Western Gold: Subsidiary plans to increase related party transactions by nearly 4.02 billion yuan and repay the principal and interest of loans.

Western Gold announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Xinjiang Meisheng intends to sell approximately 8,000 tons of gold concentrate to Xinjiang Wuxin Copper Industry, with a total price of approximately 401.76 million yuan. In addition, Xinjiang Meisheng has repaid the controlling shareholder Xinjiang Nonferrous Metal Industry a principal of 524.7932 million yuan, and now intends to repay the loan interest of 65.6157 million yuan. The relevant resolution will be reviewed at the fourth extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2025.