DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS The Board of Directors comprises 9 Directors, including 2 executive Directors, 4 non-executive Directors and 3 independent non-executive Directors. The following table sets out certain information relating to the Directors of the Company. Date of Date of Appointment as Joining the Name Age Position Director Company Major Responsibilities Li Guohong 47 Chairman, May 16, 2016 May 2016 Overseeing the overall (李國紅)...... non-executive and strategic Director development and investment planning Wang Peiyue 56 Executive May 16, 2016 March 2009 Responsible for daily (王培月)...... Director production and operation management, administration, financial management, financing, budgeting, internal control and legal affairs Chen Daojiang 47 Non-executive February 27, 2015 February 2015 Participating in (陳道江)...... Director decision making in respect of major issues of the Company Wang Lijun 49 Non-executive May 20, 2014 January 2014 Participating in (王立君)...... Director decision making in respect of major issues of the Company Wang Xiaoling 54 Non-executive May 16, 2016 July 2000 Participating in (汪曉玲)...... Director decision making in respect of major issues of the Company — 354 — DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT Date of Date of Appointment as Joining the Name Age Position Director Company Major Responsibilities Tang Qi 41 Executive December 8, 2017 July 2000 Responsible for the (湯琦) ....... Director daily work of the Board, the normative operation of the Company, capital operation, information disclosure and investor relations management Gao Yongtao 55 Independent October 15, 2013 October 2013 Participating in (高永濤)...... non-executive decision making in Director respect of major issues of the Company and advising on the Company’s corporate governance, connected transactions, audit and remuneration of Directors and senior management Hui Wing 42 Independent December 8, 2017 December 2017 Participating in (許穎) ....... non-executive decision making in Director respect of major issues of the Company and advising on the Company’s corporate governance, connected transactions, audit and remuneration of Directors and senior management — 355 — DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT Date of Date of Appointment as Joining the Name Age Position Director Company Major Responsibilities Lu Bin 41 Independent December 8, 2017 December 2017 Participating in (盧斌) ....... non-executive decision making in Director respect of major issues of the Company and advising on the Company’s corporate governance, connected transactions, audit and remuneration of Directors and senior management EXECUTIVE AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Mr. Li Guohong (李國紅), aged 47, was appointed as the chairman of the Board in May 2016 and was subsequently redesignated as a non-executive Director in December 2017. He is mainly responsible for the overall and strategic development, investment planning and human resources allocation. Mr. Li has more than nine years of experience in the gold mining industry. Mr. Li served as a deputy general manager of SDG Group Co. from December 2008 to October 2015, the chairman of Shanghai Shengju Asset Operation and Management Co., Ltd. (上海盛鉅資產 經營管理有限公司) from July 2012 to March 2014, the chairman of SDG Group Finance from December 2012 to February 2015, the chairman of SDG (Shanghai) Precious Metals Investment Co., Ltd. from March 2013 to March 2014 and the general manager of SDG Capital Management from November 2012 to February 2016. Mr. Li also holds the following positions within SDG Group (excluding our Group): • general manager of SDG Group Co. (since February 2016); • chairman of SDG Capital Management (since November 2012); • chairman of SDG International Capital Management Co., Ltd. (山金國際資產管理有限公 司) (since July 2014); • chairman of SDG Futures Co., Ltd. (山金期貨有限公司) (since August 2014); and • chairman of Shandong Gold Financial Holdings Group (HongKong) Co., Limited (山東黃 金金控集團(香港)有限公司) (since July 2015). — 356 — DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT Prior to joining SDG Group, Mr. Li served as the financial controller of Anhui Bengbu Cigarette Logistics Company (安徽省蚌埠煙草物流公司) from November 2002 to April 2005, in the financial and auditing department of Anhui Huangshan Cigarette General Factory (安徽黃山捲煙總廠) from April 2005 to July 2007 and the chief financial officer of China Tobacco Anhui Industrial Co., Ltd. Hefei Cigarette Factory (安徽中煙工業有限責任公司合肥捲煙廠). He also served as the chairman of the board of supervisors and a director of Shandong International Trust Co., Ltd. (山東省國際信託有 限公司) (currently known as Shandong International Trust Co., Ltd. (山東省國際信託股份有限公司), the H Shares of which were subsequently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 1697)) from March 2010 to June 2012 and from August 2012 to May 2015 respectively, and a vice general manager of China Securities Inter-agency Quotation Systems Co., Ltd. (中証機構間報價系統股份有 限公司) from April 2015 to April 2016. In addition, Mr. Li has served as a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee of Shandong Province from February 2017 to January 2018. Mr. Li has served as a vice president of Gold Association of Shandong Province (山東省黃金協會) since September 2016 and he is now the chairman of the committee of the Listed Company Association of Shandong Province (山東上市公司 協會). He was awarded the First Prize of Shandong Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Results (山東省企業管理現代化創新成果一等獎) issued by Shandong Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Results Review Committee (山東省企業管理現代化創新成果評審委員會) for two consecutive years in November 2009 and November 2010, awarded China Chief Financial Officers of the Year (中國總會計師年度人物獎) by the China Association of Chief Financial Officers (中國總會計師協會) in December 2010, recognized as Shanghai Leading Gold Talent (上海領軍金才) jointly granted by Shanghai Municipal Organization Department (上海市委組織部), the CPC Shanghai Financial Work Committee (中共上海市金融工作委員會), Shanghai Financial Services Office (上海市 金融服務辦公室), Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (上海市人力資源和社會保 障局) and Shanghai Finance Bureau (上海市財政局) in December 2016, and granted the title of “2016 Golden Bull Fortune Leader of Chinese Listed Companies”「 ( 2016年度中國上市公司金牛創富領袖」) by China Securities Journal in August 2017. In April 2018, Mr. Li was awarded as “the Model Worker of Shandong Province” (山東省勞動模範) by CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and the People’s Government of Shandong Province. Mr. Li graduated from University of Science and Technology of China in June 2001 majoring in business administration, and obtained a master’s degree in business administration in December of the same year and obtained a doctorate degree in accounting from Tianjin University in China in January 2015. He was recognized by Anhui Evaluation Committee of Senior Technical Positions in Account (安徽省會計專業高級技術職務評審委員會) as senior accountant in April 2008 and obtained the qualification of certified public accountant issued by Anhui Institute of Certified Public Accountants (安徽省註冊會計師協會) in December 2016 and recognized by Shandong Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (山東省人力資源和社會保障廳) as senior accountant (principal) in January 2018. Mr. Wang Peiyue (王培月), aged 56, was appointed as a Director, the general manager and the financial controller of the Company in May 2016 and was subsequently redesignated as an executive Director in December 2017, mainly responsible for daily production and operation management, administration, financial management, financing, budgeting, internal control and legal affairs. Mr. Wang has more than 30 years of experience in the gold mining industry. In particular, he has very extensive working experience in the fields relating to exploration and exploitation. — 357 — DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT Mr. Wang served as a deputy general manager of the Company from March 2009 to March 2011, mainly responsible for major project management, the general planner of the Company from December 2013 to May 2016, mainly responsible for formulation of strategic plans of the Company and the chairman of the board of supervisors of the Company from February 2015 to May 2016. He also served as a mine manager of Linglong Mining from September 1998 to July 2004. Mr. Wang successively held various positions in SDG Group. In SDG Group Co., he successively served as an associate chief officer of production department from January 1987 to October 1990, a vice department head of the planning department from October 1990 to October 1997, the head of the production department from October 1997 to September 1998, a deputy chief engineer and director of the industry information development center from July 2004 to June 2006, a manager of the science and information technology department from June 2006 to September 2006, a deputy chief engineer from March 2011 to December 2012, the chief planner from December 2012 to September 2013 and an assistant to general manager and a manager of the strategic planning department from September 2013 to December 2013. Mr. Wang also served as an executive deputy general manager of SDG Real Estate Co., Ltd (山東黃金置業有限公司) from September 2006 to May 2008, and the chairman of SDG Real Estate Tourism Group Co., Ltd. (山東黃金地產旅遊集團有限公司) from May 2008 to March 2009. Mr. Wang was the legal representative of SDG Facility Service Center (山東黃金設備服務公司), the business license of which was revoked in November 2009. (Note 1) Mr. Wang was awarded the First Prize of Shandong Science and Technology Advancement (山 東省科技進步一等獎) issued by Shandong Science