1. Purpose of Business Development
Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") primarily engages in the production, processing, and sale of potassium chloride and lithium carbonate. As an important part of the Company's lithium carbonate business segment, Minmetals Salt Lake Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of 51% of its shares in the first quarter of 2026 and has consolidated it into the commodity derivative business operation system. This will facilitate unified hedging operations and promote efficient collaboration across the overall business. Currently, due to multiple factors such as market supply and demand, industrial policy direction, and macroeconomic environment, the lithium carbonate market price is highly volatile, posing significant challenges to the stability of the Company's production and operational performance. To effectively hedge against spot price fluctuations and stabilize operational expectations, the Company intends to conduct lithium carbonate commodity futures hedging business centered around its main operations. This hedging business strictly focuses on the core operational needs and is not intended for speculation or arbitrage, but solely to lock in sales prices of core products and smooth operational performance fluctuations, ensuring the Company's production and operations run continuously, steadily, and efficiently.
2. Basic Business Situation
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Trading Methods and Varieties
The Company strictly controls the types and scale of hedging business, limiting the trading varieties to commodity futures trading of its core product, lithium carbonate. The trading method is futures trading, primarily used for hedging against spot prices. The trading venue is limited to legally operating futures exchanges within the country. -
Transaction Amount
Based on production and operational needs, the Company (including Minmetals Salt Lake) plans to conduct commodity futures hedging business with a maximum margin and premium limit (including the value of collateral provided for trading, expected credit limits from financial institutions, and reserved margins for emergency measures) not exceeding RMB 496.8 million. The maximum contract value held on any trading day will not exceed RMB 2.368 billion (including amounts related to the aforementioned trading profits for re-trading). This limit can be used cyclically within its validity period. -
Authorization Period
The authorization period for conducting futures hedging business is valid for 12 months from the date of approval by the Board of Directors (if other decisions are made by the Board/Shareholders' Meeting during this period, the updated resolution shall prevail). The limit can be used cyclically within the approval validity period. If the duration of a single transaction exceeds the authorization period, the authorization period will automatically extend until the termination of that transaction.