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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001553350-22-000627
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220719
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220719
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220719

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000793628
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-266219
		FILM NUMBER:		221091737

	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:			F4
		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:			F4
		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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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pc; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 19, 2022</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 17pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 17pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 17pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pc 0 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 17pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>British Virgin Islands</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Not Applicable</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Room 2205, 22/F,
    West Tower, Shun Tak Centre</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>168-200 Connaught
    Road Central</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Sheung Wan, Hong
    Kong</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Not Applicable</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>(Zip Code)</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>China Natural Resources, Inc. 2014 Equity Compensation
Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>(Full title of the plans) </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Puglisi &amp; Associates</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>850 Library Avenue, Suite 204</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, Delaware 19711</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(302) 738-6680</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service) </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With copies of all notices, orders, and communications
to: </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Leland S. Benton, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>David A. Sirignano, Esq. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Morgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 20004</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(202) 739-3000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See
the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and
&#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 54%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 22%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3pc; text-indent: -3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Item 1.</I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Plan
Information</FONT></I></B><I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.*</FONT></I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3pc; text-indent: -3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Item 2.</I></B></FONT><B><I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</FONT></I></B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.*</FONT></P>



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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc">*</TD><TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 will be sent or given
to participants in the China Natural Resources, Inc. 2014 Equity Compensation Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;).&nbsp; The information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 to be contained
in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act and the Introductory Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5pt"><B><I>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) by China Natural Resources, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000793628/000155335022000485/chnr_20f.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form 20-F</A></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(File No. 000-26046) for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on May
17, 2022;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Company&rsquo;s Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (File No. 000-26046) furnished
                                            to the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793628/000155335022000377/chnr_6k.htm">May
                                            2, 2022</A> <FONT STYLE="color: #000000">and</FONT> <FONT STYLE="color: blue"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000793628/000155335022000610/chnr_6k.htm">July
                                            15, 2022</A></FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1.5pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&#8217;s description of its Common Shares, without par value, set forth in </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793628/000155335020000529/chnr_ex2z1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit
2.1</FONT></A> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to its Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 000-26046) for the year ended December 31, 2019,
filed with the Commission on June 12, 2020, and any amendment or report the Company may file with the Commission for the purpose of updating
such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">All other reports and other documents subsequently filed (rather than &#8220;furnished,&#8221;
in accordance with the Commission&#8217;s rules) by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part of
this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><I>Item 4. Description of Securities.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pc; text-indent: -6pc"><B><I>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pc; text-indent: -6pc"><B><I>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">British Virgin Islands (&#8220;BVI&#8221;) law does not
limit the extent to which a company&#8217;s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors,
except to the extent any such provision may be held by the BVI courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification
against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provide
as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&#8220;Subject to the provisions of the [BVI Business
Companies] Act[, as amended], every director and officer of the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors
of the Company), together with every former director and former officer of the Company (each an &#8220;Indemnified Person&#8221;) shall
be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses,
including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their
functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified
Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying
out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall
be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have
made a finding to that effect.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person
reasonable attorneys&#8217; fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding
or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any
expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined
by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article.
If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification
with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses
and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">The directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase
and maintain insurance for the benefit of any director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule
of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person
may be guilty in relation to the Company.&#8221;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pc; text-indent: -6pc"><B><I>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25pt"><B><I>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; width: 6%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 93%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Document</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793628/000155335014000105/chnr_ex99z1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Articles and Memorandum of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 6-K (File No. 000-26046) furnished to the Commission on January 30, 2014)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="chnr_ex5z1.htm">Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="chnr_ex23z1.htm">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young Hua Ming LLP</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="chnr_ex5z1.htm">Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa">Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793628/000155335014000917/chnr_ex99z1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">2014 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A of Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 6-K (File No. 000-26046) furnished to the Commission on August 13, 2014)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="chnr_ex107.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.5pc 0 0"><B>* Filed herewith.<A NAME="sig"></A></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.5pc 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pc; text-indent: -6pc"><B><I>Item 9. Undertakings.</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 3pc">The Company hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pc"><I>provided, however, that,&nbsp;</I>paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and
(a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof.</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 1pc 0 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">of
Hong Kong on July 19, 2022.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white"><B>CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Wong Wah On Edward</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Wong Wah On Edward</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="poa"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">KNOW ALL PERSONS
BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Wong Wah On Edward, Tam Cheuk Ho, and
Zhu Youyi, his or her true and&nbsp;lawful&nbsp;attorney-in-fact&nbsp;and&nbsp;agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement (including post-effective amendments to the registration statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any
other documents in connection therewith, granting unto&nbsp;said&nbsp;attorney-in-fact&nbsp;and&nbsp;agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that&nbsp;said&nbsp;attorney-in-fact&nbsp;and&nbsp;agent,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on July 19, 2022.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Wong Wah On
    Edward</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Wong Wah On Edward</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt">(principal executive officer)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Zhu Youyi</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Zhu Youyi</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Chief Financial Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt">(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Tam Cheuk Ho</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Tam Cheuk Ho</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Lam Kwan Sing</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Lam Kwan Sing</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Ng Kin Sing</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Ng Kin Sing</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Yip Wing Hang</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement on Form S-8 solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative
in the United States of China Natural Resources, Inc., on July 19, 2022.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Direct tel</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">+852 2971 3046</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Email</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">richard.spooner@maples.com </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left">Room 2205, 22/F, West Tower, Shun Tak Centre</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left">168-200 Connaught Road Central</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left">Sheung Wan, Hong Kong</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"> 19 July 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Dear Sir or Madam</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><B>China Natural Resources, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We have acted as British Virgin Islands legal counsel
to the Company in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;<B>Commission</B>&quot;)
on 19 July 2022 (the &quot;<B>Registration Statement</B>&quot;, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or
not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the registration under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;<B>Securities Act</B>&quot;), of 8,100,000 common shares, of no par value, in the capital
of the Company (the &quot;<B>Shares</B>&quot;), issuable by the Company pursuant to the Company's 2014 Equity Compensation Plan (the &quot;<B>Plan</B>&quot;,
which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit
or schedule thereto).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have
examined copies of the Registration Statement and the Plan. We have also reviewed copies of the memorandum and articles of association
of the Company registered with the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the &quot;<B>Registry of Corporate Affairs</B>&quot;)
on 16 January 2014 (the &quot;<B>Memorandum and Articles</B>&quot;), the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company
held on 20 June 2014 (the &quot;<B>Minutes</B>&quot;), the written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company passed on 14 July
2022 (the &quot;<B>Resolutions</B>&quot;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions and qualifications
set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">The Shares to be issued by
the Company and registered under the Registration Statement have been duly and validly authorised.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">When issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and in accordance with the Resolutions, and when appropriate entries are made in the register of
members (shareholders) of the Company, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In this opinion letter, the phrase &quot;non-assessable&quot;
means, with respect to the issuance of Shares, that a shareholder shall not, in respect of the relevant Shares, have any obligation to
make further contributions to the Company's assets (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of
an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the
corporate veil).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">These opinions are subject to the qualification that
under the BVI Business Companies Act (As Revised) (the &quot;<B>Act</B>&quot;), the entry of the name of a person in the register of members
of a company as a holder of a share in a company is prima facie evidence that legal title in the share vests in that person. A third party
interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification
(for example, in the event of inaccuracy or omission).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">These opinions are given only as to, and based on,
circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws
of the British Virgin Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving the above opinions, we have relied (without
further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as at the date of this opinion letter, of the certificate from a director of
the Company, a copy of which is attached as Annexure A. We express no opinion as to the meaning, validity or effect of any references
to foreign (i.e. non- British Virgin Islands) statutes, rules, regulations, codes, judicial authority or any other promulgations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We have also relied upon the assumptions, which we
have not independently verified, that (a) all signatures, initials and seals are genuine, (b) copies of documents, conformed copies or
drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals, (c) where a document has
been provided to us in draft or undated form, it will be duly executed, dated and unconditionally delivered in the same form as the last
version provided to us, (d) there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) which would or might affect
the opinions set out above, and (e) upon the issue of any Shares, the Company will receive consideration which shall be not less than
the amount to be credited for the issue of such Shares.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This opinion letter is to and for the benefit solely
of the addressee and may not be relied upon by any other person for any purpose.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. In
giving such consent, we do not consider that we are &#8220;experts&#8221; within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act,
or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this
opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Yours faithfully</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP</P>

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(Hong Kong) LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Director's Certificate</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">July 19, 2022</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">26th Floor, Central Plaza</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">18 Harbour Road</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">Wanchai, Hong Kong</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pc 0 0.5pc; text-align: left"><B>China Natural Resources, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pc 0 0.5pc; text-align: justify">I, the undersigned, being a director of
the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the &quot;<B>Opinion</B>&quot;) in relation to certain aspects
of British Virgin Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify
that:</P>

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remain in full force and effect and are unamended.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">2</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">The Resolutions were signed
by all the directors of the Company in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles and have not been amended, varied or revoked
in any respect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">3</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10.5pt">The shareholders of the Company
have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors in any way.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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in the minute book or corporate records of the Company which would or might affect the opinions set out in the Opinion. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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on this Certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you personally
to the contrary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0.5pc 0; text-align: center">[<I>signature page follows</I>]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 pertaining to the 2014 Equity Compensation Plan of China Natural Resources, Inc. of our report dated May 17, 2022, with respect
to the consolidated financial statements of China Natural Resources, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended
December 31, 2021<A NAME="a_Hlk108790304"></A>, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">/s/ Ernst &amp; Young Hua Ming LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Beijing, People&#8217;s Republic of China</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">July 19, 2022</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><U>Newly Registered Securities</U></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
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    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Class</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Title</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">Fee<BR>
Calculation<BR>
Rule</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Amount</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Registered (1) (2)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price Per<BR>
Share (3)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Fee</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Rate</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Amount of</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Registration</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center">Fee</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common share, without par value</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Rule 457(c)&nbsp;and Rule 457(h)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">8,100,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$5,110,695</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">0.0000927</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Total Offering Amounts</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$5,110,695</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$473.77</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Total Fee Offsets</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8212;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="8" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Net Fee Due</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$473.77</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 3pc"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) also covers any additional
common shares, without par value (the &#8220;Common Shares&#8221;), of China Natural Resources, Inc., a British Virgin Islands company
limited by shares, that may become issuable in respect of the securities identified in the table above by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the
number of outstanding Common Shares. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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</FONT>Common Shares issuable under the China Natural Resources, Inc. 2014 Equity Compensation Plan.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices per Common Share reported on <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">the
Nasdaq Capital Market </FONT>on July 14, 2022, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>



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