The board of directors (the "Board") of Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that, as Mr. Zhang Zhiming has served as an independent non-executive director of the Company for six consecutive years since June 2015, Mr. Zhang Zhiming resigned as an independent non-executive director of the Company as well as the chairman of the Nomination Committee, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration and Appraisal Committee and member of the Strategy Committee of the Board on 24 May 2021. His resignation will take effect upon a new independent non-executive director is elected at the shareholders' general meeting of the Company to fill up the vacancy. Mr. Zhang Zhiming will continue to perform the relevant duties mentioned above until a new independent non-executive director is elected at the shareholders' general meeting of the Company. The Board announced that, it is proposed to appoint Mr. E Erdun Tao Ketao to replace Mr. Zhang Zhiming as an independent non-executive director of the Company, as well as the chairman of the Nomination Committee, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration and Appraisal Committee and member of the Strategy Committee of the Board.