LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of zircons from subdacitic porphyry samples yielded a weighted mean 206Pb/238U age of (174.6±1.5) Ma (MSWD=0.7) in the Dabaoshan polymetallic deposit of northern Guangdong Province. Re-Os dating of three molybdenite samples from porphyry and skarn ores yielded consistent model ages from (163.2±2.3) Ma to (165.2±2.4) Ma. Based on geochemical diagrams of Y+Nb-Rb and Rb/30-Hf-Ta×3 in combination with previous studies, the authors suggest that the Dabaoshan polymetallic deposit is related to post-collisional lithosphere extension in the Nanling region of South China.