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Exhibit 1.01

Nielsen Holdings plc

Conflict Minerals Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2015

This Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) for the year ended December 31, 2015 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”). Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 requiring reporting companies to make disclosures of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TG”) in their products. Rule 13p-1 imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants to determine whether 3TG are necessary to the production or functionality of their products, and if so, if the 3TG originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (together, the “Covered Countries”). We are unable to state the origin of the 3TG in all of our products. For that reason, we are required under Rule 13p-1 to submit to the SEC this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to Form SD. Consistent with Rule 13p-1 and the SEC’s April 29, 2014 statement relating to Rule 13p-11, this CMR is not required to be accompanied by an independent private sector audit.

In accordance with Rule 13p-1, this report is available on our website at www.nielsen.com/investors.

Company Overview

This CMR has been prepared by the management of Nielsen Holdings plc (referred to herein as “Nielsen,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities that are required to be consolidated. Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides clients with a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect. Nielsen delivers critical media and marketing information, analytics and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy and what consumers read, watch and listen to on a local and global basis. With a presence in more than 100 countries, and 2015 annual revenues of approximately $6.2 billion, Nielsen’s information, insights and solutions help its clients maintain and strengthen their market positions and identify opportunities for profitable growth.

Nielsen Audio, Inc. (“Nielsen Audio”), a subsidiary of Nielsen, contracts to manufacture meters and encoders for the collection of data. Certain 3TG are necessary to the functionality of such meters and encoders. The meters and encoders are generally intended for Nielsen Audio’s use, but some of them are sold to third parties. In 2015, Nielsen Audio sold approximately 16% of all meters and encoders to third parties. Of the total Nielsen revenue in 2015, approximately .05% was derived from meter and encoder sales.

This CMR details Nielsen’s calendar year 2015 process for gathering data to comply with Rule 13p-1 and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas.

Supply Chain and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We rely on our direct suppliers of the relevant equipment to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are

 

 

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Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule, Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, April 29, 2014

supplied to them from lower tier suppliers. In almost all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products is derived from lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our suppliers can be multi-year contracts, and we cannot unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements.

In our annual inquiry, we survey our direct suppliers identified to be in scope and analyze and follow up responses as we deem appropriate. During 2015, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the origin of the 3TG in our products. The inquiry did not provide sufficient information to determine with specificity the countries of origin of the 3TG in our products or whether they are from recycled or scrap sources.

Due Diligence Framework

Established Company Plan

 

  •   Established an internal management team and coordinator to ensure compliance with respect to the reporting requirements relating to 3TG. Our internal management team includes representatives from supply chain and procurement, engineering, legal and finance.

 

  •   Determined data gathering and assessment procedures in order to understand the scope of our supply chain inquiry that we are required to undertake to comply with Rule 13p-1.

 

  •   Contracted with GreenSoft Technology, Inc. (“Greensoft”) to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers.

 

  •   Maintained records of diligence efforts by implementing a company 3TG database. The 3TG database is the aggregated 3TG report and the collection report generated by Greensoft.

Identification of Relevant Components and Suppliers

 

  •   Products: The products requiring 3TG data collection are the Portable People Meter (PPM) family of products designed by Nielsen Audio and manufactured by contract manufacturers.

 

  •   Suppliers: The list of 218 component suppliers is contained in the bills of materials submitted to GreenSoft for data collection. The contract manufacturers are limited to utilizing components from the approved suppliers provided by Nielsen Audio.

Supplier Response Validation

Nielsen contracted with GreenSoft to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers. Greensoft utilizes the Conflict Minerals Reporting template developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative to determine the usage of 3TG by suppliers, assists suppliers in filling out the template, validates and corrects templates, alerts Nielsen if any 3TG originated in Covered Countries, generates an aggregated 3TG report based on bills of materials and provides a collection report with hyperlinks to each template. Nielsen assesses the responses received from our suppliers and engages with them on their particular responses.

Supplier responses should contain all required data in the template. If responses are incomplete or inconsistent, the supplier is contacted and asked for missing or supplemental information. Greensoft conducts most of this validation process. Nielsen checks 3TG data collected by Greensoft against the complete list of materials within each component disclosed to us by our suppliers of our components to verify metal content matches. Nielsen checks smelter status claims received in templates to known

smelter information. If template responses are insufficient or absent, Nielsen examines each case individually and evaluates its response based on the likelihood of 3TG being present, the specific component and the availability of such component from other sources. Possible responses are suspension of purchasing this component from this supplier, working with the supplier to obtain the 3TG data necessary for a determination of its sourcing, or designing out this particular component from our products going forward.

Due Diligence Results

We conducted a survey of our relevant 218 suppliers with the assistance of GreenSoft and received responses from 148 of them, or 68%. Based on the responses received, we are unable to validate with specificity the country of origin of the 3TG in our products.

Set forth in Annex 1 is a list of known smelters that may be in our supply chain for the products we contract to manufacture and sell to third parties.

Steps Taken to Mitigate Risk

In addition to following up with suppliers who have not properly responded to our 3TG survey, we have taken the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

  a Included a 3TG sourcing clause in new or renewed supplier contracts.

 

  b Engaged with suppliers and directed them to training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

As we enter into new contracts for these materials, or our contracts expire and are renewed, we intend to add a 3TG clause requiring suppliers to provide 3TG sourcing and smelter information. Nielsen believes that it will take a number of years to ensure that all our supplier contracts contain appropriate sourcing clauses. Until that time, as described below, we are working with our supply chain to encourage them to provide the 3TG sourcing information until the contracts can be amended.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the matters discussed in this CMR, including in particular, efforts to further mitigate risks that 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, include forward-looking statements. Readers of this document are cautioned that our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and the actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial position and results of operations. These factors include, but are not limited to the factors discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 as they may be updated by information included in our other filings with the SEC. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes in circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated events.

ANNEX I

 

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Tin    5N Plus    UNITED KINGDOM
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN
Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tungsten    Air Products    UNITED STATES
Gold    Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO    KAZAKHSTAN
Gold    Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN
Tin    Alpha    TAIWAN
Tungsten    Alta Group    UNITED STATES
Tin    American Iron and Metal    UNITED STATES
Tin    An Thai Minerals Company Limited    VIET NAM
Tin    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM
Tin    An Xin Xuan Xin Yue You Se Jin Shu Co. Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    BRAZIL
Gold    Argor-Heraeus SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corporation    JAPAN
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES
Gold    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tungsten    Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM
Gold    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY
Gold    Aurubis AG    GERMANY
Tantalum    Avon Specialty Metals Ltd    UNITED KINGDOM
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES
Gold    Bauer Walser AG    GERMANY
Gold    Boliden AB    SWEDEN
Gold    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY
Gold    Caridad    MEXICO
Gold    CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA
Gold    Cendres + Métaux SA    SWITZERLAND
Tin    CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazonia Ltda.    BRAZIL
Tantalum    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Changzhou chemical industry research institute co., LTD    CHINA
Tungsten    Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company Limited    CHINA
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY
Tin    China Minmetals Corporation    CHINA
Gold    China National Gold Group Corporation    CHINA
Tin    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    CHIN-LEEP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.    TAIWAN
Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Chugai Mining    JAPAN
Tin    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Codelco    CHILE
Gold    Colt Refining    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry    CHINA
Tin    Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.    BRAZIL
Tin    CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Tin    CV Duta Putra Bangka    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Makmur Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Serumpun Sebalai    INDONESIA
Tin    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tantalum    D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    DaeryongENC    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    DHF Technical Products    UNITED STATES
Gold    DODUCO GmbH    GERMANY
Tin    Dongguan lason metel materials co,.ltd    CHINA
Gold    Dongguan Standard Electronic Material.Co.,Ltd    CHINA
Gold    Dongguanshi Sutande Dianzi Cailiao Youxiangongsi    CHINA
Gold    Dowa    JAPAN
Tin    Dowa    JAPAN
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tantalum    Duoluoshan    CHINA
Tantalum    E.S.R. Electronics    UNITED STATES
Gold    E-CHEM Enterprise Corp    CHINA
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    Electroloy Metal Co. Ltd    CHINA
Tin    Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
Gold    Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES
Tin    Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)    SPAIN
Tin    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA
Gold    Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Tin    Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    BRAZIL
Tin    Eximetal S.A.    ARGENTINA
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Faggi Enrico S.p.A.    ITALY
Tin    Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH    GERMANY
Tin    Fenix Metals    POLAND
Gold    Ferro Corporation    UNITED STATES
Gold    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE
Tantalum    FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    Gannon & Scott    UNITED STATES
Gold    Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Hongfei Tungsten & Molybdenum Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES
Tin    Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Tin    Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN
Tungsten    Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.    UNITED STATES
Tin    Gold Bell Group    CHINA
Gold    Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA
Tin    GuangDong Jiatian Stannum Products Co., Ltd    CHINA
Gold    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA
Tungsten    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch    CHINA
Gold    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND
Tungsten    H.C. Starck GmbH    GERMANY
Gold    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY
Tantalum    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Heraeus Group    CHINA
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY
Tantalum    Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    CHINA
Tungsten    Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten    Hydrometallurg, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    IBF IND Brasileira de Ferrolligas Ltda    BRAZIL
Tin    Impag AG    SWITZERLAND
Tin    Imperial Zinc    UNITED STATES
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited    CHINA
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY
Gold    Japan Mint    JAPAN
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    Jean GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL S.A.    BELGIUM
Tungsten    Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Company Limited    CHINA
Tantalum    Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    jiangyinshi yizheng mechnaics co,.ltd    CHINA
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    JSC “Aurat”    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Gold    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Kaloti Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold    Kangqiang Electronics Co., Ltd    CHINA
Gold    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN
Gold    Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO
Tungsten    Kennametal Fallon    UNITED STATES
Tungsten    Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES
Gold    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES
Gold    KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna    POLAND
Tantalum    King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    Korea Metal Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tin    KOVOHUTĚ PŘÍBRAM NÁSTUPNICKÁ, A.S.    CZECH REPUBLIC
Gold    Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Kupol    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN
Gold    L’ azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA
Gold    Lingbao Gold Company Limited    CHINA
Gold    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    London Bullion Market Association    UNITED KINGDOM
Tantalum    LSM Brasil S.A.    BRAZIL
Gold    LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA
Tungsten    Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Materion    UNITED STATES
Gold    Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    Melt Metais e Ligas S/A    BRAZIL
Gold    Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.    MALAYSIA
Tin    Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.    MALAYSIA
Tin    Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tin    Metallo-Chimique N.V.    BELGIUM
Tin    Metallum Metal Trading Company    SWITZERLAND
Tantalum    Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd    HONG KONG
Gold    METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V    MEXICO
Tantalum    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL
Tin    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL
Tin    Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd    CHINA
Tin    Minsur    PERU
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN
Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining & Smelting    JAPAN
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    MK Electron co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA
Tantalum    Molycorp Silmet A.S.    ESTONIA
Gold    Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    N.E.Chemcat Corporation    JAPAN
Gold    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    TURKEY
Tungsten    Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company    CHINA
Tin    Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Nathan Trotter & Co., Inc.    UNITED STATES
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN
Tin    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
Tungsten    Niagara Refining LLC    UNITED STATES
Gold    Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    NIPPON FILLER METALS,LTD.    JAPAN
Tungsten    North American Tungsten    CANADA
Tin    Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten    Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    VIET NAM
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND
Gold    Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA
Gold    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Gold    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    OJSC Kolyma Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    BOLIVIA
Gold    PAMP SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Phoenix Metal Ltd.    RWANDA
Tantalum    Plansee SE Liezen    AUSTRIA
Tungsten    Pobedit, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    Poongsan    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    PT Alam Lestari Kencana    INDONESIA
Gold    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA
Tin    PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Kudai Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Putra Karya    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    INDONESIA
Tin    PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Cipta Persada Mulia    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Donna Kembara Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Fang Di MulTindo    INDONESIA
Tin    PT HANJAYA PERKASA METALS    INDONESIA
Tin    PT HP Metals Indonesia    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Justindo    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA

Subject Mineral

   

Smelter or Refiner Name

   

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Tin    PT Koba Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA
Tin    PT REFINED BANGKA TIN    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Seirama Tin investment    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Sukses Inti Makmur    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Supra Sukses Trinusa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Tirus Putra Mandiri    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Wahana Perkit Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Yinchendo Mining Industry    INDONESIA
Gold    PX Précinox SA    SWITZERLAND
Tantalum    QuantumClean    UNITED STATES
Tin    Rahman Hydrulic Tin Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA
Gold    Remondis Argentia B.V.    NETHERLANDS
Gold    Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL
Tin    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL
Tantalum    RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA
Tin    Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN
Tin    S Company    THAILAND
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES
Gold    Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tin    Samhwa Non-Ferrous Metal. Inc Co.,Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    SAMWON METALS Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten    Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM
Gold    SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY
Gold    Schone Edelmetaal B.V.    NETHERLANDS
Gold    ScotiaMocatta, The Bank of Nova Scotia    HONG KONG
Gold    SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA    SPAIN
Tin    Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Shang Hai Gold Exchange    CHINA
Tantalum    Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd    CHINA
Tin    ShangHai YueQiang Metal Products Co., LTD    CHINA
Gold    shenzhen fujun material technology co,ltd    CHINA
Gold    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN
Tin    SIZER METALS PTE LTD    SINGAPORE
Tin    Snow up to the city of Suzhou Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    So Accurate Group, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Gold    SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL
Gold    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN

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Tantalum    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN
Tungsten    Sumitomo Group    CHINA
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    Super Dragon Technology Co. Ltd.    TAIWAN
Gold    Suzhou Xingrui Noble metal material co.ltd    CHINA
Gold    T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY
Gold    Tai zhou chang san Jiao electron Co.,Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd    CHINA
Gold    Taizhou Delta Electronics Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    Taki Chemicals    JAPAN
Gold    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN
Tantalum    Tantalite Resources    SOUTH AFRICA
Gold    Technic, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tungsten    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM
Tantalum    Telex Metals    UNITED STATES
Tin    Thai Solder Industry Corp.,Ltd.    THAILAND
Tin    Thaisarco    THAILAND
Gold    THE HUTTI GOLD MINES CO.LTD    INDIA
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Tiancheng Chemical    CHINA
Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    TONGDING METALLIC MATERIAL CO.LTD    CHINA
Gold    Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tantalum    Tranzact, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tin    Traxys    FRANCE
Tin    Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
Tantalum    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN
Gold    Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL
Gold    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND
Gold    Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM
Tin    UNIFORCE METAL INDUSTRIAL CORP.    TAIWAN
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES
Gold    Valcambi SA    SWITZERLAND
Tungsten    Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM
Tungsten    Voss Metals Company, Inc    UNITED STATES
Tin    VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC    VIET NAM
Gold    Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    AUSTRALIA
Tin    Westfalenzinn    GERMANY
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    BRAZIL
Gold    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY
Tin    Wilhelm Westmetall    GERMANY
Gold    Williams/ Williams Brewster    UNITED STATES
Tungsten    Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    AUSTRIA
Tungsten    Xiamen Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    XiHai    CHINA
Tungsten    Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tantalum    XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.    JAPAN
Gold    Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Incorporated Company    CHINA
Tin    Yantai Zhaojin Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA

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Tantalum    Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd    CHINA
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Gold    Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
Tin    YunNan GeJiu Jin Ye Mineral Co.,Ltd    CHINA
Tin    Yunnan Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd    CHINA
Tin    Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited    CHINA
Gold    Zhongshan Public Security Bureau, Guangdong Province ,China    CHINA
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA
Tantalum    Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide    CHINA
Gold    Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery    CHINA