Company: CHNR
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001079973-25-000827
Chunk: 164

Company: CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 16C
Chunk 164
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ITEM 16C.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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The following table shows the fees that we paid for audit and other services provided by Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP (PCAOB ID No. 1408), Beijing, China, and ARK Pro CPA & Co (PCAOB ID No. 3299), our independent registered public accounting firms, for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, respectively.
 
                                     Fiscal Year 2023                  Fiscal Year 2024       
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Ernst &amp; Young Hua Ming                                                                    
Audit Fees                   US$               395,766         US$               20,000       
Audit-Related Fees                             —               US$               189,958      
Tax Fees                     US$               35,337                            —            
All Other Fees                                 —                                 —            
Total                        US$               431,103         US$               209,958      
ARK Pro CPA &amp; Co                                                                          
Audit Fees                   US$               —               US$               —            
Audit-Related Fees                             —                                 —            
Tax Fees                                       —                                 —            
All Other Fees                                 —                                 —            
Total                        US$               —               US$               —            
 
Audit Fees – This category includes the audit of our annual financial statements and services that are normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with engagements for those fiscal years. Since ARK Pro CPA & Co have been appointed as the Company’s auditor subsequent to December 31, 2024, no fee was billed during the year then ended.
 Audit-Related Fees – This category includes the fees for the related filing of a resale registration statement on Form F-1, F-3 and Form S-8 in 2023 and 2024.
 Tax Fees – This category includes the aggregate fees billed or to be billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.
 All Other Fee – This category includes the aggregate fees billed or to be billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported above.
 The Audit Committee has adopted a procedure for pre-approval of all fees charged by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Under the procedure, the Audit Committee approves the engagement letter with respect to audit, tax and review services. Other fees are subject to pre-approval by the entire Audit Committee, or, in the