On March 19, 2019, Wang Tongzhou, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and General Manager of CNMC met Zhang Zhaoxiang, Deputy General Manager of China Minmetals Corporation and General Manager of Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd and his delegation, and both parties held talks and exchanged in-depth views on strengthening exchanges, deepening and expanding cooperations, etc.?

During the talks, Chairman Wang Tongzhou and Deputy General Manager Zhang Zhaoxiang introduced their reform and development of their respective enterprise and development strategies; they stated that, both parties shared highly consistent strategic development philosophy, with the same objective, and hoped to establish a long-term mechanism of communication and mutual reference, and gave full play to their strengths, worked closely together in the development and utilization of nonferrous metal mineral resources, science and technology innovation, international business, etc., promoted the high-quality development of enterprise, made the state-own capital stronger, better and bigger, and made unremitting efforts in order to create a world-class enterprise with global competitiveness.

Before the meeting, Chairman Zhang Zhaoxiang and his delegation visited the CNMC exhibition hall.

Zhang Jinjun, Deputy General Manager of CNMC, relevant responsible officers from relevant departments and relevant sponsoring enterprises of both parties attended the talks.

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