Nyrstar NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 15, 2014

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Nyrstar: Shareholder Notification

15 January 2014

Nyrstar announced today that it made notification of a significant shareholding in accordance with Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and containing various provisions.

In light of the implementation of the Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan (LESOP), Nyrstar's ownership of own shares dropped below the threshold of 10% of the outstanding shares on 21 November 2013. As at that day, Nyrstar held in the aggregate 15,338,428 shares, representing 9.02% of the total number of outstanding shares. Pursuant to Belgian law, the voting rights attached to own shares held by Nyrstar are suspended.

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About Nyrstar

Nyrstar is an integrated mining and metals business, with market leading positions in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals; 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, China and Australia and employs over 7,000 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on NYSE 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 Sheela Pawar de Groot - Group Manager Corporate Affairs T: +41 44 745 8154 M: +41 79 722 6917 sheela.pawar@nyrstar.com