 29 June 2018 for distribution thereafter.

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

Fujian, the PRC, 29 June 2018

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