On 8 June 2017, the Company obtained the certificate on change of share registration issued by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (Shanghai Branch) for the shares subscribed by specific investors under the Non-public Issuance after the closing of A Share stock market on 7 June 2017. 1,490,475,241 shares were issued at RMB3.11/share to 8 subscribers. The total amount of proceeds raised was approximately RMB 4.6 billion.

The substantial shareholder of the Company, Minxi Xinghang State-owned Assets Investment Company Limited, and Phase 1 of the Employee Stock Ownership Scheme of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. subscribed 289,389,067 and 129,163,987 A Shares under the Issuance respectively. Such shares are not transferrable within 36 months from the date of listing. 6 other investors including Huarong Ruitong Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., China-Africa Development Fund Co., Ltd., CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., Ganlanmu Investment (Beijing) Company Limited, Industrial Securities Assets Management Co., Ltd. and Caitong Fund Management Co., Ltd. subscribed 1,071,922,187 A Shares in total. Such shares are not transferrable within 12 months from the date of listing.

The proceeds raised will be used in the construction of the Kolwezi copper mine project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zijin Copper’s capacity expansion project for comprehensive recovery of end materials in production, and supplementing working capital of the Company, enabling the Company to accelerate the progress of “joining the rank of international top miners”, which is the third strategical goal of the Company, and become a mega-size international mining group with high technology and efficiency which has important influence within global gold and base metal industries. The Company can also benefit from a decrease in debt-to-asset ratio, a stronger support to the stability of its principal operations development, improvement in sustainability, and a more healthy financial structure. These would help raise the Company’s overall capacity and competitiveness, and enhance return to shareholders, which are in the interests of both the Company and the shareholders.

More details please refer to “Announcement in relation to the Issuance Results of Non-public Issuance of A Shares and Changes in Share Capital”.