[Dated the 29th day of September 2009 CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. and JOYSIGHT LIMITED AGREEMENT SOLICITORS 高 蓋 茨 律 師 事 務 所 (852) 2511 5100 (852) 2511 9515 www.klgates.com 4058774-00005/NKA/RKW THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN: (1) CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. Vendor (2) JOYSIGHT LIMITED P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre Purchaser WHEREAS (A) MARK FAITH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 显信科技发展有限公司 Company] [CONTACT Edward Wong, Chief Financial Officer 011-852-2810-7205 or cfo@chnr.net CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES DISPOSES OF 60% EQUITY INTEREST IN MARK FAITH HONG KONG, October 6, 2009 – CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NASDAQ: CHNR), a company based in the People’s Republic of China, today announced that on September 29, 2009, it completed the disposition of a 60% equity interest in Mark Faith] [Disposition of Assets On September 29, 2009, China Natural Resources (the “Company”) completed the disposition of its 60% equity interest in Mark Faith Technology Development Limited (“Mark Faith”) to Joysight Limited (“Joysight”), for a purchase price of US$21,000,000. The disposition is governed by the terms and conditions of an “Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of the Shares of Mark]