EX-1.01 2 exh101.htm EX-1.01 Document


 Exhibit 1.01

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2023

This Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2023, is submitted by Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (“Accelerate” or the “Company”) as required by Section 13(p) of, and Rule 13p-1 under, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Conflict Regulations”).

1.Company Overview

This report has been prepared by management and supply chain personnel of the Company. The information includes the activities of all subsidiaries that are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Accelerate is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions that improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs through the rapid diagnosis of serious infections. Microbiology laboratories need new tools to address what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) calls one of the most serious healthcare threats of our time, antibiotic resistance. A significant contributing factor to the rise of resistance is the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, which is exacerbated by a lack of timely diagnostic results. The delay of identification and antibiotic susceptibility results is often due to the reliance by microbiology laboratories on traditional culture-based tests that often take two to three days to complete. The Company’s technology platforms are intended to address these challenges by delivering significantly faster testing of infectious pathogens in various patient sample types.

2.    Product Overview

During 2023, the Company manufactured and sold four categories of products: (1) its Accelerate Pheno® system instrument, (2) Accelerate PhenoTest® BC Kit consumables, (3) its Accelerate Arc™ system instrument, and (4) Accelerate Arc BC Kit consumables (each, a “Product” and collectively, the “Products”).

Accelerate Pheno

The Accelerate Pheno system is the Company’s rapid diagnostic platform. The Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit is indicated as an aid, in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory findings, in the diagnosis of bacteremia and fungemia, both life-threatening conditions with high morbidity and mortality risk. The device provides identification (“ID”) results followed by antibiotic susceptibility testing (“AST”) for certain pathogenic bacteria commonly associated with
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or causing bacteremia. This test kit uses genotypic technology to identify infectious pathogens and phenotypic technology to conduct AST, which determines whether live bacterial cells are resistant or susceptible to a particular antimicrobial. This information can be used by physicians to rapidly modify antibiotic therapy to lessen adverse events, improve clinical outcomes, and help preserve the useful life of antibiotics.

Accelerate Arc

The Accelerate Arc instrument and Accelerate Arc BC Kit is the Company’s system for automating the clean-up and concentration of microbial cells from positive blood culture samples.

Mass spectrometry, and particularly the Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight version (“MALDI-TOF”), is an ID technology receiving wide attention. These systems require a pure strain isolate for analysis and enrichment culturing to produce enough material to analyze. MALDI-TOF systems require extensive organism enrichment and purification, which can be provided by the Company’s Accelerate Arc system.

The Company conducted an analysis of its Products and determined that tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold can be found in its Products.

3.    Due Diligence

Based on the Company’s reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), the Company was unable to reasonably conclude that all of its conflict minerals did not originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (“Covered Countries”) or come from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, the Company performed due diligence to determine the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in its Products. Conflict minerals are obtained from sources worldwide, and the Company does not desire to eliminate those originating in the Covered Countries. While the Company is committed to conflict free sourcing of minerals from its supply chain, the Company also recognizes the importance of supporting responsible mineral sourcing from the Covered Countries so as not to negatively impact the economies of those countries.

Design of Due Diligence Measures

The Company’s due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the due diligence framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Third Edition, OECD 2016) and the related Supplements on tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”).

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Due Diligence Measures Performed

    Due diligence measures performed for reporting year 2023 consisted of the following:

OECD: Step 1: Establish strong company management systems

A team of Company personnel from its legal, supply chain, and research and development departments with relevant expertise performed an assessment of its Products and Product components and the role that relevant suppliers play throughout the Company’s manufacturing and Product delivery processes.

The conflict minerals team oversaw all aspects of the Company’s conflict minerals processes and its diligence on conflict minerals sourcing.

OECD: Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

The Company supported ethical sourcing and the use of only conflict-free minerals (that is, minerals that do not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups (as defined in the Form SD instructions) in the Covered Countries) in its Products. The Company defined the scope of its conflict minerals due diligence by identifying, contacting, and requesting relevant information from its direct suppliers that provided components or materials for Products manufactured by the Company in 2023 that were likely to contain conflict minerals.

The Company used the conflict minerals reporting template (“CMRT”) standardized by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”). The Company requested that each of its relevant suppliers provide the information included within the CMRT, which elicits information relating, among other things, to the following:

whether the smelters in their supply chains source conflict minerals from a Covered Country;

whether such minerals come from a recycler or scrap supplier;

whether the applicable supplier requests and has received completed CMRTs from all of its sub-suppliers;

whether the supplier has identified all the applicable smelters it and its sub-suppliers use to supply components or materials to the Company, and, if so, the identity of such smelters;

whether the supplier has a policy in place that addresses responsible sourcing;
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whether the supplier requires its sub-suppliers to source from smelters whose due diligence practices have been validated by an independent third party audit program;

whether the supplier has implemented due diligence measures for responsible sourcing; and

whether the supplier reviews the due diligence information received from its suppliers, and, if so, whether this process includes corrective action management.

The Company reviewed the information provided by its direct suppliers to determine completeness, assess reasonableness, and attempt to identify inconsistencies and inaccuracies.

The Company compared the smelter information provided by its direct suppliers against the standard smelter list in the CMRT. For those smelters included in the CMRT, the Company reviewed whether such smelters were listed as Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) Conformant or Active.

OECD Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

The Company supports industry initiatives to encourage a conflict-free supply chain and seeks to develop and establish supply arrangements with companies that exercise reasonable measures to ensure the components and materials they supply to the Company do not support armed conflict within the Covered Countries. The Company continued to evaluate its supply chain strategy to (a) support the objective of preventing the use in Company products of conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups (as defined in the Form SD Instructions) in the Covered Countries, (b) minimize the knowing procurement of materials that are not conflict-free (if conflict-free sources are reasonably available), and (c) further communicate to its direct suppliers the Company’s expectations and systems that are designed to accomplish this goal.

The Company seeks to establish and maintain long-term relationships with its key suppliers. However, the Company carefully evaluates any supply arrangements that it determines may finance or benefit armed groups through the sourcing of conflict minerals within the Covered Countries. In such instances, the Company may request the supplier to commit to devise and undertake appropriate corrective action to move to a conflict-free source, or it may consider other appropriate sources for the supplier’s components or materials.

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OECD Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner’s due diligence practices

The Company does not have a direct relationship with the smelters and refiners used to process the conflict minerals necessary to its Products and does not perform audits of those smelters and refiners. The Company relies on industry efforts, such as the RMI, to influence smelters and refineries to become certified as part of RMAP.

The RMAP independently audits the source, including mines of origin and chain of custody, of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the RMAP. The smelters and refiners that are found to be RMAP Conformant are those for which the independent audit has verified that the smelter’s or refiner’s conflict minerals originated from conflict free mines.

OECD Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence

The Company does not obtain conflict minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners. The Company is an indirect purchaser of conflict minerals, as these minerals are contained in components and materials used in its Products that the Company acquires from its direct suppliers, and its due diligence measures provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in its Products. The Company relies on its direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the conflict minerals contained in components and materials supplied to the Company, including sources of conflict minerals that are supplied from lower-tier suppliers. The Company seeks data from its direct suppliers of components and materials and those suppliers seek similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the conflict minerals. The Company may also rely from time to time on information collected and provided by independent third-party audit programs or other sources that it deems reliable. Such sources of information may produce inaccurate or incomplete information and may be subject to fraud. In addition, because of the Company’s location within the supply chain, its ability to verify the accuracy of information reported by suppliers is limited.

The Company prepares and files a Form SD to the SEC on an annual basis. This report is made available and posted publicly on the Company’s website at http://ir.axdx.com/governance-documents.

4.    Results of Due Diligence

In order to understand the sources of conflict minerals used in its complex and multi-tiered supply chain, the Company implemented a survey program capitalizing on industry standards set by the RMI. The Company requested all direct suppliers of components or
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materials containing conflict minerals used in its Products to conduct due diligence of their supply chains down to the smelters and refiners and report the results to the Company on a CMRT. In this regard, the Company surveyed all direct suppliers that contributed components or materials that contained conflict minerals to its Products manufactured in 2023. The Company received responses from 100% of the direct suppliers surveyed.

A. Facilities Used to Process Conflict Minerals

The Company’s direct suppliers identified smelters and refiners that may have been used to process the conflict minerals in its Products, and such smelters and refiners are listed in Table 1. The Company’s direct suppliers have provided it with information at the “company” level. Declarations at the “company” level do not limit the information provided on smelters and refiners to those specific to the components or materials that the supplier provides to the Company. Accordingly, the list of smelters and refiners in Table 1 is likely to contain more facilities than those that processed or refined the conflict minerals actually contained in the Company’s Products. The potential over-reporting of smelter and refiner facilities is a function of such Products containing components or materials that are several steps removed from such facilities, as well as the lack of specificity, in certain cases, with respect to the information that respondents provide to the Company or to its direct suppliers.

B. Countries of Origin of the Company’s Conflict Minerals

None of the Company’s direct suppliers provided any country of origin information. The Company is continuing to evaluate the information provided by its direct suppliers, and its efforts to diligence its supply chain and obtain country of origin information regarding the conflicts minerals used in its Products are ongoing.

C. Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin

    The Company has determined that the most reasonable effort it can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of its conflict minerals is to seek information from its direct suppliers and ask its direct suppliers to make the same inquiries from their suppliers. However, none of the Company’s direct suppliers provided any mine or location of origin information.

5.     Steps Taken and Being Taken to Mitigate Risk and Improve Due Diligence

    During 2024, the Company intends to provide additional background and educational information to its direct suppliers when it believes it is necessary to improve their ability to respond to the CMRT.

6.    Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

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This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” or “continue,” or variations thereon or comparable terminology, include but are not limited to statements about the Company’s future plans, including plans and objectives relating to the future operations, products, and performance of the Company; projections as to when objectives may be achieved; projections of future demand for the Company’s products; the growth of the market in which the Company operates; the Company’s estimate as to the size of the Company’s market opportunity; the Company’s competitive position and estimates of time reduction to results; and the Company’s expectations relating to current supply chain impacts. In addition, all statements other than statements of historical facts that address activities, events or developments the Company expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, and other such matters, are forward-looking statements.

Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated or suggested by, or underlying the forward-looking statements. There can be no assurances that results described in forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including among other things, volatility throughout the global economy and the related impacts to the businesses of our suppliers’ supply chain constraints and inflationary pressures. Other important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements include those discussed herein, and in other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) including but not limited to the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are also based on certain additional assumptions, including, but not limited to, that we will retain key management personnel; we will be successful in the commercialization of our products; we will obtain sufficient capital to commercialize our products and continue development of complementary products; we will be successful in obtaining marketing authorization for our products from the FDA and other regulatory agencies and governing bodies; we will be able to protect our intellectual property; our ability to respond effectively to technological change; our ability to accurately anticipate market demand for our products; and that there will be no material adverse change in our operations or business and general market and industry conditions. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. .
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Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the results expressed or implied in the forward- looking statements will be realized. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this report speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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Table 1(1)
Subject MineralSmelter NameCountry Location of SmelterCFSI Smelter Identification Number
RMAP Status(2)
Gold8853 S.p.A.ITALYCID002763No Status
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002708Conformant
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000015Active
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryUGANDACID003185No Status
GoldAgosi AGGERMANYCID000035Conformant
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000019Conformant
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002560No Status
GoldAlexy MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003500No Status
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTANCID000041Conformant
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZILCID000058Conformant
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLANDCID000077Conformant
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JAPANCID000082Conformant
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CANADACID000924Conformant
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000920Conformant
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000090Conformant
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEYCID000103No Status
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICACID002850No Status
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedINDIACID003461No Status
GoldAurubis AGGERMANYCID000113Conformant
GoldBangalore RefineryINDIACID002863Active
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINESCID000128Conformant
GoldBoliden ABSWEDENCID000157Conformant
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANYCID000176Conformant
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCOLOMBIACID003421No Status
GoldCaridadMEXICOCID000180No Status
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADACID000185Conformant
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLANDCID000189No Status
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GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIACID003382No Status
GoldChimet S.p.A.ITALYCID000233Conformant
GoldChugai MiningJAPANCID000264Conformant
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINACID000343No Status
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANYCID002867No Status
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID003348No Status
GoldDowaJAPANCID000401Conformant
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000359Conformant
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPANCID000425Conformant
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPANCID003424Conformant
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPANCID003425Conformant
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)INDIACID003487No Status
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)INDIACID003488No Status
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)INDIACID003489No Status
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)INDIACID003490No Status
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002561No Status
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWECID002515No Status
GoldFujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002584No Status
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002459No Status
GoldGGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIACID002852No Status
GoldGold by Gold ColombiaCOLOMBIACID003641Conformant
GoldGold Coast RefineryGHANACID003186No Status
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID002243Conformant
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINACID001909No Status
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINACID002312No Status
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID000651No Status
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID000671No Status
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANYCID000694Conformant
GoldHeraeus Germany GmbH Co. KGGERMANYCID000711Conformant
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GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINACID000707Conformant
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACID000767No Status
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID000773No Status
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000778No Status
GoldIndustrial Refining CompanyBELGIUMCID002587No Status
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINACID000801Conformant
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002562No Status
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000807Conformant
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTURKEYCID000814Conformant
GoldItalpreziosiITALYCID002765Conformant
GoldJALAN & CompanyINDIACID002893No Status
GoldJapan MintJAPANCID000823Conformant
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINACID000855Conformant
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000927No Status
GoldJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000493No Status
GoldJSC UralelectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000929No Status
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000937Conformant
GoldK.A. RasmussenNORWAYCID003497No Status
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002563No Status
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTANCID000956No Status
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTANCID000957Conformant
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000969Conformant
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLANDCID002511Conformant
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000981Conformant
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID002605Conformant
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.INDIACID003463No Status
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTANCID001029No Status
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002865No Status
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIACID001032No Status
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINACID001056No Status
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GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001058No Status
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRACID002762Conformant
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001078Conformant
GoldLT Metal Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000689Conformant
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001093No Status
GoldMarsam MetalsBRAZILCID002606No Status
GoldMaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001113Conformant
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001119Conformant
GoldMD OverseasINDIACID003548No Status
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACID003575Conformant
GoldMetallix Refining Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003557No Status
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINACID001149Conformant
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORECID001152Conformant
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINACID001147Conformant
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLANDCID001153Conformant
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001157Conformant
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICOCID001161Conformant
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCID001188Conformant
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001193Conformant
GoldMKS PAMP SASWITZERLANDCID001352Conformant
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACID002509Conformant
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIACID002857No Status
GoldMorris and WatsonNEW ZEALANDCID002282No Status
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001204No Status
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEYCID001220Conformant
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTANCID001236Conformant
GoldNH Recytech CompanyKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID003189Conformant
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001259Conformant
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GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIACID002779Conformant
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001325Conformant
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001326No Status
GoldPease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002872No Status
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID001362No Status
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILECID002919Conformant
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001386No Status
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIACID001397Conformant
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLANDCID001498Conformant
GoldQG Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003324No Status
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACID001512Conformant
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINACID000522No Status
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDSCID002582Conformant
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCANADACID001534Conformant
GoldSAAMPFRANCECID002761No Status
GoldSabin Metal Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001546No Status
GoldSafimet S.p.AITALYCID002973No Status
GoldSAFINA A.S.CZECHIACID002290Conformant
GoldSai RefineryINDIACID002853No Status
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001555No Status
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001562No Status
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)COLOMBIACID003529No Status
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.MAURITANIACID003540No Status
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAINCID001585Conformant
GoldShandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID001916Conformant
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID002525No Status
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINACID001619No Status
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001622Conformant
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002527No Status
GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.INDIACID002588No Status
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GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID001736Conformant
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID002516No Status
GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001756No Status
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001761Conformant
GoldSovereign MetalsINDIACID003383No Status
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIACID003153No Status
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySUDANCID002567No Status
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001798Conformant
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID002918Conformant
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001810No Status
GoldT.C.A S.p.AITALYCID002580Conformant
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JAPANCID001875Conformant
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001938Conformant
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID001947No Status
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTANCID002615Conformant
GoldTorecomKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001955Conformant
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILANDCID002314No Status
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUMCID001980Conformant
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001993Conformant
GoldValcambi S.A.SWITZERLANDCID002003Conformant
GoldWEEEREFININGFRANCECID003615Conformant
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIACID002030Conformant
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCID002778Conformant
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JAPANCID002100Conformant
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPANCID002129Conformant
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID000197No Status
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINACID002224Conformant
TantalumAMG BrasilBRAZILCID001076Conformant
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TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID000211Conformant
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002504Conformant
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CHINACID000460Conformant
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINACID002505Conformant
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJAPANCID002558Conformant
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002557Conformant
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINACID002492Conformant
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID002512Conformant
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINACID002842Conformant
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID000914Conformant
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINACID000917Conformant
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID002506Conformant
TantalumKEMET de MexicoMEXICOCID002539Conformant
TantalumMaterion Newton Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002548Conformant
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACID001163Conformant
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCID001175Conformant
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001192Conformant
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID001277Conformant
TantalumNPM Silmet ASESTONIACID001200Conformant
TantalumQuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001508Conformant
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCID002707Conformant
TantalumRFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.CHINACID003583Conformant
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001869Conformant
TantalumTANIOBIS Co., Ltd.THAILANDCID002544Conformant
TantalumTANIOBIS GmbHGERMANYCID002545Conformant
TantalumTANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.JAPANCID002549Conformant
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TantalumTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCID002550Conformant
TantalumTelex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001891Conformant
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTANCID001969Conformant
TantalumXIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITEDCHINACID000616Conformant
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID002508Conformant
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID001522Conformant
TinAlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000292Conformant
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIET NAMCID002703No Status
TinAurubis BeerseBELGIUMCID002773Conformant
TinAurubis BerangoSPAINCID002774Conformant
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACID000228Conformant
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID003190Conformant
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID001070Conformant
TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBRAZILCID003486Conformant
TinCRM SynergiesSPAINCID003524Conformant
TinCV Ayi JayaINDONESIACID002570Conformant
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID002455Conformant
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINACID003356No Status
TinDowaJAPANCID000402Conformant
TinDS MyanmarMYANMARCID003831Conformant
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAMCID002572No Status
TinEM VintoBOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)CID000438Conformant
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZILCID000448Conformant
TinFabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCID003582Conformant
TinFenix MetalsPOLANDCID000468Conformant
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TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINACID003410No Status
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINACID000942No Status
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINACID000538Conformant
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINACID001908No Status
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACID000555No Status
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINACID003116Conformant
TinHuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002844Conformant
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CHINACID001231Conformant
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.RWANDACID003387Conformant
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZILCID002468Conformant
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIACID001105Conformant
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZILCID002500No Status
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001142Conformant
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCID001173Conformant
TinMinsurPERUCID001182Conformant
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCID001191Conformant
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIACID002858No Status
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAMCID002573No Status
TinNovosibirsk Tin CombineRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001305No Status
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILANDCID001314Conformant
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINESCID002517Conformant
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)CID001337Conformant
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMYANMARCID003208No Status
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIACID003409Active
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraINDONESIACID000309Conformant
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIACID001399Conformant
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIACID002503Conformant
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TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID001402Conformant
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariINDONESIACID001406Conformant
TinPT Bangka Prima TinINDONESIACID002776Conformant
TinPT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIACID003205Conformant
TinPT Bangka Tin IndustryINDONESIACID001419Active
TinPT Belitung Industri SejahteraINDONESIACID001421Conformant
TinPT Bukit TimahINDONESIACID001428Conformant
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaINDONESIACID002696Conformant
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIACID002835Conformant
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIACID001453Conformant
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoINDONESIACID003449Conformant
TinPT Panca Mega PersadaINDONESIACID001457No Status
TinPT Premium Tin IndonesiaINDONESIACID000313Conformant
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIACID001458Conformant
TinPT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)INDONESIACID003868Conformant
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaINDONESIACID003381Conformant
TinPT Rajehan AriqINDONESIACID002593Conformant
TinPT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIACID001460Conformant
TinPT Sariwiguna BinasentosaINDONESIACID001463Conformant
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID001468Conformant
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIACID002816Conformant
TinPT Timah NusantaraINDONESIACID001486Conformant
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIACID001477Conformant
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIACID001482Conformant
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIACID001490Conformant
TinPT Tirus Putra MandiriINDONESIACID002478No Status
TinPT Tommy UtamaINDONESIACID001493Conformant
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TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCID002706Conformant
TinRui Da HungTAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001539Conformant
TinSoft Metais Ltda.BRAZILCID001758Conformant
TinSuper LigasBRAZILCID002756Conformant
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDCID001898Conformant
TinTin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACID002180Conformant
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003325Conformant
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAMCID002574No Status
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIET NAMCID002015No Status
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZILCID002036Conformant
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID002158Conformant
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID003397Conformant
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JAPANCID000004Conformant
TungstenACL Metais EireliBRAZILCID002833No Status
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZILCID003427No Status
TungstenArtek LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003553No Status
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIET NAMCID002502Conformant
TungstenChina Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002641Conformant
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID000258Conformant
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINACID000281No Status
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaBRAZILCID003468Conformant
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINACID003401No Status
TungstenFujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID003609Conformant
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002645No Status
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACID000875No Status
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002315Conformant
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TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINACID002494Conformant
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000568Conformant
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID000218Conformant
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANYCID002541Conformant
TungstenHubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID003417Conformant
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACID000766Conformant
TungstenHunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID000769No Status
TungstenHunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products BranchCHINACID002513Conformant
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002649No Status
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000825Conformant
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACID002551Conformant
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002321Conformant
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID002313No Status
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINACID002318Conformant
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002317Conformant
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002316Conformant
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003408No Status
TungstenKennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000966Conformant
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000105Conformant
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID003407Conformant
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002319Conformant
TungstenMasan High-Tech MaterialsVIET NAMCID002543Conformant
TungstenMoliren Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002845No Status
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002589Conformant
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003416No Status
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TungstenOOO “Technolom” 1RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003614No Status
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 2RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003612No Status
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINESCID002827Conformant
TungstenTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCID002542Conformant
TungstenTungsten Vietnam Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAMCID003993Conformant
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002724No Status
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIACID002044Conformant
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINACID002320Conformant
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002082Conformant

(1)     As noted in the Due Diligence Results section of this report, survey responses from suppliers were provided on a company-wide basis and did not limit the information provided on smelters and refiners to those specific to the components or materials that the supplier provided to the Company.

(2)    Verified as of May 20, 2024. “Conformant” means the smelter is listed as compliant with the RMAP assessment protocols, including through mutual recognition, or is listed as “Re-audit in process” by the RMI. “Active” means that the smelter is listed as having submitted a signed Agreement for the Exchange of Confidential Information, Auditee Agreement, and a Due Diligence Checklist.
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