U.S. index provider MSCI announced on June 21st Hong Kong time that it would add a selection of China's "A" shares to its Emerging Markets Index and MSCI ACWI Index. 222 large cap stocks from multiple industries like banking, insurance, petroleum and chemical will be added into MSCI in two phases on May and August next year, representing a weighting of 0.68 percent in number of all 3267 A stocks. 11 nonferrous metals companies including Zijin are on the list.

About Zijin Mining
Zijin Mining is a leading global metals and mining company and one of the world’s largest producers of gold, copper, and zinc. The company has more than 30 large-scale mining operations and projects across 19 countries on 5 continents. Leveraging strong in-house research, engineering, and development capabilities, Zijin maintains high operational efficiency and low costs in both acquisitions and operations. This enables the company to be an industry leader in value creation, underpinned by its philosophy of pursuing development for all and sustained by superior environmental, social, and governance performance. Zijin’s shares trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX: 2899) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE: 601899).