EXHIBIT 1.01
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022
This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) of Veeco Instruments Inc., including its subsidiaries (collectively, “Veeco” or “we” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Rule 13p-1, through Form SD, requires the disclosure of certain information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain “Conflict Minerals” (as defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form SD defines “Conflict Minerals” as: (i) columbite-tantalite (or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to metallic forms of tantalum, tin and tungsten; or (ii) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). Veeco’s operations, including the operations of its consolidated subsidiaries, may at times manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (collectively, its “products” and, individually, a “product”). As required by Form SD, Veeco has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals included in its products during the Reporting Period, which are referred to in this Report as the “Covered Minerals,” to determine whether any of such Covered Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/or whether any of such Covered Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Where applicable, Veeco has conducted additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals. The results of Veeco’s reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Covered Minerals, as well as its additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals, are contained in this Report.
| I. | Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) |
Prior to initiating our RCOI, we retained a regulatory compliance information management company to assist in structuring the process and administering data collection. Our inquiry began with a review of all of our suppliers. We focused our RCOI on the relevant suppliers that, due to the nature of their business, utilize Covered Minerals. We provided these suppliers with a questionnaire based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template (the “EICC-GeSI Template”). The EICC-GeSI Template is regarded as the most commonly accepted reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide and was developed by several of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies. The questionnaire asked the suppliers, among other things, to disclose the origin of any Covered Minerals used in their manufacturing processes and to identify the Covered Minerals processing facilities within their supply chain. We also asked them, if accurate, to represent that their Covered Minerals did not originate from a Covered Country. We reviewed questionnaires received for completeness and consistency of answers. Many of our suppliers’ responses were company level declarations and therefore it is possible that the information they provided includes smelters/refiners whose Covered Minerals are not utilized in our products. Certain surveyed suppliers reported that the Covered Minerals identified in their supply chain originated from recycled or scrap sources and thus did not require further due diligence.
Our RCOI process was reasonably designed and performed in good faith, but there are inherent limitations in the information provided to us by third parties, including the possibility of information being inaccurate, incomplete or falsified despite our efforts to validate and confirm the information.
| II. | Design of Due Diligence Framework |
Our due diligence approach was designed to generally align with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (“OECD Guidance”). The OECD Guidance is an internationally-recognized due diligence framework consisting of a multi-step, risk-based process, certain aspects of which differ depending in part on the position of a company in the supply chain. Veeco is a “downstream” company, which refers to supply chain participants from the smelter to the retailer, in contrast to those “upstream,” that is, from the mine to the smelter. Key elements of Veeco’s due diligence approach are described below.
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| III. | Due Diligence Measures Undertaken |
Veeco’s due diligence measures performed include, but are not limited to, the following:
| · | Reporting to senior management on suppliers’ responses to our conflict minerals information requests, including updates on monitoring and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable); |
| · | Communicating our policy on Conflict Minerals to suppliers and our commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers, supported by email and phone dialogues. A copy of our policy is publicly available at https://www.veeco.com/resources/veeco-conflict-minerals-policy; |
| · | Using a third party service, comparing smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to (i) the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “Template”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative, or “CFSI”) which lists validated conflict free and verified facilities and (ii) the US Department of Commerce list of all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide; |
| · | Conducting our own supplemental research on smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers; and |
| · | Developing a risk mitigation plan that allows for continued trade with a supplier during the supplier’s risk mitigation efforts. |
| IV. | Product Description |
The products subject to this Report are Veeco process equipment and services (including spare parts) primarily sold to make electronic devices including semiconductors, light emitting diodes, power electronics, wireless devices, and hard disk drives and include Laser Annealing Systems, Lithography Systems, Ion Beam Systems, Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems, Wet Processing Systems, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems, Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Physical Vapor Deposition Systems, Dicing and Lapping Systems, and Gas and Vapor Delivery Systems.
| V. | Product Determination |
Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process (as described above), Veeco does not have sufficient information at this time to determine whether all of our products are conflict free. However, the suppliers who responded to our questionnaire gave no indication that the Covered Minerals they source directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries. Due to the manner in which our suppliers disclosed country of origin information, we do not believe that all of the countries of origin named by our suppliers are actually in our supply chain.
| VI. | Smelter / Refiner and Country of Origin |
Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following smelters/refiners used by Veeco suppliers that have (i) achieved Conflict Free designation by the CFSI (the “Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners”) or (ii) an audit program recognized by CFSI or are actively in the process of obtaining the Conflict Free designation, or for which we independently obtained country of origin information (the “In Process Smelters and Refiners”):
Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners
| Smelter Name | Metal |
| 5D Production OU | Tantalum |
| 8853 S.p.A. | Gold |
| A.L.M.T. Corp. | Tungsten |
| ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. | Gold |
| Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | Gold |
| ACL Metais Eireli | Tungsten |
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| Advanced Chemical Company | Gold |
| Agosi AG | Gold |
| Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | Gold |
| Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Albino Mountinho Lda. | Gold |
| Alexy Metals | Gold |
| Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Gold |
| Alpha | Tin |
| AMG Brasil | Tantalum |
| An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Tin |
| AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | Gold |
| Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Gold |
| Asahi Pretec Corp. | Gold |
| Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Gold |
| Asahi Refining USA Inc. | Gold |
| Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Gold |
| AU Traders and Refiners | Gold |
| Aurubis AG | Gold |
| Aurubis Beerse | Tin |
| Aurubis Berango | Tin |
| Bangalore Refinery | Gold |
| Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Gold |
| Boliden AB | Gold |
| C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Gold |
| Caridad | Gold |
| CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Gold |
| Cendres + Metaux S.A. | Gold |
| CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | Gold |
| Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Chimet S.p.A. | Gold |
| China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Chugai Mining | Gold |
| CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
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| CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | Tin |
| CRM Synergies | Tin |
| Cronimet Brasil Ltda | Tungsten |
| CV Ayi Jaya | Tin |
| CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Tin |
| D Block Metals, LLC | Tantalum |
| Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | Gold |
| Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | Gold |
| Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Dongwu Gold Group | Gold |
| Dowa | Gold |
| Dowa | Tin |
| DS Myanmar | Tin |
| DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | Gold |
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | Gold |
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | Gold |
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | Gold |
| Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Tin |
| EM Vinto | Tin |
| Emirates Gold DMCC | Gold |
| Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | Tin |
| F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Tin |
| Fenix Metals | Tin |
| FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Fujairah Gold FZC | Gold |
| Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Geib Refining Corporation | Gold |
| Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | Tin |
| Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Tantalum |
| Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | Tantalum |
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| Global Tungsten & Powders LLC | Tungsten |
| Gold by Gold Colombia | Gold |
| Gold Coast Refinery | Gold |
| Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | Gold |
| Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | Gold |
| Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | Tungsten |
| Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Gold |
| Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | Gold |
| Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | Gold |
| Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Hunan Guiyang Vinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. - Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch | Tungsten |
| HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | Gold |
| Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Istanbul Gold Refinery | Gold |
| Italpreziosi | Gold |
| JALAN & Company | Gold |
| Japan Mint | Gold |
| Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | Tin |
| Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | Tantalum |
| Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
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| Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| K.A. Rasmussen | Gold |
| Kazzinc | Gold |
| KEMET de Mexico | Tantalum |
| Kennametal Fallon | Tungsten |
| Kennametal Huntsville | Tungsten |
| Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | Gold |
| KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | Gold |
| Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Gold |
| L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Gold |
| Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| L'Orfebre S.A. | Gold |
| LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | Gold |
| LT Metal Ltd. | Gold |
| Luna Smelter, Ltd. | Tin |
| Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Tin |
| Malaysia Smelting Corporation | Tin |
| Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Marsam Metals | Gold |
| Masan High-Tech Materials | Tungsten |
| Materion | Gold |
| Materion Newton Inc. | Tantalum |
| Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | Tin |
| Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | Gold |
| Metallic Resources, Inc. | Tin |
| Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | Gold |
| Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Gold |
| Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | Gold |
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| Metalor Technologies S.A. | Gold |
| Metalor USA Refining Corporation | Gold |
| Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | Gold |
| Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Tantalum |
| Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Tin |
| Minsur | Tin |
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Gold |
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Tin |
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| MKS PAMP SA | Gold |
| MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | Gold |
| Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Gold |
| Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Tin |
| Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Gold |
| Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Gold |
| Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Tin |
| NH Recytech Company | Gold |
| Niagara Refining LLC | Tungsten |
| Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| NPM Silmet AS | Tantalum |
| O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Tin |
| Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Gold |
| Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | Tin |
| Pease & Curren | Gold |
| Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Tungsten |
| Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | Gold |
| Pongpipat Company Limited | Tin |
| Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | Tin |
| PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Gold |
| PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Tin |
| PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Tin |
| PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Tin |
| PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Tin |
| PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | Tin |
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| PT Bangka Prima Tin | Tin |
| PT Bangka Serumpun | Tin |
| PT Bukit Timah | Tin |
| PT Cipta Persada Mulia | Tin |
| PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Tin |
| PT Mitra Stania Prima | Tin |
| PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | Tin |
| PT Premium Tin Indonesia | Tin |
| PT Prima Timah Utama | Tin |
| PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) | Tin |
| PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | Tin |
| PT Rajehan Ariq | Tin |
| PT Refined Bangka Tin | Tin |
| PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Tin |
| PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Tin |
| PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Tin |
| PT Timah Tbk Kundur | Tin |
| PT Timah Tbk Mentok | Tin |
| PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Tin |
| PT Tommy Utama | Tin |
| PX Precinox S.A. | Gold |
| QG Refining, LLC | Gold |
| QuantumClean | Tantalum |
| Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | Gold |
| Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| REMONDIS PMR B.V. | Gold |
| Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Tin |
| Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Tantalum |
| RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Royal Canadian Mint | Gold |
| Rui Da Hung | Tin |
| SAAMP | Gold |
| Sabin Metal Corp. | Gold |
| Safimet S.p.A | Gold |
| SAFINA A.S. | Gold |
| Sai Refinery | Gold |
| Samduck Precious Metals | Gold |
| Samwon Metals Corp. | Gold |
| Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA) | Gold |
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| Sellem Industries Ltd. | Gold |
| SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | Gold |
| Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. | Gold |
| Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Gold |
| Sovereign Metals | Gold |
| State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | Gold |
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| T.C.A S.p.A | Gold |
| Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Gold |
| TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| TANIOBIS GmbH | Tantalum |
| TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Tungsten |
| TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Tantalum |
| Telex Metals | Tantalum |
| Thaisarco | Tin |
| Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Tin Technology & Refining | Tin |
| Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | Gold |
| Torecom | Gold |
| Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company | Tungsten |
| Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Tin |
| Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Tantalum |
| Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Gold |
| Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Gold |
| United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | Gold |
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| Valcambi S.A. | Gold |
| VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | Tin |
| Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | Gold |
| White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | Tin |
| Wieland Edelmetalle GmbH | Gold |
| Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | Tungsten |
| Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Ximei Resources (Guangdong) Limited | Tantalum |
| XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Yamakin Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | Tantalum |
| Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Yudu Ansheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | Gold |
| Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | Tin |
| Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | Gold |
In Process Smelters and Refiners
| Smelter Name | Metal |
| Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | Gold |
| C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS | Gold |
| Coimpa Industrial LTDA | Gold |
| Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | Gold |
| DONGKUK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. | Tungsten |
| Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) | Gold |
| Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) | Gold |
| Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) | Gold |
| Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) | Gold |
| GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | Gold |
| International Precious Metal Refiners | Gold |
| Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | Gold |
| Kundan Care Products Ltd. | Gold |
| MD Overseas | Gold |
| Metallix Refining Inc. | Gold |
| Morris and Watson | Gold |
| PT Bangka Tin Industry | Tin |
| PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Tin |
| PT Panca Mega Persada | Tin |
| PT Timah Nusantara | Tin |
| PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | Tin |
| Super Ligas | Tin |
| WEEEREFINING | Gold |
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Certain smelters were identified as high risk due to potential sourcing from the Covered Countries. However, because many of our suppliers provided company-level responses to Veeco’s conflict minerals information requests, it is uncertain as to whether these facilities are in our supply chain. We are continuing to work with our suppliers to determine the status of the facilities relative to Veeco products. Should these smelters be present in our supply chain, Veeco will reemphasize our conflict minerals policy to the relevant suppliers and encourage them to either find alternate sources or request that the smelters be audited.
High Risk Smelters
| Smelter Name | Metal |
| African Gold Refinery | Gold |
| Artek LLC | Tungsten |
| Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Gold |
| Hydrometallurg, JSC | Tungsten |
| Industrial Refining Company | Gold |
| JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" | Tungsten |
| JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | Gold |
| JSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Gold |
| JSC Uralelectromed | Gold |
| Kaloti Precious Metals | Gold |
| Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | Gold |
| L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Gold |
| LLC Vostok | Tungsten |
| Moliren Ltd. | Tungsten |
| Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Gold |
| Novosibirsk Tin Combine | Tin |
| NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC | Tungsten |
| OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Gold |
| OOO “Technolom” 1 | Tungsten |
| OOO “Technolom” 2 | Tungsten |
| Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Gold |
| SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Gold |
| Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Tantalum |
| Sudan Gold Refinery | Gold |
| Unecha Refractory Metals Plant | Tungsten |
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Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco believes that the countries of origin of the Covered Minerals for the above listed facilities include:
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State Of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea (Republic Of), 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, Province Of China, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
As Veeco’s engagement with the supply chain for its products evolves, the lists above may change to reflect improvements in the quality of information provided to Veeco.
| VII. | Independent Private Sector Audit |
Not required for calendar year 2022.
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