October 3, 2019

Yue Ming Wai Bonaventure
Chief Financial Officer
China Natural Resources, Inc.
Room 2205, 22/F, West Tower, Shun Tak Centre
168-200 Connaught Road Central
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

       Re: China Natural Resources, Inc.
           Registration Statement on Form F-3
           Filed September 19, 2019
           File No. 333-233852

Dear Mr. Bonaventure:

       We have limited our review of your registration statement to those
issues we have
addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts
and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the
information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Registration Statement on Form F-3

General

1.     We note that you are registering debt securities, and that you have
indicated that a form of
       indenture will be filed with or furnished to the SEC at the time of any
offering of debt
       securities. For the indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1940, you
       must file the form of indenture pre-effectively. Please file a
pre-effective amendment to
       the registration statement that includes the form of indenture as an
exhibit. For guidance,
       refer to Item 601(b)(4) of Regulation S-K and Trust Indenture Act
Compliance and
       Disclosure Interpretations 201.02 and 201.04.
 Yue Ming Wai Bonaventure
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China Natural Resources, Inc.
Comapany 2019
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        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       Please contact Ronald (Ron) Alper at 202-551-3329 or Pam Long at
202-551-3765 with
any questions.



                                                           Sincerely,

                                                           Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                           Office of Energy &
Transportation
cc:      Steven I. Weinberger