Nyrstar Announces Strategy Update Date and Webcast

Balen, Belgium (4 June 2009) - Nyrstar NV plans to hold a Strategy Update for the investment community on the 24th June at 9:00am UK time, 10:00am Central European time. The presentation will be webcast live and accessible through the Nyrstar website (www.nyrstar.com), and will also be available in archive. - end - About Nyrstar Nyrstar is a supplier to the global commodity markets and is driven by value creation. Nyrstar currently produces significant quantities of zinc, lead and other valuable metals. Nyrstar is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR. For further information visit the Nyrstar website, www.nyrstar.com. Contacts Michael Morley Director Legal and External Affairs T: +44 20 7408 8120 michael.morley@nyrstar.com Investors Chris James Group Manager, Investor Relations T: +44 20 7408 8161 M: +44 7912 269 497 chris.james@nyrstar.com Media Geert Lambrechts Communications Advisor T: +32 14 449 646 M: +32 473 637 892 geert.lambrechts@nyrstar.com This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.