Regulated Information
(Article 14, first paragraph, of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings)

13 March 2017 at 19.00 CET
Summary of the transparency notification
Nyrstar NV (the "Company") announces today that on 13 March 2017 it has received a transparency notification from BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC.
Pursuant to the aforementioned notification, undertakings controlled by BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC .:

hold 0 voting rights of the Company, representing 0.00% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company; and

can acquire 0 voting rights of the Company after exercise of equivalent financial instruments, representing 0.00% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company.
As a result, a total of 0 voting rights, representing 0.00% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company, have been notified by BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC. pursuant to the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings.

Content of the transparency notification

The notification dated 13 March 2017 contains the following information:
Reason for the notification
Disposal of voting securities or voting rights

Notification by

A person that notifies alone

Persons subject to the notification requirement

BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC.
For further detail, see the full text of the transparency declaration, available on the website of Nyrstar via http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/shareholderinformation/Pages/shareholderstructure.aspx

Date on which the threshold is crossed
9 March 2017
Treshold that is crossed 3%
Denominator 93,563,960

Miscellaneous
This press release can be consulted on the website of Nyrstar via http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/news/Pages/news.aspx.

Contact person for questions on the transparency press release, the notification and the shareholder structure of the Company: Company Secretary, company.secretary@nyrstar.com.

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