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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99-1

CONTACT
Edward Wong, Financial Controller
011-852-2810-7205 or fc@chrb.com

                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


    COUNTRY-REGIONPLACECHINA NATURAL RESOURCES FILES ANNUAL REPORT; DISCLOSES
           FINANCIAL RESULTS AND PRO-FORMA INFORMATION RELATING TO ITS
                             ACQUISITION OF FEISHANG

HONG KONG, June 19, 2006 - CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NASDAQ: CHNR), a
company based in the People's Republic of China (PRC), today announced that on
June 12, 2006 it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") which included the consolidated financial statements
of the Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2005 and for the three years ended
December 31, 2005, and consolidated pro forma financial information giving
effect to the Company's February 3, 2006 acquisition of Feishang Mining Holdings
Limited ("FMH").

For the year ended December 31, 2005, the audited consolidated net sales and net
loss of the Company were RMB3,890,000 (US$482,000) and RMB13,864,000
(US$1,718,000), respectively, compared to RMB3,970,000 (US$492,000) and
RMB22,440,000 (US$2,781,000) for the corresponding period in 2004. For the year
ended December 31, 2005, the unaudited pro forma consolidated net sales and net
income of the Company were RMB102,852,000 (US$12,745,000) and RMB30,952,000
(US$3,835,000), respectively, compared to RMB81,909,000 (US$10,150,000) and
RMB24,248,000 (US$3,005,000) for the corresponding period in 2004 (not included
herein).

The foregoing consolidated historical financial statements and pro forma
financial information are presented for information purposes only. They should
be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to, the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the three-year
period ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the Company's Annual Report on
Form 20-F on June 12, 2006, and the historical consolidated financial statements
of FMH for the year ended December 31, 2005, included with the Company's Report
on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 19, 2006.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based upon
assumptions believed to be reliable, but involve risks and uncertainties that
may cause actual results of operations to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause
our actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements are our intent,
belief and current expectations as to business operations and operating results
of the Company, uncertainties regarding the governmental, economic and political
circumstances in the People's Republic of China, risks and hazards associated
with the Company's mining activities, uncertainties associated with ore reserve
estimates, uncertainties associated with metal price volatility, uncertainties
associated with the Company's reliance on third-party contractors and other
risks detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. Although the Company's management believes that the
expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can
provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to be accurate.
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