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As the resource sector of Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group, Beijing Huaxia Jianlong Mining Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2003. It is an integrated enterprise integrating mining and dressing technology research, mineral resource exploration, mine investment and development, mineral product processing and sales. Its industrial layout covers five provinces and regions in China, with more than ten subsidiaries. It has exploration rights and mining rights for iron, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and other resources in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Liaoning, Hubei, Xinjiang and other places. The company focuses on the development of iron ore resources, and sets foot in nonferrous resources, phosphate rock and phosphate chemical industry, sandstone building materials industry, etc. At the same time, it promotes digital mine construction by implementing mine automation, carries out research on comprehensive recovery of mineral resources, and promotes mine safety standardization and comprehensive treatment of tailings. The company actively develops high value-added building materials products, forming a development pattern of various building materials products, such as microcrystalline foamed boards, dry mixed mortar, machine-made bricks, concrete, cement products, and exterior wall decorative boards; We are committed to becoming a one-stop supplier of high-quality building materials. In 2021, the company ranked No. 5 in China's metallurgical mines and No. 48 in Beijing's top 100 private enterprises.

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. is a large multinational mining group. We are engaged in the global exploration and development of copper, gold, zinc and lithium, as well as engineering and technological research. Our shares trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the ticker code 2899, and on the Shanghai Stock Exchange under the code 601899. Zijin Mining ranks No.325 in the 2022 Forbes Global 2000 list, No.1 among global gold companies, No.7 among metal miners; No.407 in the 2022 Fortune Global 500 list, and No.53 in the Fortune China 500 list. As an important player in the global mining industry, Zijin Mining strives to become a “green, high-tech, leading global mining company”. We contribute to global economic growth and sustainable development by producing and supplying high-quality minerals.

Aluminum Corporation of China (“Chinalco”) is a key state-owned enterprise directly supervised by the central government. It is principally engaged in mineral resources development, nonferrous metals smelting and processing, related trading as well as engineering and technical services. It has grown into the world’s largest alumina producer and aluminum producer, and the biggest lead and zinc producer in Asia. It represents the strongest copper business in China. Chinalco has 68 major subsidiaries operating in more than 20 countries and regions. Its total assets have grown to 620 billion yuan. It has been ranked as a Fortune Global 500 company since 2008. Six of its controlled subsidiaries are listed at home and abroad. Chinalco has 10 strategic units, including aluminum, copper, engineering technology, asset management, industrial finance, high-end manufacturing, environmental protection and energy saving, innovative development, intelligent technology and overseas development, forming a new pattern of high-quality development. Chinalco is committed to building a world-class nonferrous metal enterprise with global competitiveness, a major force in national strategic mineral resources and military material support, and a leader in industrial innovation and green development.

China Minmetals Corporation was founded in 1950. metals and minerals as its core business, and a pilot state-owned capital investment company. In 2021, it had operating revenue of over RMB 850 billion, ranking 58th among Fortune Global 500 companies. By the end of 2021, China Minmetals had total assets of over RMB 1 trillion and 8 listed companies. China Minmetals has outstanding capabilities for technological innovation. By the end of 2021, it had 14 established research and design institutions, 43 state-level sci-tech and R&D platforms such as the national key laboratory and serves as an editor-in-chief/editor to formulate more than 1,400 national and international standards. It is one of the top central SOEs in scientific and technological strength. China Minmetals is striving to become a state-owned capital investment company with great strength in the field of metals and minerals and making unremitting efforts to build a world-class metal and mining enterprise with global competitiveness.

With a vision of building up an all-around leading Chinese investment bank in the new era with comprehensive capabilities, BOC International Holdings Limited (“BOCI”) has been one of the first investment banks established in China with top overall functions in overseas markets. Headquartered in Hong Kong, BOCI has 46 Subordinate Companies around the world, with offices in major international financial centers such as New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as in core cities of mainland China such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. BOCI has established its holistic cross-border investment banking services platform with the optimized international framework that ranks at the forefront among Chinese investment banks overseas. The company also enjoys its synergy with the Bank of China Group’s global network to provide clients with a full range of investment banking products and services, including share issuance, merger and acquisition, bond issuance, fixed-income, private banking, private equity, global commodities, asset management, equity derivatives, and leveraged and structured financing.

Founded in 2017, China Internet Technology Co., Ltd., adhering to the vision and goal of promoting the sustainable development of the mineral products industry through scientific and technological innovation, has continued to invest over the years to build a comprehensive service platform for mineral products with global influence. At present, the "Zhongzi Cloud" comprehensive service platform for mineral products developed by the company has formed a diversified service ecosystem including mineral trading, network freight, financial services, one-stop tax and other services. In cooperation with 75 mineral resource cities and counties in Henan, Liaoning, Guizhou and other provinces, the company has promoted and applied the innovative model of "government-led, science and technology based, resource integration and fine service" nationwide. At present, 42 have been officially put into operation. In the future, the company will further implement the innovation-driven development strategy, make full use of the new national infrastructure such as cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, mobile Internet and 5G, and provide convenient comprehensive services such as trading, logistics, finance, equipment, talent, technology and taxation for the mining industry, and promote local economic growth and healthy and sustainable development of the mineral industry through intelligent supervision, precise law enforcement and construction of industrial credit system.

China National Gold Group Co., Ltd. (“China Gold”) is the only state-owned gold producer directly supervised by China’s central government. It chairs China Gold Association, and is the first Chinese board member of the World Gold Council. The Group was incorporated in 2003 on the predecessor entities of the State Gold Administration and China National Gold Corporation. China Gold is a large conglomerate that operates in all aspects of the gold value chain, from mineral exploration, mining, and ore processing, to smelting, refining, smithing, marketing, to R&D, engineering, and construction. It is also involved in irradiation sterilization, industrial financial services, culture, media and other business fields. Since its establishment, China Gold has been playing a leading role in driving the growth of China's gold industry. The group has four listed subsidiaries: Zhongjin Gold (Ticker: 600489), the first gold producing company that went public in China’s A-share market; China Gold International Resource (CGG), a company dually listed in Toronto and Hong Kong; China Gold (600916), the first state-owned company to make IPO in the state’s SOE ownership reform program; and Zhongjin Irradiation, the first A-share listed company in the trade of irradiation and sterilization.

Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd. (“SDE”) is a large state-owned energy enterprise in Shandong Province, China, newly incorporated in July 2020, upon an agreed merger between the former Yankuang Group and the former Shandong Energy Group. SDE owns more than 20 second-level subsidiaries, including Yankuang Energy Group, Xinwen Mining Group and Zaozhuang Mining Group and etc, and 9 public companies listed at home and abroad, with a 229,700-strong workforce. SDE was rated as the 70th on 2021 Global Fortune 500 and the 24th on China Top 500 Companies. SDE realized operating revenues and total pre-tax profits of RMB 752.1 billion and RMB 53.1 billion respectively for year 2021, with total assets of RMB 751.4 billion as at 31 December 2021. Meanwhile, SDE was selected as a benchmarking enterprise in a call for building benchmarking enterprises for corporate management among key SOEs, and also rated as “Corporate Governance Demonstration Enterprise” by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, which makes SDE the only Shandong provincial SOE to win such an honor.

Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd. (“SDG”) was established in 1996 which holds the leading position in Chinese gold industry from various aspects such as gold production, resources & reserves, economic benefits, technical strength, intelligent level and talent advantages. SDG is a full member of the World Gold Council. In 2019 and 2020, the gold production of SDG ranked the Top Ten in the world. The gold reserves are more than 2,400 tons and the total value of various mineral resources exceeded trillion RMB. SDG's four gold mines rank among the Top Ten in China and three mines rank among the "Top Ten mines with economic benefits in China". There are four “100 tons gold mines” and 12 “ton gold mines”. SDG's key technology have reached the international leading level in geology, mining, processing and metallurgy and makes every effort to build a world-class gold mining enterprise with excellent technology and management and sustainable development.

Founded in 1974, Shandong Zhaojin Group Co., Ltd. (“Zhaojin”) is located in Zhaoyuan City of Shandong Province, which is famous for its rich gold. After nearly 50 years of development, the company has grown into a large-scale integrated company with mining chain and deep processing industry chain as the core and the coordinated development of financial industry, environmental protection industry and education industry. Zhajin has 6 wholly-owned subsidiaries, 15 holding and actual controlling enterprises, and two listed companies of Zhaojin Mining (H-share) and Baoding Technology (A-share). By the end of 2021, the total assets of the Company had reached 62.6 billion yuan, with 14000 employees. It is now a full member of the World Gold Council and one of the leading enterprises in the national gold industry. Zhaojin has already formed a complete gold industrial chain covering gold exploration, mining, ore dressing, smelting, refining, processing and marketing of gold and silver products and derivatives trading, and its gold output, resource reserves, economic benefits, scientific and technological level and talent advantages rank among the top in the same industry in China. It is the underground mining manufacturer with the lowest production costs as well as the largest gold smelter in China. Zhaojin has been listed as one of the "China’s Top 500 Enterprises" for sixteen years and one of the "China’s Top 500 Most Valuable Brands " for seventeen years, Its brand value has achieved 57.516 billion yuan.

Guangdong Dongsheng Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (since November 1, 2022, renamed as Guangdong Dongsheng Holding Group Co., Ltd.) was founded in the 1980s. It is an industrial holding group with green building materials as its main business. Since 2010, it began to operate as a group and has realized the development of the whole industrial chain of building materials production, logistics and shipping, ecological restoration, industrial parks and characteristic cultural tourism , and has linked into emerging industries such as real estate, culture and art. The company is the founder of Guangdong Sandstone Branch and Guangdong Provincial Association of Territorial Space Ecological Restoration. Conghua Shunxing and Jiangmen Taisheng, two subsidiaries under the group, are among the first batch of national green mines and high-tech enterprises. Among them, Conghua Shunxing has been rated as one of the Top 20 National Green and High-Quality Development Mines and one of the Top 10 Examples for the second session of Territorial and Space Ecological Restoration in Guangdong Province. In 2021, the company was officially incorporated into the "chain chief system" of Guangzhou industrial chain, as the main chain enterprise of building materials branch in the construction industry.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Silvercorp Metals Inc. is a Canadian mining company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: SVM) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE American: SVM). The Company engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of mines in China, Canada, and South America. Our focus is on the sustainable, profitable, and long-term production of precious and nonferrous metal such as silver, gold, lead, and zinc. Our rapid growth and solid production profile have made us one of China's premier silver, lead, and zinc producers. Our core objectives are to be safe, efficient, and sustainable, and operate responsibly with the environment and cooperatively with the local communities. Our long-term strategy is focused on expanding our mineral reserves, streamlining our mine production management, achieving sustainable development, and seeking mutually beneficial opportunities globally. We strive to build a strong corporate culture centered on our key values of respect, equality, and responsibility, and aim to deliver social benefits and recognized by society, while realizing high-quality development and creating shareholder value.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Xining, Qinghai Province, Western Mining Group Co., Ltd. was restructured from China Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation Xishan Mining Bureau. In 2007, the company’s wholly owned Western Mining Co., Ltd. was listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange. After years of development, the company has expanded from a single lead and zinc resource development enterprise to a large enterprise group integrating six industries , namely, mining smelting, salt lake chemical industry, culture tourism, construction & real estate, finance and trade, science and technology information, with more than 40 subsidiaries in 11 provinces and municipalities across the country. Its total assets increased by 61.7 times from 1.091 billion yuan in 2000 to 67.3 billion yuan in 2021; Its operating revenue increased by 70 times from 736 million yuan in 2000 to 51.8 billion yuan in 2021. Up to now, the company has reserves of 12.92 million tons of non-ferrous metals, 23.4 tons of precious metals of gold, 3,575 tons of silver, 272 million tons of ferrous metals, 1,148 million tons of salt lake resources, including 2.85 million tons of lithium chloride, and the total potential value of resources exceeds 1.2 trillion yuan. It is the only one in Qinghai province that has been listed as one of the "China’s Top 500 Enterprises" for 16 consecutive years.

Zhengzhou Dengcao Group Co., Ltd. ("Dengcao Group") originated from Dengcao Coal Mine established in 1973. After nearly 50 years of development, Dengcao Group has gradually developed from a small coal mine into a diversified enterprise group integrating cement, equipment manufacturing, new materials, coal, financial lending, real estate, financial investment, cultural tourism and other sectors. At present, the company has 10 wholly-owned, holding and joint-stock enterprises, more than 2,600 employees, a total output value of 1.8 billion yuan, and profits and taxes of 450 million yuan. It has been honored as one of the five golden flowers of private coal mine in China for more than 30 consecutive years. It has been awarded the title of "Excellent Non-public Enterprise in Henan Province" by the CPC leader committee of Henan Province and the Henan Provincial Government, "Top 100 Coal Enterprises in China" by China Coal Industry Association, "Advanced Unit of Safety Production" and "Mine of Quality Standardization" by the National Mine Safety Administration, and has been listed as one of the Top 100 private enterprises in Henan Province.