Sino Energy International Holdings Group Limited announced that as disclosed in the Announcements, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the curbing and quarantine policies adopted and/or implemented by the Chinese government, the Company's auditors encountered significant practical difficulties in compiling its report as it was unable to go to certain locations of the Company (including Henan and Guizhou) for performing audit work and accordingly, it was unable to complete the audit of the Group's annual results for the year ended 31 December 2019 by 31 March 2020 in accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules and the Company expected the auditing process will be completed and the 2019 Annual Report will be published on or before 31 July 2020. The Board announced that, as at the date of this announcement, the major outstanding audit works include obtaining confirmations from certain banks, inspecting certain original documents relating to Shangrao Jinbi Mining Co. Ltd. and site visit to Guizhou. The auditors had received several bank confirmations and other relevant supporting documents in July 2020. Based on the current plan, the Company's auditors target to obtain all outstanding bank confirmations and complete inspection during site visit by mid-August 2020. The company expects that the Audited Annual Results and the Annual Report can be published by the end of August 2020.