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| Chairman James W Boyd President and CEO John T Boyd II Managing Director and COO Ronald L Lewis Vice Presidents Richard L Bate James F Kvitkovich Russell P Moran John L Weiss William P. Wolf Vice PresidentBusiness Development George Stepanovich, Jr. Managing Director - Australia Ian L. Alexander Managing Director - China Dehui (David) Zhong Assistant to the President Mark P Davie Pittsburgh4000 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 300 Canonsburg, PA 15317(724)     873-4400 (724)     873-44D1 itboydp@jtboyd.com Denver(303) 293-8988itboydd@jtboyd.com Brisbane61 7 3232-5000itboydau@jtboyd.com Beijing86 10 6500-5854 rboydcn@jtboyd.com London44 208 748-5344 Tel/Fax  vww.jtboyd.com |   |  March 30, 2011 File: 3221.2  We hereby consent to the references to our firm, in the context in which they appear, and to our reserve estimates as of December 31, 2010, included in the Form 10-K filing for U.S. China Mining Group, Inc. We also hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of the references to our firm, in the context in which they appear, to our resource estimates as of December 31, 2010, in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Respectfully submitted,  JOHN T. BOYD COMPANY  By:  Ronald L. LewisManaging Director and COO P:\ENG_WP\3221.003\SEC Letter (March 30, 2011),doc  |   |

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