EX-1.01 2 conflictmineralsfor2023ex11.htm EX-1.01 Document
Exhibit 1.01

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2022

This report for the year ended December 31, 2022 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG). These requirements apply to registrants regardless of the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict.

If a registrant can establish that the conflict minerals originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the Covered Countries), or from recycled and scrap sources, they must submit a Form SD which describes the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry completed.

If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in their supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if they are unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the issuer must exercise due diligence on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody. The registrant must annually submit a report, Conflict Minerals Report (CMR), to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.

ITEM 1. Company Overview

This report has been prepared and approved by management of Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (herein referred to as “NGS,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

We are a leading provider of natural gas compression services and equipment to the energy industry. The Company manufactures, fabricates, rents, sells and maintains natural gas compressors and flare systems for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. NGS is headquartered in Midland, Texas, with fabrication facilities located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Midland, Texas, and service facilities located in major oil and natural gas producing regions in the U.S.

ITEM 2. Products Overview

We conducted an analysis of our products and found 3TG is contained in the components used to manufacture and fabricate compressors and flares. Therefore, the products that we manufacture are subject to the reporting obligations of Rule 13p-1.

We defined the scope of our conflict minerals due diligence to include only components purchased to manufacture and fabricate our compressors and flares. We excluded purchases related to rebuilds/maintenance on rented or customer units and straight part sales, as they do not meet the requirements under the Rule since they are not used in manufacturing of our products.

ITEM 3. Supply Chain

Our company has many tiers in our supply chain, and we are therefore relying upon our suppliers to provide information on the origin of any 3TG contained in the components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from their sub-tier suppliers. We are integrating a responsible sourcing of minerals requirement with our Conflict Minerals Policy. Our suppliers will be expected to provide the 3TG sourcing information to us annually per our Conflict Minerals Policy, thus we are relying and dependent upon our suppliers’ own due diligence work and their timely and accurate reporting of their due diligence. We adopted the standard EICC-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template and sent the questionnaire to our above described suppliers.






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ITEM 4. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) and RCOI Conclusion

Due to the limited information provided to us by our suppliers during our inquiry, we are not yet able to identify all of the various smelting facilities that processed the 3TG contained in our products. Due to the breadth and complexity of Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.’s products and respective supply chain, it will take time for many of our suppliers to verify the origin of all of the minerals. Using our supply chain due diligence processes, driving accountability within the supply chain by leveraging the industry standard EICC-GeSI template, and continuing our outreach efforts, we hope to develop further transparency in our supply chain.

ITEM 5. Conflict Minerals Status Analysis and Conflict Status Conclusion

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has concluded that due to the limited information received from our suppliers, we are not yet able to determine the mine or other origin of all the minerals incorporated into the compressors and flares delivered to our customers in 2022.

ITEM 6A. Due Diligence Program

Conflict Minerals Policy

We have adopted the following conflict minerals policy:

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Policy

In July 2010, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act, was signed into law. Although the focus of the Act is financial market regulatory reforms, it also imposes requirements relating to “Conflict Minerals.” Specifically, section 1502 of the Act imposes Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements upon publicly-traded companies whose products contain metals derived from minerals defined as “Conflict Minerals.” “Conflict Minerals” refers to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (or derivatives) mined in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in the adjoining countries (known as the “Conflict Region”), where revenues may be directly or indirectly financing armed groups engaged in civil war resulting in serious social and environmental abuses.

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (“NGS”) is committed to complying with the reporting obligations required under Section 1502 of the Act and any related rules and regulations issued by the SEC. Furthermore, NGS has to adopt the EICC Due Diligence reporting process to obtain chain of custody declaration from all NGS sourced and managed suppliers ensuring transparency and corporate social responsibility in our supply chain.

To provide a timely response to our inquiries and questionnaires;

To provide assistance in reaching out to their suppliers;

To supply “DRC Conflict Free” materials to the best of their ability, i.e. if a conflict mineral is present in the item being supplied, take reasonable steps to ensure that it originates from a non-conflict area or from smelters that have been validated by an independent private sector party to be conflict free; and

To inform us of any materials supplied that are not “DRC Conflict Free.”

Our policy is publicly available on our website at www.ngsgi.com.

ITEM 6B. Due Diligence Process

Design of Due Diligence

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of


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Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas 2nd Edition (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.

Management Systems

As mentioned above, our due diligence measures have been designed based of the OECD Framework, therefore, we have established a management system over conflict minerals. This included adopting a company policy which is posted on our website at www.ngsgi.com, establishing an internal conflict minerals team, gathering information from our suppliers, and reinforcing our grievance mechanisms, which are described more in-depth in the following captions of this section.

Internal Team

NGS utilizes our existing management system/team for conflict minerals. Our management system/team includes our VP of Technical Services, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer. They are supported by a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as, purchasing, quality control, and manufacturing. The team of subject matter experts is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and is led by a Financial Reporting Manager who acts as the conflict minerals program manager. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a periodic basis.

Supplier Engagement

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have engaged a third party data collection and software vendor, Compliance XL, to send and receive supplier RCOI questionnaires. Feedback from this engagement has allowed us to gather and review the conclusions and statements rendered in this report.

Escalation Procedures

We have multiple longstanding grievance mechanisms whereby employees and suppliers can report violations of NGS’s policies. Any violations of policy can be reported internally through the chain of management or directly to an appropriate level within the Company. We also deploy a whistle blower/hotline for issues that need attention without utilizing the chain of management.

Maintain Records

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has established our due diligence compliance process and set forth documentation and record maintenance mechanism to ensure the retention of relevant documentation in a structured electronic database.

ITEM 6C. Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk and Maturing Due Diligence Program

As we move towards further developing our due diligence program, we intend to take the following steps to continue to mitigate any possible risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

Enhance supplier communication and response process to improve due diligence data accuracy and completion; and

Support industry efforts to continue to influence additional smelters to obtain Conflict Free Smelter ("CFS") status through our supply chain, where possible.

ITEM 7. Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

Because of our size, the complexity of the components in our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. Accordingly we participate in a number of industry-wide initiatives as described above.

We have identified approximately 2,083 components purchased from 228 direct suppliers. We rely on these suppliers, whose components contain 3TG, to provide us with information about the source of conflict minerals contained in the components supplied to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers.


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ITEM 8. Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. will work with our suppliers who are sourcing 3TG from a non-Conflict Free smelter to establish an alternative source of 3TG from a Conflict Free smelter, within a reasonable time frame. The time frame will be dependent on the criticality of the specific part and availability of alternative suppliers. Currently, we have found no instances where changing suppliers is necessary.

ITEM 9. Carry out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified

Points in the Supply Chain

We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. We rely on the audits performed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative ("CFSI").

ITEM 10. Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

In addition to this report, see our website at www.ngsgi.com for further information about our supply chain due diligence.

Due Diligence Process

We conducted a survey of those suppliers described above using the template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (“EICC®”) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”) (referred to as the “Template”). The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the template contains questions about the origin of conflict minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool is available on EICC’s website. The Template is being used by many companies in their due diligence processes related to conflict minerals.

Survey Responses

We received responses approximately 45% of the suppliers surveyed which covers 70% of the components identified above. We reviewed the responses against internally developed criteria to determine which required further engagement with our suppliers. If a response was untimely or incomplete, we have worked directly with our suppliers to provide revised responses.

Through Compliance XL, Natural Gas Services Group created and maintained a database of a majority of all templates sent and the supplier received responses. The large majority of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level or, were unable to connect the smelters or refiners used in the components supplied to NGS (all smelters and refiners supplied were from non-conflict area). Thus, we are therefore unable to determine whether any of the conflict minerals reported by the suppliers were contained in components or parts supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain.

Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin

Through our participation in the OECD implementation programs and requesting our suppliers to complete the Template, we have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents the most reasonable effort we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain.

Smelters or Refiners

As mentioned above, the majority of the responses received provided data at the company or divisional level or, were able to connect the smelters or refiners used in the components supplied to NGS. Based on the information provided, NGS believes the smelters and refiners that may have been used to produce 3TG minerals in NGS’s compressors and flares include those listed in Annex I. Based on information provided by our suppliers and information available from the CFSI, NGS believes


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that the countries of origin of 3TG minerals processed by these smelters and refiners includes the countries listed in Annex II. Of the supplier-reported smelters or refiners, none were identified as potentially sourcing minerals from the DRC or adjoining countries. NGS found no reasonable basis for concluding that any 3TG minerals known to be in its supply chain directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the DRC or surrounding countries.























































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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Gold (Au)L'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRA
Gold (Au)ABC Refinery Pty Ltd.AUSTRALIA
Gold (Au)Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIA
Gold (Au)Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIA
Gold (Au)Industrial Refining CompanyBELGIUM
Gold (Au)Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUM
Gold (Au)AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZIL
Gold (Au)Marsam MetalsBRAZIL
Gold (Au)CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADA
Gold (Au)Johnson Matthey LimitedCANADA
Gold (Au)Royal Canadian MintCANADA
Gold (Au)Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILE
Gold (Au)Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Dongwu Gold GroupCHINA
Gold (Au)Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINA
Gold (Au)Guangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINA
Gold (Au)Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Gold (Au)Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINA
Gold (Au)C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCOLOMBIA


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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Gold (Au)Gold by Gold ColombiaCOLOMBIA
Gold (Au)Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)COLOMBIA
Gold (Au)SAFINA A.S.CZECHIA
Gold (Au)SAAMPFRANCE
Gold (Au)WEEEREFININGFRANCE
Gold (Au)Agosi AGGERMANY
Gold (Au)Aurubis AGGERMANY
Gold (Au)C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANY
Gold (Au)Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANY
Gold (Au)Heimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANY
Gold (Au)Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KGGERMANY
Gold (Au)WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANY
Gold (Au)Gold Coast RefineryGHANA
Gold (Au)Augmont Enterprises Private LimitedINDIA
Gold (Au)Bangalore RefineryINDIA
Gold (Au)CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIA
Gold (Au)Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)INDIA
Gold (Au)Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)INDIA
Gold (Au)Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)INDIA
Gold (Au)Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)INDIA
Gold (Au)GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIA
Gold (Au)JALAN & CompanyINDIA
Gold (Au)Kundan Care Products Ltd.INDIA
Gold (Au)MD OverseasINDIA
Gold (Au)MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIA
Gold (Au)Sai RefineryINDIA
Gold (Au)Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.INDIA
Gold (Au)Sovereign MetalsINDIA
Gold (Au)PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIA
Gold (Au)8853 S.p.A.ITALY
Gold (Au)Chimet S.p.A.ITALY
Gold (Au)ItalpreziosiITALY
Gold (Au)Safimet S.p.AITALY
Gold (Au)T.C.A S.p.AITALY
Gold (Au)Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Asahi Pretec Corp.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Chugai MiningJAPAN
Gold (Au)DowaJAPAN
Gold (Au)Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPAN
Gold (Au)Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPAN
Gold (Au)Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPAN


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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Gold (Au)Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Japan MintJAPAN
Gold (Au)JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Mitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPAN
Gold (Au)Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Nihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.KJAPAN
Gold (Au)Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Yamakin Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Gold (Au)Kazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTAN
Gold (Au)KazzincKAZAKHSTAN
Gold (Au)TOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTAN
Gold (Au)Do Sung CorporationREPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)LT Metal Ltd.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)NH Recytech CompanyREPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)Samduck Precious MetalsREPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)Samwon Metals Corp.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)TorecomREPUBLIC OF KOREA
Gold (Au)Kyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTAN
Gold (Au)State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIA
Gold (Au)Modeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIA
Gold (Au)Sellem Industries Ltd.MAURITANIA
Gold (Au)CaridadMEXICO
Gold (Au)Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICO
Gold (Au)REMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDS
Gold (Au)Morris and WatsonNEW ZEALAND
Gold (Au)K.A. RasmussenNORWAY
Gold (Au)Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINES
Gold (Au)KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLAND
Gold (Au)Albino Mountinho Lda.PORTUGAL
Gold (Au)FSE Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)JSC UralelectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATION


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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Gold (Au)Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)Moscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold (Au)L'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIA
Gold (Au)Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORE
Gold (Au)AU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICA
Gold (Au)Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICA
Gold (Au)Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICA
Gold (Au)SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAIN
Gold (Au)Sudan Gold RefinerySUDAN
Gold (Au)Boliden ABSWEDEN
Gold (Au)Argor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)Cendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)Metalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)MKS PAMP SASWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)PX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)Valcambi S.A.SWITZERLAND
Gold (Au)Singway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN
Gold (Au)Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWAN
Gold (Au)Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN
Gold (Au)Umicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILAND
Gold (Au)Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEY
Gold (Au)Istanbul Gold RefineryTURKEY
Gold (Au)Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEY
Gold (Au)African Gold RefineryUGANDA
Gold (Au)Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)Dijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)Emirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)Fujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)International Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)Kaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold (Au)Abington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Advanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Alexy MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Asahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Geib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Kennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)MaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Metallix Refining Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Metalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICA


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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Gold (Au)Pease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)QG Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Sabin Metal Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold (Au)Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTAN
Gold (Au)Navoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTAN
Gold (Au)Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWE
Tantalum (Ta)AMG BrasilBRAZIL
Tantalum (Ta)Mineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZIL
Tantalum (Ta)Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZIL
Tantalum (Ta)Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)F & XCHINA
Tantalum (Ta)FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINA
Tantalum (Ta)JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)RFHCHINA
Tantalum (Ta)RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tantalum (Ta)5D Production OUESTONIA
Tantalum (Ta)Molycorp Silmet A.S.ESTONIA
Tantalum (Ta)H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbHGERMANY
Tantalum (Ta)TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANY
Tantalum (Ta)Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIA
Tantalum (Ta)Global Advanced Metals AizuJAPAN
Tantalum (Ta)H.C. Starck Ltd.JAPAN
Tantalum (Ta)Mitsui Mining & SmeltingJAPAN
Tantalum (Ta)Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Tantalum (Ta)Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum (Ta)KEMET Blue MetalsMEXICO
Tantalum (Ta)Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAORUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum (Ta)TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.THAILAND
Tantalum (Ta)D Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum (Ta)Global Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum (Ta)Materion Newton Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum (Ta)QuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum (Ta)Telex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICA


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ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Tin (Sn)Aurubis BeerseBELGIUM
Tin (Sn)EM VintoBOLIVIA
Tin (Sn)Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIA
Tin (Sn)CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Estanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Mineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Super LigasBRAZIL
Tin (Sn)White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZIL
Tin (Sn)Chengfeng Metals Co Pte LtdCHINA
Tin (Sn)Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)China Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINA
Tin (Sn)Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Gejiu Zi-LiCHINA
Tin (Sn)Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Jiangxi NanshanCHINA
Tin (Sn)Yunnan Tin Company LimitedCHINA
Tin (Sn)Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tin (Sn)Precious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIA
Tin (Sn)CV Ayi JayaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)CV NurjanahINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)CV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Babel Surya Alam LestariINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Bangka Prima TinINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Bangka Tin IndustryINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Belitung Industri SejahteraINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Bukit TimahINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Cipta Persada MuliaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoINDONESIA


Exhibit 1.01
ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Tin (Sn)PT Panca Mega PersadaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Premium Tin IndonesiaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)INDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Sariwiguna BinasentosaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Timah NusantaraINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Tirus Putra MandiriINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)PT Tommy UtamaINDONESIA
Tin (Sn)DowaJAPAN
Tin (Sn)Mitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPAN
Tin (Sn)Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIA
Tin (Sn)Modeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIA
Tin (Sn)DS MyanmarMYANMAR
Tin (Sn)Pongpipat Company LimitedMYANMAR
Tin (Sn)Funsur SmelterPERU
Tin (Sn)O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINES
Tin (Sn)Fenix MetalsPOLAND
Tin (Sn)Novosibirsk Tin CombineRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin (Sn)Luna Smelter, Ltd.RWANDA
Tin (Sn)CRM SynergiesSPAIN
Tin (Sn)Metallo Spain S.L.U.SPAIN
Tin (Sn)Rui Da HungTAIWAN
Tin (Sn)O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILAND
Tin (Sn)Thailand Smelting & Refining Co LtdTHAILAND
Tin (Sn)AlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin (Sn)Metallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin (Sn)Tin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin (Sn)An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIET NAM
Tin (Sn)Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
Tin (Sn)Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
Tin (Sn)Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
Tin (Sn)VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIET NAM
Tungsten (W)Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIA
Tungsten (W)ACL Metais EireliBRAZIL
Tungsten (W)Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZIL
Tungsten (W)Cronimet Brasil LtdaBRAZIL


Exhibit 1.01
ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Tungsten (W)Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Fujian Xinlu TungstenCHINA
Tungsten (W)Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Jingmen Dewei GEM Tungsten Resources Recycling Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
Tungsten (W)YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.CHINA
Tungsten (W)H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANY
Tungsten (W)TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANY
Tungsten (W)A.L.M.T. Corp.JAPAN
Tungsten (W)Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
Tungsten (W)DONGKUK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tungsten (W)HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tungsten (W)Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINES
Tungsten (W)Artek LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)Hydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)LLC VostokRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)Moliren Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)NPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)OOO “Technolom” 1RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)OOO “Technolom” 2RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)Unecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten (W)Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWAN
Tungsten (W)ATI Metalworking ProductsUNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Exhibit 1.01
ANNEX I
METALSMELTER NAMESMELTER COUNTRY
Tungsten (W)Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten (W)Kennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten (W)Niagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten (W)Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIETNAM
Tungsten (W)Masan High-Tech MaterialsVIETNAM
Tungsten (W)Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAM


Exhibit 1.01

ANNEX II
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF MINERAL PROCESSED BY SUPPLIER-REPORTED SMELTERS AND REFINERS
ANDORRANEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIANORWAY
AUSTRIAPERU
BELGIUMPHILIPPINES
BOLIVIAPOLAND
BRAZILPORTUGAL
CANADAREPUBLIC OF KOREA
CHILERUSSIAN FEDERATION
CHINARWANDA
COLOMBIASAUDI ARABIA
CZECHIASINGAPORE
ESTONIASOUTH AFRICA
FRANCESPAIN
GERMANYSUDAN
GHANASWEDEN
INDIASWITZERLAND
INDONESIATAIWAN
ITALYTHAILAND
JAPANTURKEY
KAZAKHSTANUGANDA
KYRGYZSTANUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
LITHUANIAUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MALAYSIAUZBEKISTAN
MAURITANIAVIETNAM
MEXICOVIETNAM
MYANMARZIMBABWE
NETHERLANDS