Dear Members,

In accordance with the Notice on the Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2019 from the General Office of the State Council of People’s Republic of China, COREX makes the closing arrangement of the system during New Year and Chinese New Year Holidays as below:

New Year holiday

COREX system will be normally open on December 29th (Saturday) in 2018.

COREX system will be closed from December 30th (Sunday) in 2018 to January 1st (Tuesday) in 2019.

Chinese New Year holiday

COREX system will be normally open on February 2nd (Saturday) and February 3rd (Sunday) in 2019.

COREX system will be closed from February 4th (Monday) to February 10th (Sunday) in 2019.

The COREX Benchmark Price, Platform Daily and WeChat Information will be suspended when the system is closed during holidays.

Hereby be informed.

Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center Corporation

December 24th, 2018