Nyrstar NV

M&A Activity • Apr 22, 2016

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Nyrstar terminates European marketing agreement for commodity grade zinc metal with Noble

22 April 2016

Nyrstar today announced that it has terminated the offtake and marketing agreement with Noble Group Limited ("Noble") to market and sell 200,000 tonnes per annum of commodity grade zinc metal produced at its European smelters. Nyrstar has included the zinc metal volumes that were previously to be provided to Noble until the end of 2016 into the zinc metal offtake agreement that exists with Trafigura with market based terms and a prepayment mechanism.

About Nyrstar

Nyrstar is a global multi-metals business, with a market leading position in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals, which are essential resources that are fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our changing world. Nyrstar has mining, smelting, and other operations located in Europe, the Americas and Australia and employs approximately 5,000 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR. For further information please visit the Nyrstar website: www.nyrstar.com.

For further information contact:

Anthony Simms Group Manager Investor Relations T: +41 44 745 8157 M: +41 79 722 2152 anthony.simms@nyrstar.com Greg Morsbach Group Manager Corporate Communications T: +41 44 745 8295 M:+41 79 719 2342 gregory.morsbach@nyrstar.com