Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. announced that reference to the announcement of the Company dated July 25, 2011, in relation to the proposal from the Company and Luminous Gold, its wholly owned subsidiary to acquire an aggregate of 138,350,000 ordinary shares of Norton Gold in two tranches with the total consideration of AUD27,670,000 (equivalent to approximately RMB193,158,736). As at the date of this announcement, the related conditions precedent have all been fulfilled and the shares subscriptions have been completed. Including the previously acquired 5,900,000 ordinary shares of Norton Gold from the open market, the Group is holding 144,250,000 ordinary shares of Norton Gold in total and is beneficially interested in approximately 16.98% of the enlarged issued shares of Norton Gold.