NEWS RELEASE                                  

                                      For Immediate Release - February 10, 2015

                              Holdings in Company                              

Chelyabinsk, Russia - February 10, 2015 - Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (LSE,
MICEX-RTS: CHZN) has received notification, on February 09, 2015, from Ilya
Sherbovich that as at February 03, 2015 he indirectly controls 14,607,635
ordinary shares in the JSC CZP through the company UCP Resources Limited
(direct control). This represents 26.95% of the existing issued share capital
of Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant.

About Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant

Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant is the leading Russian zinc and zinc alloys producer. In
2014 the plant produced 168,601 tonnes of salable SHG zinc.

According to consolidated IFRS accounts, revenue in 2013 was RUB 13,062 mln and
EBITDA was RUB 1,077 mln.

Ordinary shares of CZP are traded on the Moscow exchange under ticker CHZN and
Global Depository Receipts (GDR) are traded on the London Stock Exchange under
ticker CHZN.

                                                   Investor and Media Contacts:

                                             Natalya Vasilieva, PR, ngv@zinc.ru

                                                        Tel: +7 (351) 799-01-52

                                              Evgeny Ponomarev, IR, eyp@zinc.ru

                                                        Tel: +7 (963) 998-55-58



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