Jiangxi Copper Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2017. For the year, according to the preliminary estimation of the finance department of the company, the realized net profit attributable to the shareholders of the company for year 2017 prepared in accordance with the PRC Accounting Standards is expected to increase by RMB 788 million to RMB 1,024 million as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year, that is a year-on-year increase by 100% to 130%. The realized net profit after non-recurring profit and loss items attributable to the shareholders of the company for year 2017 prepared in accordance with the PRC GAAP is expected to increase by RMB 666 million to RMB 1,009 million as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year that is a year-on-year increase by 47.99% to 72.69%.