0001104659-14-003691.txt : 20140123 0001104659-14-003691.hdr.sgml : 20140123 20140123102006 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-003691 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140131 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793628 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26046 FILM NUMBER: 14541834 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RM 2205 22F WEST TOWER SHUN TAK CENTRE STREET 2: 168-200 CONNAUGHT ROAD C CITY: SHEUNG WAN HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: - BUSINESS PHONE: 01185228107205 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RM 2205 22F WEST TOWER SHUN TAK CENTRE STREET 2: 168-200 CONNAUGHT ROAD C CITY: SHEUNG WAN HONG KONG STATE: K3 ZIP: - FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHINA RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MAGENTA CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940217 6-K 1 a14-4173_16k.htm 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of January 2014

 

Commission File Number 0-26046

 

China Natural Resources, Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Room 2205, 22/F, West Tower, Shun Tak Centre,

168-200 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files of will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x  Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.

 

 

 

Date: January 23, 2014

By:

/s/ Li Feilie

 

 

Li Feilie

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated January 23, 2014

 

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 EX-99.1 2 a14-4173_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

CONTACT

 

Sin Ling MA, Chief Financial Officer
011-852-2810-7205 or maxine@chnr.net

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. COMPLETED SPIN-OFF
AND LISTING OF COAL-MINING AND RELATED BUSINESSES

 

HONG KONG, JANUARY 23, 2014 — CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NASDAQ: CHNR)(the “Company”), a natural resources company based in the People’s Republic of China, announced today that it has completed its previously announced spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) and listing by way of introduction on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Feishang Anthracite Resources Limited (“Feishang Anthracite”), which operated the Company’s coal mining and related businesses prior to the Spin-Off. After the Spin-Off, the Company intends to continue operating its non-ferrous metals mining and related businesses.

 

Based on the unaudited interim financial information of the Company and the audited interim financial information of Feishang Anthracite as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2013:  (i) the total assets and total liabilities of the Company as of June 30, 2013 were CNY2,894.97 million (US$471.69 million) and CNY2,572.49 million (US$419.14 million), respectively, with the total assets and total liabilities (excluding inter-companies balances with the Company) of Feishang Anthracite as of the same date representing approximately 93.2% and 88.1% of the total assets and total liabilities of the Company; and (ii) the revenue of the Company in the six months ended June 30, 2013 was CNY70.56 million (US$11.50 million), with the revenue of Feishang Anthracite in the same period representing approximately 77.6% of the revenue of the Company.

 

Based on the audited financial information of the Company and Feishang Anthracite as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012: (i)  the total assets and total liabilities of the Company as of December 31, 2012 were CNY2,854.26 million (US$458.10 million) and CNY2,307.39 million (US$370.33 million), respectively, with the total assets and total liabilities (excluding inter-companies balances with the Company) of Feishang Anthracite as of the same date representing approximately 96.8% and 68.8% of the total assets and total liabilities of the Company; and (ii) the revenue of the Company in 2012 was CNY156.67 million (US$25.15 million), with the revenue of Feishang Anthracite in the same period representing approximately 90.6% of the revenue of the Company.

 

The translation of relevant amounts in this press release from CNY into US$ is included solely for the convenience of the reader and has been calculated at the rate of exchange quoted by Bloomberg Finance L.P. on June 30, 2013 of US$1.00 = CNY6.1375 and December 31, 2012 of US$1.00 = CNY6.2306, respectively. No representation is made that the CNY amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US$ at that rate on June 30, 2013, December 31, 2012 or at any other date.

 

Forward-Looking Statements:

 

Certain statements contained in this announcement may be viewed as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC.

 

THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL NOR IS IT A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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