We have audited the standalone financial statements of Hindustan Zinc Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the
Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive
Income, the Statement of Cash Flow and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the
Standalone financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information .

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us , the aforesaid standalone
financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended (“the Act”) in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state
of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the
changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

BASIS FOR OPINION

We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), as
specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the ‘Auditor's
Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report. We are independent of the
Company in accordance with the ‘Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the
ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules
thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of
Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion on the standalone financial statements.

KEY AUDIT MATTERS

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the context
of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide
a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is
provided in that context.

We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report. We have
fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone financial statements
section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures
designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements. The
results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our
audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial statements.

We have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in our report.

INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITOR’S REPORT THEREON

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information
included in the Annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form
of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information
and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our
knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed,
we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have
nothing to report in this regard.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE
STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the
preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with
the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under
section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility
also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding
of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application
of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the
accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern
basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic
alternative but to do so.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs
will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users
taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism
throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is
higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations,
or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate
in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether
the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating
effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related
disclosures made by management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the
audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant
doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we
are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such
disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to
the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as
a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,
and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that
achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the
audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements
regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought
to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most
significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and are therefore
the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure
about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in
our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest
benefits of such communication.

REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India
in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure 1” a statement on the matters specified
in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to the extent applicable, that:

(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief
were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(b) I n our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears
from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in the paragraph (i)(vi) below on reporting
under Rule 11(g);

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement of Other Comprehensive Income,
the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account ;

(d) I n our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified
under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by the
Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in
terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;

(f) The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in the
paragraph (b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g)

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements and
the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;

(h) I n our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid / provided by the

Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

(i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies

(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the

explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 3(I)(u), 3(III)(B)(i), 30 and 32(c)(ii) to the standalone financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any
material foreseeable losses;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and
Protection Fund by the Company;

iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note 42,

no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any
other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign
entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the
Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,
security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;

b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note 42,
no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities
(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company
shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,
security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

c) Based on such audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under
sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.

v. The interim dividends declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this audit report
is in accordance with section 123 of the Act.

vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for
maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same
has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software except that, audit trail
feature for direct changes to data in certain database tables was enabled for part of the year from March 03,
2025 , as described in note 41 to the standalone financial statements. Further, during the course of our audit we
did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of accounting software.
Additionally, the audit trail of relevant prior year has been preserved by the company as per the statutory
requirements for record retention, to the extent it was enabled and recorded in the respective year, as stated
in note 41 to the standalone financial statements.

For S.R. Batliboi & Co LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E/E300005

per Tridevlal Khandelwal

Partner

Membership Number: 501160

UDIN: 25501160BMOMYA8770

Place of Signature: Ahmedabad

Date: April 25, 2025