ZIJIN MINING<02899> - Suspension of Trading

At the request of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. (the "Company"), trading
in its H shares will be suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. today
(5/2/2007) pending the release of price sensitive information of the 
Company.

Accordingly, the following derivative warrants relating to the
Company will be suspended:-

Stock Code              Stock Short Name
----------              ----------------
01355                   MB-ZIJIN@EC0704
01367                   MB-ZIJIN@EP0704
01373                   CA-ZIJIN@EC0703
02104                   UB-ZIJIN@EC0705
02153                   MB-ZIJIN@EC0706
02267                   MB-ZIJIN@EC0705
06087                   CA-ZIJIN@EC0707
09638                   JP-ZIJIN@EC0703
09811                   BI-ZIJIN@EC0706