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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1164) Positive Profit Alert

This announcement is made by the Company pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Listing Rules and Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong).
The Board wishes to inform the Shareholders and potential investors that the Group is expected to record a net profit in the annual results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012, a significant increase as compared to the corresponding period of the year 2011.

Shareholders and potential investors should exercise cautious when dealing in the shares of the Company.


This announcement is made by CGN Mining Company Limited (the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") pursuant to Rule 13.09(2) of the Listing Rules and Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong).
The board of directors of the Company (the "Board") wishes to inform the Shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") and potential investors that the Group is expected to record a net profit in the annual results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2012, a significant increase as compared to the corresponding period of the year 2011.
The expected net profit of the Group was mainly attributable to i) the natural uranium trading business between the Company and CGNPC Uranium Resources Co., Ltd. and ii) the disposal of a commercial property as previously disclosed in our voluntary announcement dated 31 December
2012.
The Company is in the course of finalising its annual results of the Group for the year ended 31
December 2012. The information contained in this announcement is only a preliminary assessment by the management of the Company based on the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012, which is not yet confirmed, reviewed or audited by the Company's auditors and may be subject to adjustments.
Details of the annual results of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012 will be announced in March 2013. Shareholders and potential investors should read the Group's annual results carefully.
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Shareholders and potential investors should exercise cautious when dealing in the shares of the Company.

By Order of the Board

CGN Mining Company Limited Mr. He Zuyuan

Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 8 February 2013

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises two executive directors: Mr. He Zuyuan (chief executive officer) and Mr. Li Xianli, four non-executive directors: Mr. Yu Zhiping (chairman), Mr. Wei Qiyan, Ms. Jin Yunfei and Mr. Huang Jianming and three independent non-executive directors: Mr. Ling Bing, Mr. Qiu Xianhong and Mr. Huang Jinsong.

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