On December 17, 2012, the construction project for production resumption of Baluba Mine of CNMC Luanshya
Copper Mines Plc. (CLM), a CNMC enterprise in Zambia, successfully passed completion examination for
acceptance.

On the afternoon of December 22, 2012 , Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao and his wife and
some Embassy staff members arrived at CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc. (CLM), a CNMCL enterprise in Zambia, for a two-day visit.

To reward its outstanding Zambian employees and further stimulate all employees’ work enthusiasm, at
14:30pm on 22 December 2012 Zambian local time, CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc. (CLM), a CNMC
enterprise in Zambia, held a year-end award-giving ceremony at its Cinema theater. The ceremony combined
theatrical performance with award giving. The award winners and their family members were invited to the stage to receive the awards.

Recently, CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc. (CLM) and NFC Africa Mining Plc. (NFCA), two CNMCL
enterprises in Zambia, separately completed their 2013 Collective Agreement Negotiations with their trade unions. CLM also reached consensus with its trade union on the pay-rise and other social welfare conditions in 2014, which means it won’t carry out the same negotiations in 2014.