EX-1.01 2 a2015ex101-conflictmineral.htm EXHIBIT 1.01 Exhibit


EXHIBIT 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

Introduction
This Report has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
This Report relates to the process undertaken for TASER International, Inc.'s ("TASER" or "the Company" or "we" or "our") products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2015 and that contain gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, tantalum, tin, or tungsten (collectively, the “conflict minerals”).
Tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold are necessary to the functionality of a variety of TASER's products, including, but not limited to TASER X26P®, TASER X26®, TASER X2®, TASER Pulse®, TASER Bolt®, TASER M26®, replacement cartridges, Axon Flex®, Axon Body®, Axon Body 2®, Axon docking stations, Axon Signal®, TASER CAM®, and related accessories. Third-party products that the Company retails but that it does not manufacture or contract to manufacture are outside the scope of this report.
When this Report uses the term “conflict-free,” it means that the applicable smelters and refiners have been verified as complying with the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program (the “CFSP”) or an equivalent third-party audit program, some of which we describe below under the heading "Design of Due Diligence Framework - Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain."

Company Overview
TASER is a developer and manufacturer of advanced conducted electrical weapons (“CEWs”) designed for use by law enforcement, military, corrections, and private security personnel and by private individuals for personal defense. In addition, the Company has developed full technology solutions for the capture, storage and management of video/audio evidence as well as other tactical capabilities for use in law enforcement.

Conflict Mineral Policy
TASER International supports and respects the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights for all, including the basic human rights of our employees and workers within our supply chain. TASER is committed to respect human rights and fair labor practices.
Coinciding with this commitment, TASER is concerned about human rights violations and labor abuses, which we understand are occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (the “DRC region”) as a result of the civil discord there. We understand that the armed groups responsible for the conflict in the DRC region may be directly or indirectly financed by the mining and trade in certain conflict minerals.
As a result of the concern around human rights violations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted final rules to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The SEC rules require public companies to disclose whether the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture contain conflict minerals that are “necessary to the functionality or production” of those products, and to conduct certain diligence and make certain disclosures regarding such minerals. Tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold are necessary to the functionality of a variety of TASER’s products.

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Using a documented reasonable process, we work diligently with our direct suppliers to determine the presence and origin of conflict minerals in our supply chain. Recognizing the complexity of this issue, TASER appreciates the need for broad collaboration with all of our suppliers in our supply chain throughout this process. In our commitment to conduct our business worldwide with respect for human rights, we:
expect our direct suppliers to source materials from suppliers and smelters who also source responsibly, including, but not limited to, from legitimate, conflict-free mines in the DRC region;
expect our direct suppliers to conduct the necessary due diligence and provide us with proper verification of the country of origin and source of the materials used in the products they supply to TASER; and
reserve the right to verify information received from our suppliers.
Based on the information learned through our continued due diligence efforts, we hope to make important progress toward ensuring responsible mineral sourcing throughout our supply chain, and improved transparency for our investors and customers.
TASER's Conflict Mineral Program
The Company's continuous engagement and accountability is leading to better data that will allow management to make meaningful decisions with respect to the Company's supply chain. While the majority of conflict minerals contained in the materials supplied to the Company are sourced by our suppliers through smelters or refiners ("SORs") in countries that the Company has determined to be of lower risk of directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups, the Company acknowledges that mineral supplies may still be sourced by our suppliers from SORs in Central Africa. The Company is determined to continue making efforts to understand whether the SORs its suppliers source from in Central Africa have been certified as conflict-free. The results of the Company's 2015 conflict mineral program have improved over those achieved during the 2014 program, but the Company acknowledges that further due diligence and supply chain measures can be taken to further reduce the potential for sourcing of minerals that could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC region.
TASER hardware products contain one or more conflict minerals and are within the Rule’s scope. On the basis of our “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”) required by the Rule and described below, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of the conflict minerals contained in our hardware products may have originated in the DRC region. For that reason, we are submitting this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”), which describes the conflict minerals due diligence we have performed pursuant to the Rule.
This CMR, which includes sections titled Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry, Design of Due Diligence Framework, Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed, and Future Due Diligence Measures, is designed to meet the reporting requirements of the Rule. It is publicly available on our investor relations website at www.investor.taser.com.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
The Company's RCOI corresponds to the first and second steps of the five-step OECD Guidance, as that Guidance (including its Supplements) applies to each of the conflict minerals and to TASER as a “downstream company.” The OECD Guidance provides a framework for detailed due diligence to support responsible global supply chain management of minerals, including the conflict minerals.
As a direct manufacturer, the Company does not directly source conflict minerals. We source products and components from direct suppliers, which source materials from their subtier suppliers. Our supply chain is extensive and complex with many layers of suppliers positioned between ourselves and conflict mineral smelters, refiners, and mines. Due to our extended supply chain, we rely on our direct suppliers to provide us with information concerning the sources and chains of custody of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our hardware products.
The charts below highlight the progress of the Company's RCOI, including the number of identified direct suppliers that participated in the Company's conflict minerals campaigns versus those who did not, as well as the status of known SORs that have been certified as conflict-free versus those that have not received such certification:

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or the 2015 reporting period, the Company identified 73 direct suppliers determined to be in-scope for regulatory purposes based on the Company’s influence over the manufacturing process (i.e., meeting the manufacture or contract to manufacture criteria in Rule 13p-1) and the use of conflict minerals in materials supplied. Based on response rates received from direct suppliers, the Company identified 335 known SORs of conflict minerals contained in our products, and of those, 66% were certified as being conflict-free. The Company remains focused on its due diligence efforts in 2016 to work with our direct suppliers to verify the remaining SORs supplying conflict minerals contained in our products, and if not, considering whether to remove them from our supply chain.
The following table illustrates the status of known SORs that had certain of the conflict minerals certified as conflict-free:
Status of known smelters or refiners
 
2015
 
% of Total
Certified conflict-free
 
222

 
66
%
Not certified conflict-free
 
113

 
34

Total
 
335

 
100
%

The table below illustrates the SORs that were certified as conflict-free, by type of conflict mineral, as a percentage of total known SORs:
Status of known smelters or refiners
 
2015
 
% of Total
Tantalum
 
82 of 135
 
82
%
Gold
 
43 of 51
 
43

Tin
 
60 of 111
 
60

Tungsten
 
40 of 58
 
40

Total (a)
 
225 of 335
 
67
%
(a) While most SORs in the Company's supply chain source only one of the conflict minerals, the Company identified three known SORs that obtained certifications for two conflict minerals. This explains the discrepancy between the 222 SORs that were certified as conflict-free in the proceeding table versus the SORs certified by type of material above.
During the due diligence process, the Company identified 29 SORs with indications of DRC region sourcing. The following table illustrates the certification status of these SORs:
Status of known smelters or refiners in DRC Region
 
2015
 
% of Total
Certified conflict-free
 
28

 
93
%
Not certified conflict-free
 
2

 
7

Total (a)
 
30

 
100
%
(a) One of the known SORs within the Company's supply chain was certified conflict-free for tantalum, but had not received a certification nor was known to be in process of obtaining a certification for tungsten.


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Design of Due Diligence Framework

Inherent Limitations on Due Diligence Measures: As a downstream purchaser of products which contain conflict minerals, the Company's due diligence measures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals. The Company's due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from our direct suppliers and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the necessary conflict minerals.  The Company also relies, to a large extent, on information collected and provided by independent third party audit programs. Another complicating factor is the unavailability of country of origin and chain of custody information from our suppliers on a continuous, real-time basis. Under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Rule, a product is "DRC conflict free" if it meets the required standard every day of the reporting year; conversely, a product would "not be found to be DRC conflict free" if it does not meet the required standard even one day of the reporting year. The supply chain of commodities such as conflict minerals is a multi-step process operating more or less on a daily basis, with ore being delivered to SORs, with SORs smelting or refining ores into metal containing derivatives such as ingots, with the derivatives being shipped, sold and stored in numerous market locations around the world and with distributors and purchasers holding varying amounts of the derivatives in inventory for use.  Since the Company does not have direct contractual relationships with SORs, it relies on our direct suppliers and the entire supply-chain to gather and provide specific information about the date when the ore is smelted into a derivative and later shipped, stored, sold and first entered the stream of commerce. the Company directly seeks sourcing data on a periodic basis from its direct suppliers as well as certain SORs.  the Company asks that the data cover the entire reporting year.
The good faith due diligence process that TASER undertook was designed in accordance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") which provides practical guidance to companies throughout the supply chain on a set of actions that can be taken to ensure responsible due diligence. Aligning with the OECD’s diligence framework, the steps that TASER implemented were as follows:
Step 1: Establish Strong Corporate Management Systems
Assign accountability for the compliance efforts to a cross-functional team of legal, supply chain, engineering and finance personnel, and meet periodically throughout the year to develop a strategy for the annual conflict minerals campaign.
Employ a supply chain system of controls and transparency through the use of due diligence tools created by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition ("EICC") and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative ("GeSI")'s Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative ("CFSI"), which includes the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template ("CMRT"), a supply chain survey designed to identify the SORs that process the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products.
Feature requirements related to conflict minerals in our standard template for supplier contracts and specifications so that current and future suppliers are obligated to comply with our policies on conflict minerals, including participation in a supply chain survey and related due diligence activities.
Maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with our record retention guidelines.
Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
Identify direct suppliers that supply products that may contain conflict minerals.
Conduct a ROCI, requesting direct suppliers to identify SORs and country of origin of the conflict minerals in products they supply to TASER.
Evaluate supplier responses for plausibility, consistency and missing data. Conduct additional supplier contacts to resolve questions with respect to the initial findings to determine whether the responses were reasonable and reliable.
For those supply chains with SORs that are known or thought to be sourcing from the DRC region, additional investigation was conducted to determine the source and chain of custody of covered metals. The Company relies on the following internationally accepted audit standards to determine which SORs are considered conflict-free: the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program, the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Program and the Responsible Jewelry Council Chain-of-Custody Certification program.
If any SOR was not certified by these internationally-recognized methods, the Company attempted to contact the SOR to gain more information about its sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and whether there are any internal due diligence procedures in place or other processes that it takes take to track the chain of custody on the source of its mineral ores. Relevant information to review includes: whether the SOR has a documented, effective and communicated conflict-free policy, an accounting system to support a mass balance of materials processed, and traceability documentation. The Company also performed Internet research to determine whether there are any outside sources of

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information regarding the SOR’s sourcing practices. As many as three contact attempts were made to direct suppliers to gather information on mine country of origin and sourcing practices.
Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
Work with our direct suppliers to verify all SORs, and attempt to ensure that any SORs that were not already certified as conflict-free would enroll in a third-party audit process.
Identify and consider, to the extent feasible, alternative suppliers for materials were the supplier is uncooperative towards our goal of responsibly sourcing conflict minerals.
Provide progress reports to our President and other senior management summarizing our risk mitigation efforts.
Step 4: Third-party Audit of Smelter’s/Refiner’s Due Diligence Processes
Based on information received through the CFSP or equivalent independent third-party audit programs, as well as a third-party review of publicly available information about identified SORs, TASER has documented the country of origin information of particular known SORs. The CFSP collects evidence from SORs demonstrating that responsible sourcing procedures and systems have been implemented. The CFSP works with complementary programs in Central Africa to validate conflict-free mine sites and trade routes. Regional traceability and other third-party programs work with non-governmental organizations, government programs, and the CFSP to improve procedures and systems when incidents occur, and they communicate relevant information to program participants as it becomes available. The Company believes that independent third-party audit programs provide a reasonable basis for companies to conclude that SORs have procedures and systems for determining if the SORs process conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups.
Step 5: Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
Publicly communicate our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy on our company website www.investor.taser.com.
Publicly communicate the results of our annual Conflict Minerals program on our company website www.investor.taser.com.
Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed 
Below is a description of the measures the Company performed for the 2015 reporting period to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products that we had reason to believe may have originated from the DRC region and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources:
Conducted a supply-chain survey of suppliers that we identified may be supplying TASER with products that contain necessary conflict minerals using the CFSI's CMRT, requesting country of origin information regarding the necessary conflict minerals and identification of SORs that process such minerals.
Received and retained responses to the supply-chain survey within an online database.
Performed as many as three additional follow up supply chain surveys for supplier non-responses.
Contacted surveyed suppliers on responses to supply chain surveys that we identified contained incomplete or potentially inaccurate information to seek additional clarifying information.
Compared SORs identified by the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that have received a "conflict free" designation from the CFSP or other independent third-party audit program.
Performed risk mitigation efforts with suppliers we identified to be not in conformity with our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy and contractual requirements by working with them to bring them into compliance.
Provided progress reports to the President and other members of senior management to communicate the status and results of our conflict minerals program.

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Future Due Diligence Measures 
During the reporting period for the calendar year ending December 31, 2016, we are continuing to engage in the activities described above in "Design of Due Diligence Framework" and "Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed." In our efforts to attain a conflict free supply chain for our products, we intend to continue to contact SORs identified in our supply chain survey process that have not yet received a "conflict free" designation and request their participation in the CFSP or other independent third party audit program in order for them to obtain such a "conflict free" designation. Further the Company intends to advance its due diligence measures but also to mitigate and address certain risks by performing the following:
redistribute copies of our conflict minerals policy to direct suppliers;
emphasize the them our expectation that they respond fully and promply to our information requests;
instruct them to advise us if they determine that any person or entity in their supply chain is directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups in the Covered Countries; and
encourage them to direct all SORs in their supply chains to participate in the CFSP or a similar third-party audit program.
Determination
Based on the information provided by the Company’s direct suppliers, and the Company's own due diligence efforts with known SORs through December 31, 2015, the Company believes that the SORs listed on Appendix A below may have been used to process the conflict minerals in TASER's products.
Based on these due diligence efforts, TASER does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the conflict minerals in its products or whether such conflict minerals in its products are from recycled or scrap sources. However, based on the information provided by the Company’s direct suppliers, and SORs, as well as from the CFSI and other sources, the Company believes that the countries of origin of the conflict minerals contained in its products include the countries listed in Appendix B below, as well as recycled and scrap sources.
Of the 335 SORs of conflict minerals identified for calendar year 2015, 29 SORs were identified as sources of conflict minerals from the DRC region. Of these 29, 28 were determined CFSP-compliant, with one of the 28 being certified for certain, but not all, conflict minerals sourced. Two SORs have not yet taken steps to prepare for a third-party audit for all or certain of their conflict minerals. We do not yet have complete information about the conflict minerals in our supply chain. However, to date we have not found any indication that any of our conflict minerals are from sources that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups.
TASER has provided information as of the date of this Report. Subsequent events, such as the inability or unwillingness of any suppliers, SORs to comply with the Company's conflict minerals standards, may affect the Company's future determinations under Rule 13p-1.



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Appendix A
* Denotes SORs which have received a "conflict free" designation from an independent third party audit program.
Subject Mineral
Smelter or Refiner Name
Country location of Smelter or Refiner
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
United States
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO
Kazakhstan
Gold
Al Etihad Gold
United Arab Emirates
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. *
Germany
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) *
Uzbekistan
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração *
Brazil
Gold
Argor-Heraeus SA *
Switzerland
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corporation *
Japan
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Limited *
Canada
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc. *
United States
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Turkey
Gold
Aurubis AG *
Germany
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) *
Philippines
Gold
Bauer Walser AG
Germany
Gold
Boliden AB *
Sweden
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG *
Germany
Gold
Caridad
Mexico
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation *
Canada
Gold
Cendres + Métaux SA
Switzerland
Gold
Chimet S.p.A. *
Italy
Gold
Chugai Mining
Japan
Gold
Codelco
Chile
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
China
Gold
DODUCO GmbH *
Germany
Gold
Dowa
Canada
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
South Korea
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Canada
Gold
Elemetal Refining, LLC *
United States
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
United Arab Emirates
Gold
ESG Edelmetall-Service GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Gold
Faggi Enrico S.p.A.
Italy
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
Zimbabwe
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd
China
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
United States
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
China
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH *
Germany
Gold
Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong *
China
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG *
Germany
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd
South Korea
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited *
China
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery *
Turkey

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Gold
Japan Mint *
Japan
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited *
China
Gold
Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant *
Russia
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed *
Russia
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
United Arab Emirates
Gold
Kazakhmys plc
Kazakhstan
Gold
Kazzinc *
Kazakhstan
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC *
United States
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna
Poland
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Korea Metal Co. Ltd
South Korea
Gold
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC *
Kyrgyzstan
Gold
L' azurde Company For Jewelry
Saudi Arabia
Gold
Lingbao Gold Company Ltd.
China
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd.
China
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. *
South Korea
Gold
Luo yang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd
China
Gold
Materion *
United States
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. *
China
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. *
Singapore
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd
China
Gold
Metalor Technologies SA *
Switzerland
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation *
United States
Gold
METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V *
Mexico
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation *
Japan
Gold
Mitsui Mining & Smelting *
Japan
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. *
India
Gold
Morris and Watson
New Zealand
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant *
Russia
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. *
Turkey
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat *
Uzbekistan
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH *
Austria
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) *
Russia
Gold
OJSC Kolyma Refinery
Russia
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery *
Russia
Gold
PAMP SA *
Switzerland
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd
China
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals *
Russia
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk *
Indonesia
Gold
PX PrŽcinox SA *
Switzerland
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. *
South Africa
Gold
Republic Metals Corporation *
United States
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint *
Canada
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
United States
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
South Korea
Gold
SAMWON METALS Corp.
South Korea
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
Germany
Gold
Schone Edelmetaal B.V. *
Netherlands

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Gold
SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA *
Spain
Gold
Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. *
China
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. *
China
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd. *
Taiwan
Gold
So Accurate Group, Inc.
United States
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals *
Russia
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. *
Taiwan
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
Sudan
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.
Taiwan
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A *
Italy
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. *
Japan
Gold
The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China *
China
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. *
China
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
TongLing Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
China
Gold
Torecom
South Korea
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda. *
Brazil
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand *
Thailand
Gold
Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining *
Belgium
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. *
United States
Gold
Valcambi SA *
Switzerland
Gold
Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint *
Australia
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
Germany
Gold
Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Yantai Guodasafina High-tech Environmental Refinery CO., Ltd.
China
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd
China
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation *
China
Gold
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery
China
Tantalum
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group
United States
Tantalum
Avon Specialty Metals Ltd
United Kingdom
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry *
China
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC *
United States
Tantalum
Duoluoshan *
China
Tantalum
Exotech Inc. *
United States
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Gannon & Scott
United States
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu *
Japan
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown *
United States
Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch
China
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. *
Thailand
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar *
Germany
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg *
Germany
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH *
Germany
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc. *
United States
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd. *
Japan
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG *
Germany
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. *
China

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Tantalum
Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. *
United States
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd *
China
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Japan
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals *
United States
Tantalum
Kemet Blue Powder *
United States
Tantalum
King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A. *
Brazil
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. *
India
Tantalum
Mineração Taboca S.A.
Brazil
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining & Smelting *
Japan
Tantalum
Molycorp Silmet A.S. *
Estonia
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Ltd.
Japan
Tantalum
Plansee SE Liezen *
Austria
Tantalum
Plansee SE Reutte *
Austria
Tantalum
QuantumClean *
United States
Tantalum
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
Brazil
Tantalum
RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO *
Russia
Tantalum
Taki Chemicals *
Japan
Tantalum
Telex Metals *
United States
Tantalum
Tranzact, Inc. *
United States
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC *
Kazakhstan
Tantalum
XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. *
China
Tantalum
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide *
China
Tin
Alpha *
United States
Tin
An Thai Minerals Company Limited *
Vietnam
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
Vietnam
Tin
Best Metais e Soldas SA
Brazil
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd. *
China
Tin
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.
China
Tin
Colonial Metals, Inc
United States
Tin
Complejo Metalurgico Vinto S.A.
Bolivia
Tin
Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. *
Brazil
Tin
CSC Pure Technologies
Russia
Tin
CV Ayi Jaya *
Indonesia
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
Indonesia
Tin
CV Duta Putra Bangka
Indonesia
Tin
CV Gita Pesona *
Indonesia
Tin
CV Prima Timah Utama
Indonesia
Tin
CV Serumpun Sebalai *
Indonesia
Tin
CV United Smelting *
Indonesia
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa *
Indonesia
Tin
Dowa *
Canada
Tin
Electroloy Metal Pte
Singapore
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
Vietnam
Tin
Elmet S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
Tin
Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group) *
Spain
Tin
EM Vinto *
Bolivia
Tin
Estanho de Rondônia S.A.
Brazil

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Tin
Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH
Germany
Tin
Fenix Metals *
Poland
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC *
China
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. *
China
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
China
Tin
Gejiu Zi-Li
China
Tin
Heraeus Materials Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Singapore
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd
China
Tin
Hyundai-Steel
South Korea
Tin
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Japan
Tin
Jean Goldschmidt International SA
Belgium
Tin
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. *
China
Tin
Koki Products Co., Ltd.
Thailand
Tin
Kovohutě Příbram
Czech Republic
Tin
Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co
China
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. *
Brazil
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) *
Malaysia
Tin
Materials Eco-Refining CO.,LTD
Japan
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S/A *
Brazil
Tin
Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.
Malaysia
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc. *
United States
Tin
Metallo-Chimique N.V. *
Belgium
Tin
Metalor Technologies SA
Switzerland
Tin
Mineração Taboca S.A.
Brazil
Tin
Minsur *
Peru
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation *
Japan
Tin
Mitsui Mining & Smelting
Japan
Tin
Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd.
China
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
Vietnam
Tin
Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works
Russia
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. *
Thailand
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. *
Philippines
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. *
Bolivia
Tin
Phoenix Metal Ltd
Rwanda
Tin
POSCO
South Korea
Tin
PT Alam Lestari Kencana
Indonesia
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng *
Indonesia
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Kudai Tin
Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera
Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera *
Indonesia
Tin
PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Bukit Timah *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Cipta Persada Mulia *
Indonesia
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Fang Di MulTindo
Indonesia
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Justindo *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
Indonesia

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Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk
Indonesia
Tin
PT Prima Timah Utama *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Seirama Tin investment
Indonesia
Tin
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Sukses Inti Makmur *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa *
Indonesia
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
Indonesia
Tin
PT Tommy Utama *
Indonesia
Tin
PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA *
Indonesia
Tin
Pure Technology
Russia
Tin
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
Brazil
Tin
Ritchey Metals
United States
Tin
Rui Da Hung *
Taiwan
Tin
Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Bolivia
Tin
SGS
Bolivia
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda. *
Brazil
Tin
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Japan
Tin
Thaisarco *
Thailand
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
Vietnam
Tin
Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
Belgium
Tin
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC *
Vietnam
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. *
Brazil
Tin
Xianghualing Tin Co., Ltd.
China
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. *
China
Tin
Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited *
China
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. *
Japan
Tungsten
Air Products
United States
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. *
Vietnam
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Exotech Inc.
United States
Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. *
United States
Tungsten
Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd
China
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
H.C. Starck GmbH *
Germany
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG *
Germany
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
China
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji *
China

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Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin *
China
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC *
Russia
Tungsten
Izawa Metal Co., Ltd
Japan
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. *
Japan
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
China
Tungsten
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Japan
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon *
United States
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville *
United States
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Materion
United States
Tungsten
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Japan
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC *
United States
Tungsten
North American Tungsten
Canada
Tungsten
Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC *
Vietnam
Tungsten
Pobedit, JSC *
Russia
Tungsten
Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. *
Vietnam
Tungsten
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Japan
Tungsten
Tamano Smelter, Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co., Ltd
Japan
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
Vietnam
Tungsten
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. *
Vietnam
Tungsten
Voss Metals Company, Inc.
United States
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG *
Austria
Tungsten
Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Industry Co.Ltd
China
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. *
China
Tungsten
Zhangyuan Tungsten Co.,Ltd
China
Tungsten
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide
China


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APPENDIX B
Argentina
Mozambique
Armenia
Myanmar
Australia
Namibia
Austria
Netherlands
Belarus
Niger
Belgium
Nigeria
Bolivia
Papua New Guinea
Brazil
Peru
Burundi
Philippines
Canada
Poland
Chile
Portugal
China
Romania
DRC- Congo (Kinshasa)
Russia
Estonia
Rwanda
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
France
Sierra Leone
Germany
Singapore
Ghana
South Africa
Greece
South Korea
Guinea
Spain
Guyana
Suriname
Hong Kong
Sweden
India
Switzerland
Indonesia
Taiwan
Italy
Tajikistan
Japan
Tanzania
Jersey
Thailand
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Kyrgyzstan
United Arab Emirates
Laos
United Kingdom
Malaysia
United States
Mali
Uzbekistan
Mexico
Vietnam
Mongolia
Zambia
Morocco
Zimbabwe


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