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STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**Washington, D.C. 20549**\n\n \n\n————————\n\n**FORM 20-F**\n\n————————\n\n**(Mark One)**\n\n \n\n☐\n** REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**\n\n \n \n\nOR\n\n \n \n\n☒\n** ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**\n\n \n \n\nFor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025\n\nOR\n\n \n\n☐\n** TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**\n\n \n \n\nFor the transition period from: _____________ to _____________\n\n \n\nOR\n\n \n\n☐\n** SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**\n\n \n \n\nDate of event requiring shell company report ___________\n\n \n\nCommission\nfile number: **0-26046**\n\n \n\n**CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.**\n\n*(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its\ncharter)*\n\n \n\n**Not Applicable**\n\n*(Translation of Registrant’s name into\nEnglish)*\n\n \n\nF4**British Virgin Islands**\n\n*(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)*\n\n \n\n**Room M07, 7/F, Valiant Industrial Building,**\n\n**2-12 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan, Hong Kong SAR** 122001\n\n*(Address of principal executive offices)*\n\n \n\nF4**Zhu Youyi, Chief Financial Officer**\n\n**Room M07, 7/F, Valiant Industrial Building,**\n\n**2-12 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan, Hong Kong SAR** 122001\n\n**01185228107205**\n\n**zhuyouyi@chnr.net**\n\n*(Name, telephone number, e-mail and/or facsimile\nnumber and address of company contact person)*\n\n* *\n\nSecurities registered or to be registered pursuant\nto Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\n*Title of each class*\n*Trading symbol(s)*\n*Name of each exchange on which registered*\n\n**Common Shares, without par value**\n**CHNR**\n**Nasdaq Capital Market**\n\n \n\nSecurities registered or to be registered pursuant\nto Section 12(g) of the Act: **None**\n\n \n\nSecurities for which there is a 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Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding\n12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing\nrequirements for the past 90 days.\n\n \n\nYes\n☒  No\n☐\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant\nhas submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405\nof this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).\n\n \n\nYes\n☒  No\n☐\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant\nis a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large\naccelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange\nAct. (Check one):\n\n \n\nLarge Accelerated Filer ☐\n \nAccelerated Filer ☐\n \n\nNon-Accelerated Filer ☒\n \nEmerging Growth Company ☐\n \n\n \n\nIf\nan emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by checkmark if the registrant\nhas elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards†\nprovided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.\n☐\n\n \n\n† The term “new or revised\nfinancial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards\nCodification after April 5, 2012.\n\n \n\nIndicate\nby check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of\nits internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (§15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered\npublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐\n\n \n\nIf\nsecurities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant\nincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐\n\n \n\nIndicate\nby check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation\nreceived by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark which basis of accounting\nthe registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:\n\n \n\nU.S. GAAP ☐\n \nInternational Financial Reporting Standards as issued\n \nOther ☐\n\n \n \nBy the International Accounting Standards Board ☒\n \n \n\n \n\nIf “Other” has been checked in response\nto the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow."}