[SIDE LETTER Agreement Vendor Purchaser 1. in accordance with the provisions of Clause 11.02 of the Agreement: (a) Clause 3.01(b) of the Agreement shall be deleted and substituted by the following: “(b) (b) Clause 3.04(b) and the Proviso to Clause 3.04 of the Agreement shall be deleted and substituted by the following: “(b) zero or a positive figure, the Retention] [CONTACT Edward Wong, Chief Financial Officer 011-852-2810-7205 or cfo@chnr.net CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSUMMATES ACQUSITION OF COAL MINING COMPANY IN GUIZHOU PROVINCE, PRC HONG KONG, July 17, 2009 – CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NasdaqCM: CHNR), a company based in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), today announced that, on July 10, 2009, it consummated the acquisition of (a) all of the] [Completion of Acquisition of Pineboom Investments Limited The purpose of this Form 6-K is to report that, on July 10, 2009, a closing of the Acquisition. The purchase price for the Shares and Indebtedness is US$25 million, of which US$7 million was paid contemporaneously with the execution of the Agreement. At the closing, the Company and Feishang Group modified the]