Appointment of joint company secretaries (Hong Kong) and securities affairs representative In order to assist the secretary to the board of directors of Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. to perform the work on information disclosure of Hong Kong and Shanghai, the Board agreed to appoint Ms. Zhang Yan and Mr. Ho Kin Wai as the joint company secretaries (Hong Kong). Ms. Zhang Yan is also appointed as the securities affairs representative of the Company.

Ms. Zhang Yan, aged 45 and born in September 1977, obtained a bachelor's degree (majoring in investment economy) in the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in June 2000. She joined the Company in 2000. She is mainly responsible for (i) monitoring the corporate governance of the Company as required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange and other relevant laws and regulations in the People's Republic of China; (ii) overseeing the equity financing transactions carried out by the Company; (iii) handling the Company's investment relations and public relation matters; (iv) collaborating within various departments of the Group and with external professional advisers in preparing timely publications and filings in compliance with the Shanghai Stock Exchange Rules; as well as (v) attending to the general legal and regulatory compliance functions of the Group.

She has been serving as the Company's securities affairs representative since December 2019. Ms. Zhang Yan obtained the intermediate certificate of business administration conferred by the then Ministry of Personnel of the People's Republic of China in December 2005, and obtained the Qualification Certificate of Board Secretary issued by Shanghai Stock Exchange in November 2008. Mr. Ho Kin Wai, aged 39 and born in June 1983, obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and the Chartered Governance Institute, and holds the qualifications of Chartered Secretary, Chartered Governance Professional and Certified Public Accountant of Hong Kong. He joined the Company in July 2013, and served as the assistant company secretarial manager, company secretarial manager of Gold Mountains (H.K.) International Mining Company Limited. In August 2022, he was promoted to senior company secretarial manager.

Mr. Ho Kin Wai had mainly been responsible for assisting the former company secretary (Hong Kong) in performing related duties including scheduling general meetings and meetings of the Board and Board committees, ensuring the Company complies with its information disclosure obligation as required under the applicable laws, rules and regulations in Hong Kong, as well as attending to the general administrative and regulatory compliance functions of the Group.