Exhibit 1.01
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2017
This Conflict Minerals Report for Best Buy Co., Inc. (“Best Buy”, “we”, “us” or “our”) covers the reporting period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, and is presented in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 13p-1 (the “conflict minerals law”).
This Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and both documents are posted on our website at www.investors.bestbuy.com
Introduction
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and its adjoining countries (Covered Countries) have massive reserves of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (collectively known as “3TG”), all of which are commonly used in the manufacturing of many consumer products. Occasionally, these minerals are illegally mined and traded in the eastern DRC and surrounding areas by armed groups who use funds derived from mining to fuel violence and commit human rights violations. As such, these minerals, regardless of where they are mined, are known as “conflict minerals.”
In 2010, the United States enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, section 1502 (the “Act”). Section 1502 specifically relates to conflict minerals and requires companies covered under the Act to annually file a Form SD with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to disclose whether the 3TG used in their products directly or indirectly benefited armed groups in the DRC. This Conflict Minerals Report, which is an exhibit to our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, describes the design of our conflict minerals program and provides an account of how our program was applied in 2017 to determine, to the best of our ability, the source, chain of custody and facilities used to process the minerals used in Best Buy’s private label products, which are referred to as Exclusive Brands (“ExB”).
While we have increased our engagement with upstream actors such as smelters and refiners, we still have limited engagement with parties beyond the first-tier suppliers in our supply chain. Consequently, identifying, with certainty, the smelters, refiners and recyclers and the source of the materials they process is a significant challenge. We seek to address this challenge in part by participating in and, in some cases, leading collaborative industry efforts to gather accurate data about the sources of 3TG and encourage smelters to be validated as conflict-free.
Products
Best Buy is a leading provider of technology products, services and solutions. We offer these products and services to the customers who visit our stores, engage with Geek Squad Agents or use our websites or mobile applications. We have retail operations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The ExB product categories, under brand names Insignia, Dynex, Rocketfish, Platinum and Modal, in which we believe contain tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold or a combination of these four metals and are therefore within scope of our Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) and due diligence efforts include the following:
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| Product Category | Product Examples |
| Appliances | Refrigerators, shredders, coffee makers, toasters, blenders, etc. |
| Computing and Mobile Phones | Tablets, monitors, keyboards, mice, chargers, mobile chargers, cables, etc. |
| Consumer Electronics | TVs, DVD players, video cables, stereos, speakers, sound bars, radios, etc. |
| Entertainment | Charging stations, power packs, steering wheel combos, etc. |
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)
Pursuant to the conflicts minerals law, we conducted a RCOI on the source of 3TG necessary to the functionality and/or production (“necessary 3TG”) of our products to determine whether any of the necessary 3TG originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or were from recycled or scrap sources. As part of our RCOI process, we conducted the following activities:
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| • | Reviewed past Minerals Reporting Templates ("MRTs"), utilized a 3TG risk assessment tool and consulted with our engineering team to identify 92 active, first-tier suppliers we knew or had reason to believe used necessary 3TG in the production of ExB products (“relevant suppliers”); |
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| • | Used the MRT created by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) to survey relevant suppliers, requesting the identification of the facilities that processed the necessary 3TG they utilized and the country of origin from which the ores (i.e., unrefined minerals) were sourced; |
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| • | Reviewed information provided by the 92 relevant suppliers to determine the completeness and reasonableness of their responses and verified the processing facilities they identified by comparing against the list of known smelters and refiners as provided by RMI; |
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| • | Reviewed country of origin information available to Best Buy through our membership in RMI (member ID V1720151223); and |
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| • | Conducted additional research on the 3TG processing facilities identified by relevant suppliers, including direct contact, in an attempt to augment the country of origin information gathered through our membership in RMI. |
Based on the results of our RCOI, we had reason to believe that some of the necessary 3TG used in ExB products may have been processed by facilities that sourced from the DRC or an adjoining country and may not have been from recycled or scrap sources. In compliance with the Act, we then exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG processed by these facilities that conformed to an internationally recognized due diligence framework.
Due Diligence
To determine, to the best of our ability, the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG used in ExB products, we conducted due diligence on our supply chain. Our due diligence measures were developed to ascertain if the minerals originated from the DRC or an adjoining country and, if so, whether armed groups directly or indirectly benefited as a result. Additional measures were designed to mitigate risks identified through the implementation of our due diligence process.
Design of our Due Diligence Measures
Our due diligence process is designed to conform to, in all material aspects given our downstream position in the supply chain, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition and the related supplements on Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten and Gold (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”), an internationally recognized due diligence framework. In accordance with the 5-step OECD Guidance, the design of our due diligence includes, but is not limited to, the following:
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| 1. | Maintaining strong company management system through the adoption of a Conflict Minerals Policy, the implementation of a conflict minerals governance structure and strengthened engagement with our suppliers. |
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| 2. | Identifying and assessing risks by identifying relevant suppliers to engage in our RCOI and due diligence efforts, determining a reasonable engagement approach to gather conflict mineral sourcing information, and reviewing and validating smelter information provided by suppliers to determine risks. |
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| 3. | Responding to identified risks by reporting to senior management the findings derived from our RCOI and due diligence efforts, designing training for relevant suppliers to improve their systems of transparency and control and devising and implementing a risk mitigation strategy that seeks to ensure necessary 3TG in the supply chain are conflict-free. |
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| 4. | Supporting independent, 3rd-party audits of smelters and refiners’ due diligence via our membership in an industry association that developed an audit program. |
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| 5. | Reporting on due diligence through our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report filed with the SEC and the inclusion of conflict minerals content in our annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report. |
Due Diligence Measures Performed
We worked with peers across multiple industries to ensure the implementation of our due diligence process was aligned with the OECD Guidance and complemented and amplified the industry approach. The primary objective of this alignment was to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of our efforts to identify smelters and refiners and encourage their participation in RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) or an equivalent program, including the London Bullion Market
Association’s (“LBMA”) Good Delivery program and the Responsible Jewellery Council’s (“RJC”) Chain of Custody program. For this reporting period, we performed the due diligence measures described below on the source and chain of custody of necessary 3TG in the ExB supply chain that we knew or had reason to believe originated from the DRC or a Covered Countries and may not have been from recycled or scrap sources:
OECD Guidance Step 1: Maintaining a strong company management system
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| • | We published an updated Conflict Minerals Policy that specifically requires our suppliers to utilize smelters and refiners (“SORs”) who have successfully completed a 3rd-party audit of their due diligence practices; |
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| • | The policy, communicated to all relevant suppliers, also requires suppliers to have a conflict minerals policy, provide an annual MRT that identified the SORs in their supply chain, and apply relevant aspects of the OECD Guidance to their sourcing practices. These requirements were assessed and reinforced when we conducted social compliance audits at supplier factories; |
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| • | Our Conflict Minerals policy expectations were further reinforced through contract language that obliges our suppliers to meet the policy requirements; |
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| • | We conducted 3rd party MRT Validation audits to assess the due diligence capabilities of key ExB suppliers, better understand their level of alignment with OECD Guidance, and drive corrective actions that improved the quality of data received from the suppliers; |
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| • | We maintained a conflict minerals governance structure comprised of an operations team and an executive committee that included the department heads from Legal, External Reporting, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Exclusive Brands and Communications and Public Affairs as well as a senior executive from Human Resources. The program is ultimately managed by our Chief Communications and Public Affairs officer; |
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| • | We further strengthened the engagement with relevant ExB suppliers by providing in-person and online training regarding the Conflict Minerals law, our policy requirements and their role in supporting our RCOI and due diligence efforts; |
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| • | We tracked our program performance across a set of KPI as detailed in the table below: |
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| Conflict Mineral Program Key Performance Indicators | |
| Percent of relevant ExB suppliers who attended training | 89 | % |
| Percent of relevant ExB suppliers who received training material | 100 | % |
| Percent of products containing necessary 3TG that have had their supply chains surveyed | 100 | % |
| Percent of relevant ExB suppliers who returned a MRT | 100 | % |
| Percent of relevant ExB suppliers who have a conflict minerals policy | 96 | % |
OECD Guidance Step 2: Identifying and assessing risks
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| • | We reviewed data collected via our RCOI and due diligence efforts to determine if smelters in our supply chain may have been sourcing from a Covered Country and directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country; |
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| • | We conducted outreach to smelters and refiners who had not been audited to determine their level of conformance to the RMI standard or another independent third-party’s standard and to encourage their participation in such a program; |
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| • | We engaged 18 smelters and refiners to assess their sourcing practices and request country of origin information and/or to better understand the challenges they face to demonstrate their alignment with the OECD Guidance via a third-party audit; |
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| • | We further assessed the level of risk posed by SORs reported to be in our supply chain via shared industry insights, media and other stakeholder reports, publicly available information, and the results of 3rd party audits, including audit schemes from RMI, LBMA and RJC. |
OECD Guidance Step 3: Responding to identified risks
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| • | We reported the findings of our RCOI and due diligence measures, the subsequent risks identified, and the risk mitigation strategies to the conflict minerals executive committee; |
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| • | We designed, implemented, and monitored risk mitigation strategies for suppliers who didn’t comply with our CM policy and SORs that had not successfully completed a 3rd party audit, including communications that reinforced our policy, providing additional training, conducted audits with corrective action plans and efforts to terminate business with some SORs who were deemed high-risk and refused to complete a third-party audit; |
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| • | We helped smelters and refiners prepare for a RMAP audit and complete corrective action plans post-audit, as needed; |
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| • | Monitored progress on SORs who implemented post-audit corrective action plans through our membership in RMI to ensure improvements were made in the SOR’s due diligence capabilities; |
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| • | We took steps to disengage from 21 smelters in our supply chain who were assessed as high-risk due to their refusal to be transparent about their sourcing practices and locations. |
OECD Guidance Step 4: Supporting independent, 3rd party audits of smelter and refiners’ due diligence
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| • | We contributed to the development and implementation of an effective smelter audit program through our membership in the RMI, which administers the Responsible Minerals Assessment Process audits; |
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| • | We attended the annual RMI conference to gather best practices and collaborate with industry peers; |
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| • | We supported many RMI activities including serving on the RMI Steering Committee, which sets the strategic direction for the organization, serving as Chair of the Smelter Engagement Team (“SET”), which conducts coordinated outreach to known smelters around the world to encourage them to participate in the RMAP or an equivalent program and leading the China SET, which works with smelters and refiners based in China. |
OECD Guidance Step 5: Reporting on due diligence
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| • | We disclosed information regarding our due diligence effort on the sourcing of 3TG via our Specialized Disclosure Report and this Exhibit 1.01 Conflict Minerals Report filed with the SEC and we will include information on our conflict minerals due diligence efforts in our fiscal 2018 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, which we plan to release in the summer of 2018. |
Results of Due Diligence Performed
We conducted the due diligence process described above to identify SORs and ascertain source and chain of custody information for the necessary 3TG in our ExB supply chain. In 2017, nearly 96% of the processing facilities reported by relevant suppliers have been found conformant to the RMI, LBMA, or RJC standard via an independent, third-party audit or they have committed to go through an audit. Nevertheless, based on our due diligence process and the subsequent information we gathered, we are unable to determine the origin of all the 3TG used in our products and whether armed groups directly or indirectly benefited. This is primarily due to incomplete information from suppliers who were unable to identify all the SORs used in their supply chain, company level MRTs in which we are unable to discern which of the reported SORs processed the necessary 3TG in our products, and the lack of transparency among smelters who have not yet been audited. Further complicating our ability to determine the origin of all the necessary 3TG is our downstream position in which we have no contractual relationship with upstream actors.
Of the 266 smelters and refiners provided by relevant ExB suppliers, we identified 21 for which we had reason to believe that at least a portion of the 3TG they processed may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country and may not have been from recycled or scrap sources. All 21 of these processing facilities have been found conformant through RMAP or another independent, third-party audit scheme. Furthermore, we have not identified a supplier, smelter or refiner who we have reason to believe may be sourcing from the DRC or an adjoining country and directly or indirectly benefiting armed groups.
We are also aware that accusations, including poor labor practices and inadequate health and safety conditions at source mines, have been leveled against a few of the conformant smelters reported to be in our supply chain. We take these allegations seriously and we are monitoring 3rd party investigations and taking additional due diligence steps, including directly engaging these smelters. Based on the results of these efforts, we may take additional action, up to and including the removal of these smelters from our supply chain.
Please see the table below for the status of facilities reported to us by relevant ExB suppliers and see Attachment A for the list of smelters and refiners, their location and the countries from where they source, which is provided in aggregate by metal.
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| Metal | # of SORs | Conformant(1) | Active or TI-CMC Member(1) | Unknown(1) |
| Gold | 112 | 88% | 5% | 7% |
| Tantalum | 38 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Tin | 74 | 95% | 1% | 4% |
| Tungsten | 42 | 98% | 0% | 2% |
| Totals | 266 | 93% | 3% | 4% |
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| (1) | Facility status is defined as the following: |
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| Facility Status | Status Definition |
| Conformant | Facilities as of April 28, 2018 that conform with a third-party due diligence audit standard |
| Active | Facilities that have committed to a RMAP audit or are participating in another independent third-party audit program |
| Unknown | Facilities that have not committed to undergo a RMAP audit and are not participating in another program |
Efforts to Determine Mine of Location of Origin
While the design of our conflict minerals program is intended to identify the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG used in ExB products, the lack of transparency between smelters and refiners and the mine location where they source ore makes the identification of mine sites challenging. This is made more difficult by the lack of information about mine sites, especially among artisanal mines and in regions with poor governance and security. As such, we rely on MRTs received from relevant suppliers, RMI’s RCOI reports which provide country of origin information, and public information from a variety of sources including SOR disclosures, media reports, NGO reports and government reports to identify mine locations.
Future Steps to Optimize Our Due Diligence Efforts
Best Buy is committed to being a socially and environmentally responsible corporation and this commitment extends throughout the length of our value chain, from the sourcing of raw material to the responsible recycling of products. We recognize that this commitment is a journey and one that we cannot take on our own. This challenge is exacerbated given the complexity of our supply chain, which is, in essence, in a constant state of flux. As a result, we will continue to focus our efforts on collaborating across industries to improve the systems of transparency and control in our supply chain. We will also continue our engagement with relevant suppliers to build their knowledge so they are able to provide more complete and accurate information on the source of conflict minerals in our ExB supply chain and, furthermore, to impress upon them our expectation that they also apply the OECD Guidance in good faith.
Steps we intend to take in 2018 include:
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| • | Working with a variety of stakeholders on the development and implementation of grievance mechanism that supports the efforts of multiple audit programs, including those from RMI, LBMA and RJC; |
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| • | Seeking to deepen our relationship with key stakeholders, such as the Shanghai Gold Exchange; |
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| • | Conducting addition MRT Validation audits at key supplier and leverage the learning from these audits to update our training material that is delivered to all relevant suppliers; |
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| • | Participating in RMI meetings to gather best practices and collaborate with industry peers. |
Attachment A
The majority of the MRT responses we received from relevant suppliers provided data at a company level, meaning they listed the names of smelters and refiners they believe supplied 3TG for all the products they produced, not just the products they produced for Best Buy. Therefore, the processing facilities listed in the table below represent the smelters and refiners provided by our suppliers, but we do not have sufficient information to confirm whether these are the actual smelters that processed necessary 3TG used in our products. Additionally, we are unable to conclusively determine the country of origin information for our necessary 3TG but based on the data gathered from suppliers, processing facilities, public information and RMI, we believe that the sources may include the countries listed in the table below.
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | United States of America | Unknown |
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | United Arab Emirates | Conformant |
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan | Conformant |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | Brazil | Conformant |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Canada | Conformant |
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa | Conformant |
| Gold | Aurubis AG | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | India | Active |
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Philippines | Conformant |
| Gold | Boliden AB | Sweden | Conformant |
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada | Conformant |
| Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | Italy | Conformant |
| Gold | Chugai Mining | Japan | Unknown |
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | Dowa | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | United States of America | Unknown |
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates | Conformant |
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | Korea, Republic of | Unknown |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey | Conformant |
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Gold | Japan Mint | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Kazzinc | Kazakhstan | Conformant |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | Poland | Active |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan | Conformant |
| Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia | Unknown |
| Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | Andorra | Active |
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Materion | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | Mexico | Conformant |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | India | Conformant |
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | Active |
| Gold | Morris and Watson | New Zealand | Unknown |
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Turkey | Conformant |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan | Conformant |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria | Conformant |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | PAMP S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | Conformant |
| Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | Netherlands | Active |
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada | Conformant |
| Gold | SAAMP | France | Conformant |
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. | Czech Republic | Active |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | Korea, Republic of | Unknown |
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | Spain | Conformant |
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China | Unknown |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | Conformant |
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan, Province of China | Conformant |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | Italy | Conformant |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Torecom | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand | Conformant |
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium | Conformant |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States of America | Conformant |
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | Switzerland | Conformant |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | Australia | Conformant |
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | Thailand | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | Conformant |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | Mexico | Conformant |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | India | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | Conformant |
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | Estonia | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Power Resources Ltd. | Macedonia | Conformant |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Kazakhstan | Conformant |
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Alpha | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam | Unknown |
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | CV United Smelting | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | Dowa | Japan | Conformant |
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | Unknown |
| Tin | EM Vinto | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Conformant |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | Brazil | Unknown |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland | Conformant |
| Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | China | Conformant |
| Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | Malaysia | Conformant |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | Belgium | Conformant |
| Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | Spain | Conformant |
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Minsur | Peru | Conformant |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | Conformant |
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | Active |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand | Conformant |
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines | Conformant |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Premium Tin Indonesia | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | Indonesia | Conformant |
| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan, Province of China | Conformant |
| Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Thaisarco | Thailand | Conformant |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | Japan | Conformant |
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Viet Nam | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Unknown |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States of America | Conformant |
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| Metal | Processing Facility Name(1) | Location of Facility(1) | Facility Status(2) |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | Conformant |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | Germany | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | United States of America | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | Viet Nam | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines | Conformant |
| Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | Russian Federation | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | Austria | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Conformant |
Country of origin for the gold processed by the facilities listed above may include: Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Mali, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Russian Federation, South Africa, Senegal, Togo and the United States of America |
Country of origin for the tantalum processed by the facilities listed above may include: Austria, Bolivia (Plurinational State), Brazil, Burundi, China, Columbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Guyana, India, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand, United States of America and Zimbabwe |
Country of origin for the tin processed by the facilities listed above may include: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, China, Columbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uganda, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe |
Country of origin for the tungsten processed by the facilities listed above may include: Australia, Austria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, China, Columbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam |
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| (1) | Facility name and location as reported by the Responsible Minerals Initiative. |
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| (2) | Facility status is defined as the following: |
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| Facility Status | Status Definition |
| Conformant | Facilities as of April 28, 2018 that conform with a third-party due diligence audit standard |
| Active | Facilities that have committed to a RMAP audit or are participating in another independent third-party audit program |
| Unknown | Facilities that have not committed to undergo a RMAP audit and are not participating in another audit program |
