Metro Mining Ltd. announced a new binding contract with a major State-Owned Chinese Aluminum Group who own Alumina Refineries in the provinces of Shanxi, Shandong, Guangxi and Guizhou. The contract is for 420,000 WMT (+/- 10%) of bauxite to be delivered in the second half of the 2019 calendar year. The contract is based on market pricing with typical bonus and penalty clauses associated with the agreed product specifications. The bauxite will be delivered to the Shanxi Province Refinery which is currently operating at below capacity due to reduced bauxite availability in this Province, generally. Importantly, the refinery is planning to modify its refining conditions at the plant to match the processing requirements of the material from Metro's Bauxite Hills Mine. Given the scale of the Group's alumina/aluminium operations throughout China, Metro looks forward to working with this State-Owned Chinese Group over the coming years and building upon this initial contract. This contract complements Metro's existing binding Offtake Agreements including its foundation contract with Xinfa for the delivery of 7 Million tonnes over the period 2018-2021.