EX-1.01 2 conflictmineralexhibit1012.htm CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT Document

Exhibit 1.01
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
for the Year Ended December 31, 2019
This Conflict Minerals Report of Kimberly-Clark Corporation has been prepared for the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Unless the context indicates otherwise, “Kimberly-Clark,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Kimberly-Clark Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
During 2019, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs (as defined below) are necessary to their functionality or production (“Covered Products”). The term “3TGs” refers to columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. The vast majority of our products do not contain 3TGs and our revenue from sales of Covered Products in 2019 was immaterial relative to our total net sales. In 2019, we manufactured or contracted for manufacture Covered Products primarily through our K-C Professional business. We have no reason to believe that any of the Covered Products are in our consumer businesses, which include our Personal Care and Consumer Tissue operating segments.
Electronic components account for a significant majority of any 3TGs present in our Covered Products. Electronic components commonly contain 3TGs for a variety of reasons (for example tin is usually present in solder). The Covered Products include dispensers (e.g., for hand sanitizers, soaps and paper products) which contain electronic sensors and actuators. In addition, certain welding helmet components we sold in 2019 contained 3TGs.
We have developed a conflict minerals compliance program reasonably designed to identify whether the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia) (collectively, the “Covered Countries”), or whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products are from recycled or scrap sources. Our conflict minerals compliance program is overseen by an internal team of subject matter experts from key functions (“Core Team”).
Description of Our Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated from one of the Covered Countries or was from recycled or scrap sources.
In conducting our RCOI, we used a risk-based approach. First, we identified our product materials which contain or potentially contain 3TGs necessary to their functionality or production. Second, we identified the direct suppliers of the materials, components and finished goods supplied to us for those products. Third, we risk-stratified each supplier’s “materials risk” based on the likelihood that the product materials they supply to us contain 3TGs. Fourth, we conducted a supply chain survey of our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of any 3TGs contained in materials supplied to us in our Covered Products, including sources of 3TGs supplied to these direct suppliers from second-tier suppliers, as well as suppliers further upstream.
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Our survey included those suppliers rated with a materials risk of high risk and medium risk. We have determined that it is not necessary to survey our low risk and very low risk rated suppliers, based on a sampling program we conducted in past years in which we surveyed certain of these suppliers. This sampling program allowed us to confirm that the materials associated with our low risk and very low risk suppliers do not contain 3TGs.
Our supply chain survey employed the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) version 5.12 developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance (“RMI”). The CMRT was developed to facilitate general disclosures and information regarding smelters and refiners that provide materials to the supplier. It includes questions regarding the supplier’s conflict-free minerals policy, the engagement process with its direct suppliers and identification of the smelters and refiners used by the supplier.
As of May 8, 2020, approximately 95% of our direct suppliers included in the supply chain survey have responded with a completed CMRT or acceptable declaration, including all of our high risk suppliers. We compared the list of smelters and refiners provided in our suppliers’ responses to the lists maintained by the RMI and, if a supplier indicated that a facility was certified as conformant, confirmed that the facility was listed on the RMI’s list of smelters or refiners that are conformant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) assessment protocols. Four suppliers indicated that their supply chains include smelters or refiners that potentially could be sourcing from the Covered Countries; however, we have validated in the due diligence process described below that a substantial majority of the smelters and refiners used by these Suppliers have been certified as conformant.  Many of the supplier responses were unable to specify all smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. Furthermore, many of the responses were provided at the company or division level, rather than the product level, and therefore, their list of smelters and refiners cannot be definitively linked to the products they provided to us.
Due Diligence Process
Following our RCOI, we conducted a due diligence review of the source and chain of custody of the 3TGs contained in our Covered Products. Our due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the framework in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.
Management Systems and Controls
Internal Team
We have a centralized, cross-functional conflict minerals Core Team to oversee the implementation and daily administration of the program, which includes geographically diverse representation from the following departments: Procurement; Legal; and Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability. The Core Team periodically reports to senior management on program developments and progress. Our Senior Vice President and General Counsel serves as the executive sponsor of the Conflict Minerals Compliance program. Members of the Core Team have participated in
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industry groups, forums, and conferences focused on compliance with responsible sourcing of conflict minerals and related legal requirements.
Control Systems
We address 3TGs sourced from the Covered Countries in our Supplier Social Compliance Standards and our Supplier Stewardship Standards, which are embedded in our Purchase Order Terms and Conditions and certain of our supplier agreements, as well as posted in the Company/SupplierLINK/Standards and Requirements section of our corporate website at: http://www.kimberlyclark.com.
Our suppliers are required to source responsibly and adhere to our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, which require suppliers to source 3TGs from smelters and refiners who source outside of the Covered Countries or that are designated as “conformant” by the RMI. These standards further require our suppliers to develop and provide written evidence of their own due diligence programs to promote “conflict-free” supply chains. We engage independent third-party audit firms to conduct Supplier Social Compliance audits (on-site inspections) of suppliers of certain commodity categories, particularly contract manufacturers. If an assessment reveals that the supplier is in violation of our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, we require that the supplier submit documentation showing that violations have been addressed and remediated. We conduct additional follow-up audits at our discretion to confirm compliance with our Supplier Social Compliance Standards. Any concerns regarding suppliers or our compliance program can be reported to our Corporate Social Compliance team as specified on our Corporate Social Compliance website. During 2019, we conducted 252 supplier audits covering 223 suppliers.
Supplier Engagement
We rely on our direct (tier one) suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied to us - including sources of 3TGs that are supplied to them from upstream suppliers.
In addition, we conduct periodic in-house training of our key functions, e.g., Research and Engineering; Procurement; and Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability, to educate employees to identify 3TGs in products and to work more closely with our suppliers to encourage responsible sourcing.
Grievance Mechanism
We maintain a comprehensive and multi-faceted system for the reporting of Code of Conduct violations, concerns and grievances. To ensure that every employee (and every stakeholder) has the ability to report concerns on an anonymous basis, we have established a Code of Conduct telephone helpline which is staffed by a professional independent company. This line is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and one can give a report in any language. Our Code of Conduct, as well as the reporting process and helpline contact information, is available on our external website.
Calls are investigated by various internal subject matter experts in our Compliance, Internal Audit, Global Security, Human Resources and Legal departments. We report summary results and statistics to our executive leadership and our Board of Directors as deemed appropriate.
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Maintenance of Records
We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation for a minimum of five years.
Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
As part of our due diligence process, we reviewed our suppliers’ responses to the supply chain survey against criteria developed to determine which responses required further engagement. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses, as well as inconsistencies within the reported data.
Certain of the responses to the surveys included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. We compared each facility listed in the responses to the lists of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI to verify the existence of the facility and to determine whether the facility is certified as conformant with the RMAP assessment protocols.
We classify each listed smelter or refiner as high, medium or low risk based on three scoring criteria: geographic proximity to the Covered Countries, Conflict-Free Sourcing Program audit status and known or plausible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing. Based on these criteria, we have identified three facilities as being high risk. When a supplier reports a high risk facility on a CMRT, we initiate risk mitigation activities. When CMRT responses include any high or medium risk facilities, we request the supplier to provide a product-specific CMRT to better identify any connection between the subject facilities and the products supplied to us.
If any smelter or refiner is not recognized by the RMI, we conduct outreach and research to gain more information about whether they are a smelter or a refiner, sourcing practices, location, and country of origin. Additionally, if any smelter is not certified conformant, we conduct outreach providing education on the Conflict-Free Smelter Program and encourage them to join this program.
Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
We have developed a risk management plan that includes the following elements:
Communication directly with our suppliers of our conflict minerals requirements under our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, as described above.
Communication with suppliers who do not satisfy our due diligence requests to obtain more complete and accurate responses.
Additional follow up, due diligence, and/or risk mitigation activities, as appropriate, upon learning of changes in supplier circumstances or information.
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 we do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain.
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Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
We report annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC.
Due Diligence Results
Attachment A lists the 345 legitimate smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains and indicates which of these smelters and refiners have been certified as RMAP Conformant. The majority of the responses received either provided data at a company or divisional level or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. We are therefore unable to determine whether the smelters or refiners reported by certain suppliers processed the 3TGs in the materials supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain. Attachment B contains an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and publicly by the RMI.
We believe that the inquiries and investigations described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products with the greatest possible specificity, including (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners using the RMI list, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable.
This Report has not been audited, nor is an independent private sector audit required for this Report.
Risk Mitigation and Due Diligence Improvement
We have taken or intend to take the following steps to further mitigate the risk that the 3TGs in our Covered Products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:
Continue to review the refinement and expansion of the RMI list of smelters and refiners to validate the smelters and refiners provided by suppliers.
Provide continuing education of the Core Team and stakeholders on their on-going responsibilities with respect to conflict minerals compliance and any legislative or organizational developments.
Encourage suppliers that provided company or division level information for 2019 to provide product level information for 2020 through ongoing communications with these suppliers.
Maintain a global supplier screening program that requires our suppliers to provide information regarding 3TGs and requires each new in-scope direct supplier we add to our supply chain to provide a completed CMRT.
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Attachment A
2019 Facility List
The following lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains and indicates which of these smelters and refiners have been certified as conformant.
MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAllgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.GERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTANCONFORMANT
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZILCONFORMANT
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEYUNKNOWN
GoldAurubis AGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
GoldBoliden ABSWEDENCONFORMANT
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldCaridadMEXICOUNKNOWN
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADACONFORMANT
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., LtdCHINAUNKNOWN
GoldChimet S.p.A.ITALYCONFORMANT
GoldChugai MiningJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldDaejin Indus Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFUNKNOWN
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldDODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldDowaJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldOJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldLT Metal Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldHeraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., LtdCHINAUNKNOWN
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFUNKNOWN
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTURKEYCONFORMANT
GoldJapan MintJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CANADACONFORMANT
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONUNKNOWN
GoldJSC UralelectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTANUNKNOWN
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTANCONFORMANT
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIAUNKNOWN
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldMaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORECONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICOCONFORMANT
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEYCONFORMANT
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTANUNKNOWN
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldElemetal Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldPAMP S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIACONFORMANT
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCANADACONFORMANT
GoldSabin Metal CorpUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFUNKNOWN
GoldSchone Edelmetaal B.V.NETHERLANDSUNKNOWN
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAINCONFORMANT
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWANCONFORMANT
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINAUNKNOWN
GoldThe Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldTorecomKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldUmicore Brasil Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUMCONFORMANT
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldValcambi S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIACONFORMANT
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINACONFORMANT
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldMorris and WatsonNEW ZEALANDUNKNOWN
GoldSAFINA A.S.CZECH REPUBLICACTIVE
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINAUNKNOWN
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILANDCONFORMANT
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACONFORMANT
GoldRepublic Metals CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLANDCONFORMANT
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWEUNKNOWN
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWANCONFORMANT
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCONFORMANT
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCONFORMANT
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySUDANUNKNOWN
GoldT.C.A S.p.AITALYCONFORMANT
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDSCONFORMANT
GoldFujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldTony Goetz NVBELGIUMUNKNOWN
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldMarsam MetalsBRAZILCONFORMANT
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldSAAMPFRANCECONFORMANT
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRACONFORMANT
Gold8853 S.p.A.ITALYCONFORMANT
GoldItalpreziosiITALYCONFORMANT
GoldSAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIACONFORMANT
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICACONFORMANT
GoldGCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldSai RefineryINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldUniversal Precious Metals Refining ZambiaZAMBIAUNKNOWN
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIAUNKNOWN
GoldBangalore RefineryINDIACONFORMANT
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAN FEDERATIONUNKNOWN
GoldMorris and Watson Gold CoastAUSTRALIAUNKNOWN
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANYUNKNOWN
GoldPease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILECONFORMANT
GoldSafimet S.p.AITALYCONFORMANT
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIAUNKNOWN
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryUGANDAUNKNOWN
GoldNH Recytech CompanyKOREA, REPUBLIC OFUNKNOWN
GoldDS PRETECH Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
GoldTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldSovereign MetalsINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumGuangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumDuoluoshanCHINAUNKNOWN
TantalumExotech Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TantalumGuangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumLSM Brasil S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACONFORMANT
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumNPM Silmet ASESTONIACONFORMANT
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumQuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAORUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumTelex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
TantalumYichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumKEMET Blue MetalsMEXICOCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Co., Ltd.THAILANDCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumKEMET Blue PowderUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINACONFORMANT
TantalumPRG DooelMACEDONIACONFORMANT
TantalumJiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TantalumCP Metals Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinJiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinAlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinCV Gita PesonaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraINDONESIACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TinPT Premium Tin IndonesiaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinCV United SmeltingINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinDowaJAPANCONFORMANT
TinEM VintoBOLIVIACONFORMANT
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZILUNKNOWN
TinFenix MetalsPOLANDCONFORMANT
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinHuichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINACONFORMANT
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIACONFORMANT
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinMinsurPERUCONFORMANT
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCONFORMANT
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILANDCONFORMANT
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIACONFORMANT
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Bangka Tin IndustryINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Belitung Industri SejahteraINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Bukit TimahINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT DS Jaya AbadiINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Eunindo Usaha MandiriINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Karimun MiningINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Panca Mega PersadaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Sariwiguna BinasentosaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Sumber Jaya IndahINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Tommy UtamaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinRui Da HungTAIWANCONFORMANT
TinSoft Metais Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDCONFORMANT
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinYunnan Tin Company LimitedCHINACONFORMANT
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
TinPT Inti Stania PrimaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinCV Ayi JayaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinCV Dua SekawanINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Rajehan AriqINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinSuper LigasBRAZILUNKNOWN
TinMetallo Belgium N.V.BELGIUMCONFORMANT
TinMetallo Spain S.L.U.SPAINCONFORMANT
TinPT Bangka Prima TinINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Kijang Jaya MandiriINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinThai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.VIETNAMCONFORMANT
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinHuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical PlantCHINACONFORMANT
TinGuanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting PlantCHINACONFORMANT
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIAUNKNOWN
TinGejiu Jinye Mineral CompanyCHINAUNKNOWN
TinPT Lautan Harmonis SejahteraINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinPT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMYANMARUNKNOWN
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinMa'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIAACTIVE
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JAPANCONFORMANT
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenFujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenKennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenTejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.VIET NAMCONFORMANT
TungstenVietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.VIET NAMUNKNOWN
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIACONFORMANT
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenXinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., LtdCHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIET NAMCONFORMANT
TungstenChenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenGanzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TungstenH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
TungstenMasan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)VIET NAMCONFORMANT
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. WujiCHINACONFORMANT
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenChina Molybdenum Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINAACTIVE
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
TungstenSouth-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang CityCHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
TungstenXinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TungstenACL Metais EireliBRAZILCONFORMANT
TungstenWoltech Korea Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
TungstenMoliren Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenKGETS Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWANCONFORMANT
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIAN FEDERATIONACTIVE
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZILACTIVE
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Attachment B
Countries of Origin
The following lists the countries of origin from which the reported facilities in Attachment A collectively source conflict minerals based on information provided by our suppliers and the RMI.

ANDORRAJAPANSINGAPORE
AUSTRALIAKAZAKHSTANSOUTH AFRICA
AUSTRIAKOREA, REPUBLIC OFSPAIN
BELGIUMKYRGYZSTANSUDAN
BOLIVIALITHUANIASWEDEN
BRAZILMACEDONIASWITZERLAND
CANADAMALAYSIATAIWAN
CHILEMEXICOTHAILAND
CHINAMYANMARTURKEY
CZECH REPUBLICNETHERLANDSUGANDA
ESTONIANEW ZEALANDUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
FRANCEPERUUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GERMANYPHILIPPINESUZBEKISTAN
INDIAPOLANDVIETNAM
INDONESIARUSSIAN FEDERATIONZAMBIA
ITALYSAUDI ARABIAZIMBABWE
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