The board of directors of Ximei Resources Holding Limited announce that Mr. Mao Zili ("Mr. Mao") has been appointed as an executive Director with effect from 2 September 2022. Mr. Mao, aged 57, has joined the Group as its vice-president since May 2022 and is mainly responsible for formulating the Group's investment strategy and developing new projects. Mr. Mao obtained his doctoral degree in science at the Institute of Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1992. Between 1996 and 2000, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Optics, Technical University of Berlin, during which he was awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship . In 1993, he was hired as an associate professor of Beihang University and the deputy director of the optical information laboratory in Beihang University. Mr. Mao has over 20 years of experience in investment and management. Prior to joining the Group, in 2003, he joined the Macrolink Group and served at various positions within the Macrolink Group including the positions as the strategic investment director of Macrolink Group, a director of Macrolink Group, the senior assistant president of Macrolink Group, the general manager of Macrolink Mining Co. Ltd. and the general manager of Beijing Macrolink Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. The Board announce that Ms. Ouyang Ming has been appointed as a non-executive Director with effect from 2 September 2022. Ms. Ouyang, aged 47, is currently the vice-president of Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. She is mainly responsible for administrative, investment and labour union matters in Ganfeng Lithium. Ms. Ouyang has over 15 years of experience in administration and compliance matters. She joined Ganfeng Lithium in January 2002 and has served at several positions
since then. She also currently serves as a director in a number of companies in which Ganfeng Lithium has equity interests in, including certain subsidiaries of Ganfeng Lithium. She has been a director of Dalian Yike Energy Technology Co. Ltd. since October 2016, a director of Zhejiang Shaxing Technology Co. Ltd. since March 2019, a director of Ganzhou Tengyuan Cobalt New Material Co. Ltd. since August 2020 and a director of Jiangxi Ganfeng LiEnergy Technology Co. Ltd. since November 2021. Ms. Ouyang obtained her certificate of secretary of board of directors from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in December 2013. She majored in accounting and graduated from the Central Radio and Television University in the PRC in July 2007.