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 |
| A-1 |
| 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 |
| A-5 |
| 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 |
| A-6 |
| 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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