DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Mining and Metallurgical Company NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (spons. ADRs)

EQS-Regulatory: MMC Norilsk Nickel:PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES SIGNING THE CONTRACT ON SULPHUR PROJECT WITH SNC-LAVALIN

MMC Norilsk Nickel / Miscellaneous - Low Priority MMC Norilsk Nickel:PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES SIGNING THE CONTRACT ON SULPHUR PROJECT WITH SNC-LAVALIN

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PRESS RELEASE

PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES SIGNING THE CONTRACT ON SULPHUR PROJECT WITH SNC-LAVALIN

November 8, 2016, Moscow, the Board of Directors of PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» (hereinafter Nornickel or the Company) approves signing the contract on sulfur dioxide capture project for Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant located at the Company's Polar Division (hereinafter NMP Sulphur Project) with SNC-Lavalin, Canada. Under the contract, SNC-Lavalin will develop a detailed project design documentation by the end of 2017.

NMP Sulphur Project is a major environmental initiative forming an inherent part of the Company's downstream modernization program. The project targets a drastic reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions through implementation of the most efficient technical solutions.

NMP Sulphur Project represents the second phase of the Company's large scale environmental program with an ultimate goal to reduce air emissions at Polar Division by 75%. The first phase included downstream reconfiguration and asset modernization, as part of which Nickel Plant was successfully phased out in August 2016 and modernized Talnakh Concentrator has been commissioned.



ABOUT THE COMPANY

PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the world's largest producer of refined nickel and palladium and a leading producer of platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company also produces gold, silver, iridium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.

The production units of «NORILSK NICKEL» Group include Polar Division, located at the Norilsk Industrial District on Taimyr Peninsula, and Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company located on the Kola Peninsula in Russia as well as Harjavalta nickel refinery in Finland.

PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL shares are listed on the Moscow and on the Saint- Petersburg Stock Exchanges. PJSC «MMC «NORILSK NICKEL» ADRs trade over the counter in the US and on the London and Berlin Stock Exchanges.

Media Relations: Investor Relations:

Phone: +7 (495) 785 58 00 Phone: +7 (495) 786 83 20

Email: pr@nornik.ru Email: ir@nornik.ru

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Language: English Company: MMC Norilsk Nickel 1 st Krasnogvardeysky av., 15 123100 Moscow Russia Internet: www.nornik.ru ISIN: US55315J1025 WKN: A140M9 Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart; Open Market in Frankfurt ; London, Nasdaq Category Code: MSCL TIDM: MNOD Sequence Number: 3576 Time of Receipt: 08-Nov-2016 / 13:48 CET/CEST End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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