[Dated the 30 th 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 th 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 Company . (B)] [CONTACT Edward Wong, Chief Financial Officer 011-852-2810-7205 or cfo@chnr.net CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES DISPOSES OF 40% EQUITY INTEREST IN MARK FAITH HONG KONG, January 6, 2009 – CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NASDAQ: CHNR), a company based in the People’s Republic of China, today announced that on December 30, 2008, it completed the disposition of a 40% equity interest in Mark Faith] [Disposition of Assets On December 30, 2008, China Natural Resources completed the disposition of a 40% equity interest in Mark Faith Technology Development Limited (“Mark Faith”) to an unrelated third party, Joysight Limited (the “Purchaser”), for a purchase price of US$14,000,000. The disposition is governed by the terms and conditions of a Sale and Purchase Agreement entered into at the]