China Investment Corporation Issues the Following Press Release in Accordance with Canadian Securities Administrators' National Investment 62-103

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 30, 2015) - China Investment Corporation issues the following press release in accordance with Canadian Securities Administrators' National Investment 62-103:

1. Name and address of the offeror
   
   China Investment Corporation, by its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Land Breeze II S.à r.l. ("LB")
   c/o China Investment Corporation
   16F-19F, New Poly Plaza
   No. 1 Chaoyangmen Beidajie
   Dongcheng
   Beijing 100010
   China
   
   
2. The designation and number or principal amount of securities and the offeror's securityholding percentage in the class of securities of which the offeror acquired ownership or control in the transaction or occurrence giving rise to the obligation to file the news release, and whether it was ownership or control that was acquired in those circumstances.
   
   China Investment Corporation previously filed early warning reports in respect to a US$500 million convertible debenture (the "Debenture") LB purchased from SouthGobi Resources Ltd. ("SouthGobi"), in respect to the exercise on March 29, 2010 of SouthGobi's right to call for the conversion of up to US$250 million of the Debenture, in respect to the receiving of paid in kind interest on November 21, 2013, and in respect of the receiving of paid in kind interest on November 21, 2014. China Investment Corporation is a sovereign wealth fund of the People's Republic of China.
   
   Pursuant to the Debenture, since March 29, 2010, LB has acquired ownership of 25,232,419 common shares of SouthGobi, which includes 13,274,681 common shares previously issued and reported upon, and 11,957,738 common shares issued on November 27, 2015 in each case, in satisfaction of the paid in kind component of the interest accrued on the Debenture.
   
   
3. The designation and number or principal amount of securities and the offeror's securityholding percentage in the class of securities immediately after the transaction or occurrence giving rise to the obligation to file a news release.
   
   After giving effect to the issuances noted in item 2 above, LB owns and controls 49,875,030 common shares of SouthGobi representing approximately 19.36% of the issued and outstanding common shares of SouthGobi as of November 27, 2015. LB also continues to own US$250 million of principal amount under the Debenture which, if converted at the current conversion price of Cdn$8.88 (and the currency exchange rate of 0.7489) would represent approximately 37.6 million additional common shares. If the Debenture in the principal amount of US$250 million that remains outstanding after the issuances noted in item 2 above is fully converted into SouthGobi common shares at the current conversion price of Cdn$8.88 and the currency exchange rate of 0.7489 then, together with the actual common shares owned or controlled by LB as of the date hereof, LB would own or control a total of approximately 87.5 million common shares or approximately 29.62% of the common shares of SouthGobi.
   
   
4. The name of the market in which the transaction or occurrence that gave rise to the news release took place.
   
   Not applicable. New shares were issued by SouthGobi in satisfaction of the paid in kind component of the interest accrued on the Debenture.
   
   
5. The value, in Canadian dollars, of any consideration offered per security if the offeror acquired ownership of a security in the transaction or occurrence giving rise to the obligation to file a news release.
   
   The amount of interest in respect of the 11,957,738 common shares issued on November 27, 2015 was US$4 million, and the price of the common shares was Cdn$ 0.45 per share.
   
   
6. The purpose of the offeror and any joint actors in effecting the transaction or occurrence that gave rise to the news release, including any future intention to acquire ownership of, or control over, additional securities of the reporting issuer.
   
   LB holds SouthGobi common shares and the Debenture for investment purposes. LB has rights under the Debenture to convert the remaining US$250 million principal amount under the Debenture into common shares of SouthGobi. Subject to applicable regulatory and contractual restrictions LB may from time to time dispose of or acquire additional securities of SouthGobi.

A copy of the amended early warning report to which this press release relates has been filed on www.sedar.com under SouthGobi's issuer profile.