Exhibit 1.01
FABRINET
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022
I. Introduction
We provide advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) of complex products such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices and sensors. We offer a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, complex printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly and testing.
Certain products that we manufacture for our customers contain materials or components that use tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold (“3TG”). Due to the depth of the supply chain, we are far removed from the sources of ore from which these metals are produced and the smelters/refiners that process those ores. The efforts we undertook to identify the country(ies) of origin of those minerals reflect our circumstances and position in the supply chain. The amount of information available globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores is limited at this time, and this situation is not unique to us. We have taken steps we believe reasonable under the circumstances to identify the applicable smelters and refiners of 3TG in our supply chain; however, we believe the smelters and refiners of 3TG contained in the products we manufacture for our customers are best situated to identify the sources and countries of origin of 3TG.
We do not directly manufacture products but “contract to manufacture” branded and generic products containing 3TG on behalf of our customers. Our due diligence efforts were undertaken on the exclusive and/or privately-branded products sourced directly by and manufactured for us in 2022.
II. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)
Direct suppliers were asked to provide answers to the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly known as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition) (“RBA”) / Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template reflecting Fabrinet’s position in the supply chain (the “CMRT”). The CMRT includes questions regarding a direct supplier’s conflict-free policy, its due diligence process, and information about its supply chain such as the names and locations of smelters and refiners and the origin of 3TG used by those facilities. The CMRT is regarded as the most common reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide, developed by several of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies.
Utilizing a third-party service provider to assist with our RCOI, our service provider reviewed the responses received to the questionnaires for completeness and consistency of answers. Suppliers were required to provide corrections and clarifications where needed. Our service provider also performed smelter/refiner validation based on the names of the provided smelter/refiner. Based on the RCOI, we do not have sufficient information from our direct suppliers to determine the sources of the necessary 3TG contained in the products we manufacture for our customers.
We believe 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.
III. Due Diligence Program
We designed our overall conflict minerals procedures based on, and in conformity with the five-step framework of set forth in the Second Edition of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. We implemented appropriate elements of the five-step framework as were reasonably applied to our circumstances and position in the supply chain as a “downstream” company with little to no direct influence on smelters/refiners. The five-step framework consists of:
(1) Establish strong company management systems:
•We adopted and published our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy, a copy of which is publicly available on our website at fabrinet.com/services/supply-chain.
•We created a conflict minerals task force led by our supply chain management organization to implement our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy.
•We communicated our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy to our direct suppliers.
•We have conducted awareness sessions concerning the commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers.
(2) Identify and assess risks in the supply chain:
•We identified direct suppliers that supply product or material that may contain conflict minerals.
•We engaged a third-party service provider to perform the RCOI as follows:
–conducted supplier surveys using the CMRT
–reviewed responses to the CMRT for completeness and consistency of answers. Suppliers were required to provide corrections and clarifications where needed.
–compared smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) list of validated conflict free facilities for initial risk screening.
(3) Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks:
•We reported to senior management on direct suppliers’ responses to our conflict minerals information requests, including updates on monitoring and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable).
•Using a third-party service, we compared smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to the RMI lists of validated conflict free and verified facilities and the U.S. Department of Commerce “Reporting Requirements Under Section 1502(d)(3)(C) of the Dodd-Frank Act World-Wide Conflict Mineral Processing Facilities” and conducted our own supplemental research on smelters and refiners.
•We developed a risk mitigation plan that allows for continued trade with a supplier during the supplier’s risk mitigation efforts.
(4) Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain:
•We do not perform or direct audits of 3TG smelters or refiners. We rely on audits conducted by third parties through our membership in the RBA, supplier self-disclosures of certification status, and our policy and procurement practices that encourage suppliers to purchase materials from audited smelters and refiners.
(5) Report on supply chain due diligence:
•We communicated our Conflict Minerals Report on our website at fabrinet.com/services/supply-chain.
IV. Product Determination
We received inconclusive data from our direct suppliers, and our material source information is still developing. Therefore, we are unable to make a definitive determination about the sources of 3TG in the products we manufacture for our customers. At the same time, we received no information from our direct suppliers indicating that the 3TG in our Covered Products (as defined below) directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the adjoining countries of Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Some suppliers disclosed to us that scrap or recycled sources of 3TG were identified in their supply chains and did not require due diligence.
V. Product Description
Our customer base includes companies in complex industries that require advanced precision manufacturing capabilities, such as optical communications, industrial lasers and sensors. The products that we manufacture for our OEM customers include: selective switching products; tunable lasers, transponders and transceivers; active optical cables; solid state, diode-pumped, gas and fiber lasers; and sensors (collectively, the “Covered Products”).
We identified the following smelters and refiners that have achieved Conflict Free designation by the RMI or an audit program with which RMI has mutual recognition, are actively in the process of obtaining the designations, or for which we independently obtained country of origin information. We were unable to definitively link the identified smelters and refiners to only those products and materials in our supply chain; therefore, the following list likely contains more processing facilities than are actually in our supply chain or Covered Products.
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| Mineral | Verified Smelters |
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Agosi AG |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
| Gold | Aurubis AG |
| 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 | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. |
| Gold | Chugai Mining |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. |
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) |
| Gold | Dowa |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant |
| Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. |
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| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | LT Metal Ltd. |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH |
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. |
| Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG |
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | 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 | Japan Mint |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC |
| Gold | Kazzinc |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC |
| Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry |
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. |
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Materion |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation |
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | MKS PAMP SA |
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk |
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. |
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| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals |
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. |
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. |
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM |
| Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Torecom |
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. |
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) |
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation |
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Morris and Watson |
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. |
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand |
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation |
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. |
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC |
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC |
| Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners |
| Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals |
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A |
| Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. |
| Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC |
| Gold | Industrial Refining Company |
| Gold | Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. |
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Marsam Metals |
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| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn |
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC |
| Gold | Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Albino Mountinho Lda. |
| Gold | SAAMP |
| Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. |
| Gold | 8853 S.p.A. |
| Gold | Italpreziosi |
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH |
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH |
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners |
| Gold | GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. |
| Gold | Sai Refinery |
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd |
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery |
| Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH |
| Gold | Pease & Curren |
| Gold | JALAN & Company |
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. |
| Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA |
| Gold | ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. |
| Gold | Safimet S.p.A |
| Gold | Gold Coast Refinery |
| Gold | NH Recytech Company |
| Gold | QG Refining, LLC |
| Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC |
| Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. |
| Gold | Sovereign Metals |
| Gold | C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant |
| Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited |
| Gold | Kundan Care Products Ltd. |
| Gold | Alexy Metals |
| Gold | Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA) |
| Gold | Sellem Industries Ltd. |
| Gold | MD Overseas |
| Gold | Metallix Refining Inc. |
| Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. |
| Gold | WEEEREFINING |
| Gold | Gold by Gold Colombia |
| Gold | Dongwu Gold Group |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. |
| Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. |
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| Tantalum | AMG Brasil |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean |
| Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC |
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | KEMET de Mexico |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH |
| Tantalum | Materion Newton Inc. |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu |
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material |
| Tantalum | RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Tantalum | 5D Production OU |
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Alpha |
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera |
| Tin | PT Premium Tin Indonesia |
| Tin | Dowa |
| Tin | EM Vinto |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. |
| Tin | Fenix Metals |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. |
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
| Tin | Minsur |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
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| Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng |
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa |
| Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima |
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama |
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa |
| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur |
| Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok |
| Tin | PT Timah Nusantara |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung |
| Tin | Thaisarco |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. |
| Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. |
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. |
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya |
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company |
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
| Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia |
| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
| Tin | Aurubis Beerse |
| Tin | Aurubis Berango |
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin |
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur |
| Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia |
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd |
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. |
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| Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | PT Bangka Serumpun |
| Tin | Tin Technology & Refining |
| Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa |
| Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited |
| Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. |
| Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo |
| Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda |
| Tin | CRM Synergies |
| Tin | Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
| Tin | PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) |
| Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders LLC |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH |
| Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
| Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials |
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| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC |
| Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. |
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli |
| Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. |
| Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda |
| Tungsten | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| Tungsten | YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD. |
| Tungsten | HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd. |
VI. Countries of Origin Identified
Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egpyt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe. Covered Countries were identified only for RMI audited facilities.
VII. Steps to Improve Due Diligence
We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our direct suppliers. We will also continue to monitor changes in circumstances that may impact the facts or our determination. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information globally on the traceability and sourcing of these minerals will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers and undertake additional fact and risk assessments where potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. New products will be reviewed for conflict minerals conformance during initial qualification. If we become aware of a supplier whose due diligence needs improvement, we intend to continue the trade relationship while that supplier improves its performance. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.
VIII. Independent Private Sector Audit
Not required for calendar year 2022.
