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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001553350-17-000611
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170516
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170516
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170516

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:		17848391

	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
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<DESCRIPTION>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:12pt; margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Form 6-K</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">For the month of May 2017.</P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">Commission File Number 0-26046</P>
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<P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>China Natural Resources, Inc.</B></P>
<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><I>(Translation of registrant's name into English)</I></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>Room 2205, 22/F, West Tower, Shun Tak Centre,</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">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 <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> Form 40-F <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">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): <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">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): <FONT style="font-family:Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px"><B><U>Exhibits</U></B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px">On May 16, 2017, China Natural Resources, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) disseminated a press release relating to a delay in the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report. The press release shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.</P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px" align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px">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.</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=349.267 colspan=3><P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px"><B>CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=26.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=277.6><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=44.867><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top><P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">Date: May 16, 2017</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=26.8><P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">By:</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=277.6><P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">/s/ Wong Wah On Edward</P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify><B>CONTACT</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>Yue Ming Wai Bonaventure, Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=justify>011-852-2810-7205 or <FONT style="color:#0000FF"><U>bonyue@chnr.net</U></FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=justify><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES DISCLOSES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>DELAY IN FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11.4pt; margin:0px">HONG KONG, May16, 2017 &#150; CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. (NASDAQ: CHNR), a company based in the People's Republic of China, today disclosed a delay in the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;). The delay occurred because an audit of the Company&#146;s recently acquired Bolivian subsidiary has not yet been completed. The Company acquired its Bolivian subsidiary on December 23, 2016. The Company currently anticipates that the audit of its Bolivian subsidiary will be completed on or before June 19, 2017; and that the annual report on Form 20-F will be filed with the SEC on or before June 30, 2017. However, unforeseen delays or events could further delay completion of the audit and filing of the annual report. </P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=justify>About China Natural Resources, Inc.:</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=justify>China Natural Resources, Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation, through its operating subsidiary, is currently engaged in trial production at its copper smelting plant in western Bolivia, and anticipates that commercial production will commence in the latter part of 2017. Revenues are expected from sales of copper cathodes in markets including Bolivia, Germany and China.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=justify>Forward-Looking Statements:</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=justify>This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. Words such as &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;predicts,&#148; &#147;potential&#148; and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance, identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the intent, belief and current expectations of management with respect to the Company's policies regarding investments, dispositions, financings, conflicts of interest and other matters; and trends affecting the Company's financial condition or results of operations. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statement. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements are: uncertainties relating to our business operations and operating results; uncertainties regarding the governmental, economic and political environment in Bolivia and in the People's Republic of China; uncertainties associated with metal and coal 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 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the information set forth in our Annual Report on Form 20-F under the heading &quot;Risk Factors.&quot;</P>
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