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Exhibit 1.01

 

SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2023

 

Introduction

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) of Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Reporting Period”) is filed in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), and pursuant to the Company’s Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“Form SD”) for the Reporting Period filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Rule imposes certain reporting and disclosure obligations on SEC registrants for which cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (“conflict minerals”), are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the registrant. References in this Report to “Syntec Optics,” the “Company,” “we” or “our” refer to Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires.

 

Company and Product Overview

 

Syntec Optics is a technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of mission critical optics for scientific and technical instruments and aerospace and defense OEMs. Syntec Optics has a history of innovation and offers products that are used in consumer, defense, biomedical and communications end markets having end products such as night vision goggles, medical sensing and detecting equipment, satellite communication systems, missile lasers guides, biometrics, infrared/thermal imaging, ordinance optics, head mounted displays, medical diagnostics, microfluidics, surgical components and systems, medical sensing, robotics optical sensors, detector arrays, optical waveguides, laser optics, IR optics, machine vision, micro-optics for beam shaping and focusing and photonic integrated circuit (PIC) components, collimators, microfluidic slides, lasers and photonic sensors, VR/AR, and biometric security systems for healthcare and law enforcement. Syntec Optics’ solutions enable OEM to provide their customers with high performance, optics based systems that may enhance medical diagnosis, may increase global communication capabilities, may serve as a force multiplier for the United States Defense forces and its allies and may augment consumers interaction with technology.

 

Design of Conflict Minerals Program

 

Syntec Optics’ due diligence framework with regards to conflict minerals, which is summarized below, conforms to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains for Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas and the Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold.

 

Step 1 - Establish strong company management systems

 

Step 2 - Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

 

Step 3 - Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

 

Step 4 - Perform audit of the supply chain

 

Step 5 - Report annually on supply chain due diligence internally to management

 

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Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed

 

● Sent Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), a standardized reporting template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”), request to suppliers and expectations of them to cooperate in providing due diligence information and requested that suppliers return a completed CMRT.

 

● Contacted suppliers who returned the CMRT that require follow-up based on internally defined criteria.

 

Results of Our Due Diligence Measures

 

Syntec Optics’ uses tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“3TG”) in the design and manufacture of some of its products and is therefore a “downstream” company in the conflict minerals supply chain. Due to the nature of our supply chain, we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners (“SORs”). Our manufacturing operations employ a wide variety of semiconductors, electromechanical components and raw materials that are also supplied by other downstream companies in the supply chain. Our due diligence process involves seeking data from our relevant suppliers, and these suppliers also seek similar information from their supply chain in order to identify the sources for the necessary conflict minerals. We rely on the good faith efforts of our supply chain to provide reasonable data. We achieved a response rate of 63% for our supply chain survey.

 

Many of our suppliers sourced 3TG from a variety of upstream sources and provided information to Syntec Optics on an aggregated, company-wide level. Due to the fungible nature of these materials, we understand that these suppliers were unable to trace the 3TG that they source into the products provided to any particular customers (including Syntec Optics). As a result, our list of SORs may contain more facilities than are actually used in our supply chain. In addition, our list of SORs may not include all the SORs in our supply chain, as our suppliers were unable to identify the SORs of some of the conflict minerals. To the extent reasonably possible, Syntec Optics has documented the country of origin of identified smelters and refiners based on information received through the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”), surveys of smelters and refiners, and/or reviews of publicly available information.

 

As a result, as of December 31, 2023, we had a total of 344 SORs in our 2023 supply chain (See Appendix I), of which 224 SORs have been validated as conformant. Syntec Optics intends to continue to evaluate and improve our due diligence program and engage with our suppliers to identify the origin and chain of custody of 3TG minerals in our products with an aim to achieve a Conflict Free Supply Base.

 

As previously noted, because of the nature of our supply chain, we do not typically have any direct relationship with 3TG SORs. Therefore, as noted above, we contributed to the improvement of SOR diligence practices by working through our supply chain.

 

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Ongoing Improvement Efforts

 

For the next reporting period, we intend to continue taking steps to further mitigate the risk that conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of our products finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries, (together, the (“DRC”).

 

These steps include:

 

● work with relevant suppliers to update their conflict minerals reporting template using the latest CMRT and verify the identified smelters with RMI’s most current list;

 

● continue to refine our conflict minerals program to improve our reasonable due diligence measures in our efforts to determine the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals;

 

● continue to work with suppliers and others on industry-wide solutions to enable products that are DRC conflict free; and

 

● extend Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) and due diligence measures to any of our recently acquired entities and businesses.

 

Safe Harbor and Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this Conflict Minerals Report contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements contained in this Conflict Minerals Report that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements and are generally identified by words such as “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” and other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectation or intention relating to our compliance efforts and expected actions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future expectations or actions to be different. Undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which are only effective as of the date of this report. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this document except as required by law.

 

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Table of Our Conflict Minerals Processing Smelters or Refiners

 

Set forth in the tables below are lists of the 344 SORs facilities identified by our suppliers as possibly being used to process their necessary conflict minerals. The SORs status set forth in the lists below are based on information provided by RMI. Our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of our necessary conflict minerals are set forth above in “Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed” and “Results of Our Due Diligence Measures.”

 

Appendix I: Smelter List

 

Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Gold   8853 S.p.A.   Italy   CID002763
Gold   ABC Refinery Pty Ltd.   Australia   CID002920
Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   United States Of America   CID002708
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   United States Of America   CID000015
Gold   African Gold Refinery   Uganda   CID003185
Gold   Agosi AG   Germany   CID000035
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000019
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   United Arab Emirates   CID002560
Gold   Albino Mountinho Lda.   Portugal   CID002760
Gold   Alexy Metals   United States Of America   CID003500
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   Uzbekistan   CID000041
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   Brazil   CID000058
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   Switzerland   CID000077
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   Japan   CID000082
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   Canada   CID000924
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   United States Of America   CID000920
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000090
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   Turkey   CID000103
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   South Africa   CID002850
Gold   Augmont Enterprises Private Limited   India   CID003461
Gold   Aurubis AG   Germany   CID000113
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   India   CID002863
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   Philippines   CID000128
Gold   Boliden AB   Sweden   CID000157
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   Germany   CID000176
Gold   C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS   Colombia   CID003421
Gold   Caridad   Mexico   CID000180
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   Canada   CID000185
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   Switzerland   CID000189
Gold   CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   India   CID003382
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   Italy   CID000233

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Gold   Chugai Mining   Japan   CID000264
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   China   CID000343
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   Germany   CID002867
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   United Arab Emirates   CID003348
Gold   Dongwu Gold Group   China   CID003663
Gold   Dowa   Japan   CID000401
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   Korea, Republic Of   CID000359
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant   Japan   CID000425
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   Japan   CID003424
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   Japan   CID003425
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)   India   CID003487
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)   India   CID003488
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)   India   CID003489
Gold   Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)   India   CID003490
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   United Arab Emirates   CID002561
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   Zimbabwe   CID002515
Gold   Fujairah Gold FZC   United Arab Emirates   CID002584
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   United States Of America   CID002459
Gold   GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   India   CID002852
Gold   Gold by Gold Colombia   Colombia   CID003641
Gold   Gold Coast Refinery   Ghana   CID003186
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   China   CID002243
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   China   CID001909
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   China   CID002312
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   CID000651
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   CID000671
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   Germany   CID000694
Gold   Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG   Germany   CID000711
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   China   CID000707
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   China   CID000767
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   CID000773
Gold   HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.   Korea, Republic Of   CID000778
Gold   Industrial Refining Company   Belgium   CID002587
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   China   CID000801
Gold   International Precious Metal Refiners   United Arab Emirates   CID002562
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000807
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   Turkey   CID000814
Gold   Italpreziosi   Italy   CID002765
Gold   JALAN & Company   India   CID002893
Gold   Japan Mint   Japan   CID000823

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   China   CID000855
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   Russian Federation   CID000927
Gold   JSC Novosibirsk Refinery   Russian Federation   CID000493
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   Russian Federation   CID000929
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000937
Gold   K.A. Rasmussen   Norway   CID003497
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   United Arab Emirates   CID002563
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   Kazakhstan   CID000956
Gold   Kazzinc   Kazakhstan   CID000957
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   United States Of America   CID000969
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   Poland   CID002511
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000981
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   Korea, Republic Of   CID002605
Gold   Kundan Care Products Ltd.   India   CID003463
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   Kyrgyzstan   CID001029
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   Russian Federation   CID002865
Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   Saudi Arabia   CID001032
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   China   CID001056
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   CID001058
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   Andorra   CID002762
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   Korea, Republic Of   CID001078
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   Korea, Republic Of   CID000689
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   CID001093
Gold   Marsam Metals   Brazil   CID002606
Gold   Materion   United States Of America   CID001113
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001119
Gold   MD Overseas   India   CID003548
Gold   Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.   South Africa   CID003575
Gold   Metallix Refining Inc.   United States Of America   CID003557
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   China   CID001149
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   Singapore   CID001152
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   China   CID001147
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   Switzerland   CID001153
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   United States Of America   CID001157
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   Mexico   CID001161
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   Japan   CID001188
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001193
Gold   MKS PAMP SA   Switzerland   CID001352
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   India   CID002509
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   Malaysia   CID002857
Gold   Morris and Watson   New Zealand   CID002282
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   Russian Federation   CID001204
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   Turkey   CID001220
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   Uzbekistan   CID001236
Gold   NH Recytech Company   Korea, Republic Of   CID003189

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001259
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   Austria   CID002779
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001325
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC
Krastsvetmet) 		  Russian Federation   CID001326
Gold   Pease & Curren   United States Of America   CID002872
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID001362
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   Chile   CID002919
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   Russian Federation   CID001386
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   Indonesia   CID001397
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   Switzerland   CID001498
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   United States Of America   CID003324
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   South Africa   CID001512
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   China   CID000522
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   Netherlands   CID002582
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   Canada   CID001534
Gold   SAAMP   France   CID002761
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   United States Of America   CID001546
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   Italy   CID002973
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   Czechia   CID002290
Gold   Sai Refinery   India   CID002853
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   Korea, Republic Of   CID001555
Gold   Samwon Metals Corp.   Korea, Republic Of   CID001562
Gold   Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)   Colombia   CID003529
Gold   Sellem Industries Ltd.   Mauritania   CID003540
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   Spain   CID001585
Gold   Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   CID001916
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   China   CID002525
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   China   CID001619
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   China   CID001622
Gold   Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.   China   CID002750
Gold   Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID002527
Gold   Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.   India   CID002588
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   China   CID001736
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   Taiwan, Province Of China   CID002516
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   Russian Federation   CID001756
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   Taiwan, Province Of China   CID001761
Gold   Sovereign Metals   India   CID003383
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and
Technology 		  Lithuania   CID003153
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   Sudan   CID002567
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001798

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   Korea, Republic Of   CID002918
Gold   Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.   Taiwan, Province Of China   CID001810
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   Italy   CID002580
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   Japan   CID001875
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001938
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   China   CID001947
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   Kazakhstan   CID002615
Gold   Torecom   Korea, Republic Of   CID001955
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   Thailand   CID002314
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   Belgium   CID001980
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   United States Of America   CID001993
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   Switzerland   CID002003
Gold   WEEEREFINING   France   CID003615
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   Australia   CID002030
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   Germany   CID002778
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID002100
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID002129
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID000197
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   China   CID002224
Tantalum   5D Production OU   Estonia   CID003926
Tantalum   AMG Brasil   Brazil   CID001076
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   CID000211
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   United States Of America   CID002504
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   China   CID000460
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   China   CID002505
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   Japan   CID002558
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   United States Of America   CID002557
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   China   CID002492
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   CID002512
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   China   CID002842
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   CID000914
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   China   CID000917
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   CID002506
Tantalum   KEMET de Mexico   Mexico   CID002539
Tantalum   Materion Newton Inc.   United States Of America   CID002548
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   India   CID001163
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   Brazil   CID001175
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001192
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID001277
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   Estonia   CID001200
Tantalum   QuantumClean   United States Of America   CID001508
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   Brazil   CID002707

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Tantalum   RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.   China   CID003583
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   Russian Federation   CID001769
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID001869
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.   Thailand   CID002544
Tantalum   TANIOBIS GmbH   Germany   CID002545
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID002549
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   CID002550
Tantalum   Telex Metals   United States Of America   CID001891
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   Kazakhstan   CID001969
Tantalum   XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED   China   CID000616
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   China   CID002508
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   China   CID001522
Tin   Alpha   United States Of America   CID000292
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   Viet Nam   CID002703
Tin   Aurubis Beerse   Belgium   CID002773
Tin   Aurubis Berango   Spain   CID002774
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   China   CID000228
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID003190
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   China   CID001070
Tin   CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos
Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda 		  Brazil   CID003486
Tin   CRM Synergies   Spain   CID003524
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   Indonesia   CID002570
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   Indonesia   CID002455
Tin   Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.   China   CID003356
Tin   Dowa   Japan   CID000402
Tin   DS Myanmar   Myanmar   CID003831
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals &
Metallurgy Joint Stock Company 		  Viet Nam   CID002572
Tin   EM Vinto   Bolivia (Plurinational State Of)   CID000438
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   Brazil   CID000448
Tin   Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.   Brazil   CID003582
Tin   Fenix Metals   Poland   CID000468
Tin   Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.   China   CID003410
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   China   CID000942
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   China   CID000538
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   China   CID001908
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   China   CID000555
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   China   CID003116
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   China   CID001231
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   Rwanda   CID003387
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   Brazil   CID002468
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   Malaysia   CID001105
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   Brazil   CID002500
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   United States Of America   CID001142

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   Brazil   CID001173
Tin   Minsur   Peru   CID001182
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   Japan   CID001191
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   Malaysia   CID002858
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   Viet Nam   CID002573
Tin   Novosibirsk Tin Combine   Russian Federation   CID001305
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   Thailand   CID001314
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   Philippines   CID002517
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   Bolivia (Plurinational State Of)   CID001337
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   Myanmar   CID003208
Tin   Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited   India   CID003409
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   Indonesia   CID000309
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   Indonesia   CID001399
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   Indonesia   CID002503
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   Indonesia   CID001402
Tin   PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari   Indonesia   CID001406
Tin   PT Bangka Prima Tin   Indonesia   CID002776
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   Indonesia   CID003205
Tin   PT Bangka Tin Industry   Indonesia   CID001419
Tin   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   Indonesia   CID001421
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   Indonesia   CID001428
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   Indonesia   CID002696
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   Indonesia   CID002835
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   Indonesia   CID001453
Tin   PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo   Indonesia   CID003449
Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   Indonesia   CID001457
Tin   PT Premium Tin Indonesia   Indonesia   CID000313
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   Indonesia   CID001458
Tin   PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)   Indonesia   CID003868
Tin   PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa   Indonesia   CID003381
Tin   PT Rajehan Ariq   Indonesia   CID002593
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   Indonesia   CID001460
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   Indonesia   CID001463
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   Indonesia   CID001468
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   Indonesia   CID002816
Tin   PT Timah Nusantara   Indonesia   CID001486
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   Indonesia   CID001477
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   Indonesia   CID001482
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   Indonesia   CID001490
Tin   PT Tirus Putra Mandiri   Indonesia   CID002478
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   Indonesia   CID001493
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   Brazil   CID002706
Tin   Rui Da Hung   Taiwan, Province Of China   CID001539
Tin   Super Ligas   Brazil   CID002756
Tin   Thaisarco   Thailand   CID001898
Tin   Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.   China   CID002180
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   United States Of America   CID003325
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   Viet Nam   CID002574

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Tin   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC   Viet Nam   CID002015
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   Brazil   CID002036
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   CID002158
Tin   Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   CID003397
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. Corp.   Japan   CID000004
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   Brazil   CID002833
Tungsten   Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.   Brazil   CID003427
Tungsten   Artek LLC   Russian Federation   CID003553
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   Viet Nam   CID002502
Tungsten   China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002641
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID000258
Tungsten   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   China   CID000281
Tungsten   Cronimet Brasil Ltda   Brazil   CID003468
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   China   CID003401
Tungsten   Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID003609
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002645
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   China   CID000875
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002315
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   China   CID002494
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders LLC   United States Of America   CID000568
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID000218
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   Germany   CID002541
Tungsten   HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.   Korea, Republic Of   CID003978
Tungsten   Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID003417
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   China   CID000766
Tungsten   Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.   China   CID000769
Tungsten   Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou
Tungsten Products Branch 		  China   CID002513
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   Russian Federation   CID002649
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   Japan   CID000825
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   China   CID002551
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002321
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   China   CID002313
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   China   CID002318
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   China   CID002317
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002316
Tungsten   JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”   Russian Federation   CID003408
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   United States Of America   CID000966
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   United States Of America   CID000105
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   Taiwan, Province Of China   CID003407
Tungsten   LLC Vostok   Russian Federation   CID003643
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002319
Tungsten   Masan High-Tech Materials   Viet Nam   CID002543

 

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Metal   Smelter Name   Smelter Facility Location   Smelter ID
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   Russian Federation   CID002845
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   United States Of America   CID002589
Tungsten   NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC   Russian Federation   CID003416
Tungsten   OOO “Technolom” 1   Russian Federation   CID003614
Tungsten   OOO “Technolom” 2   Russian Federation   CID003612
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   Philippines   CID002827
Tungsten   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   CID002542
Tungsten   Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company   Viet Nam   CID003993
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory metals plant   Russian Federation   CID002724
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   Austria   CID002044
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   China   CID002320
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   China   CID002082
Tungsten   YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.   China   CID003662

 

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Appendix B

 

The list below sets out possible countries of origin of 3TGs used in the manufacture of our products containing 3TGs for the 2023 reporting year. The list is based on publicly available information, our reasonable country of origin inquiries, and other due diligence efforts. However, for the reasons described in the Conflict Minerals Report, these possible countries of origin cannot be linked to our products with reasonable certainty.

 

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

 

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