EX-1.01 2 exh101-omcmr2022.htm EX-1.01 Document

EXHIBIT 1.01

Owens & Minor, Inc. Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2022



I.    Introduction

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) by Owens & Minor, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Owens & Minor,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 (“Reporting Period”).

This Report is intended to comply with Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule”). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on public companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Form SD defines “conflict minerals” as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are currently limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten. We identified tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“3TGs”) that are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period.

As described in this report, Owens & Minor has reason to believe that some of the 3TGs present in its supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, “Covered Countries”). Therefore, we performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our products originated from the Covered Countries and were not from recycled or scrap sources. Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TGs from the Covered Countries, and we proceeded to conduct due diligence on our supplier base. The results of our due diligence are discussed below.

II.    Company Overview

A.    Our Business

Owens & Minor, Inc. and subsidiaries, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a global healthcare solutions company that incorporates product manufacturing, distribution support and innovative technology services to deliver significant and sustained value across the breadth of the industry – from acute care to patients in their home. Our teammates serve healthcare industry customers in approximately 70 countries, by providing quality products and helping to reduce total costs across the healthcare supply chain by optimizing point-of care performance, freeing up capital and clinical resources and managing contracts to optimize financial performance.

B.    Business Segments

During the Reporting Period, Owens & Minor was organized into two operating segments: Products & Healthcare Services and Patient Direct. The principal sources of revenue in each global business segment are described below:

•    Products & Healthcare Services includes our United States distribution business (Medical Distribution), outsourced logistics and value-added services business, and our Global Products business which manufactures and sources medical surgical products through our production and kitting operations. Medical Distribution does not manufacture or contract to manufacture products and thus does not have any in-scope products under the Rule.
•    The Patient Direct segment includes our Byram and Apria businesses, leading providers of home medical equipment, supplies, and related services. Patient Direct does not manufacture or contract to manufacture any products that require conflict minerals for their production or functionality and, thus, does not have any in-scope products under the Rule.

C.    Our Products

For the Reporting Period, we conducted an analysis of our products to determine which, if any, were likely to contain 3TGs. The analysis identified that 3TGs were necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period.

III.    Description of Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)

We began our scoping process by developing a list of our suppliers that provide us with products that may contain one or more of the 3TGs. We then populated the list with contact information and provided it to our third party service provider (“Service Provider”). The supplier list was then uploaded to our Service Provider’s software tool that allows us to store and manage supplier requests and documentation.

From there, we removed from the list service providers, indirect materials suppliers, and other suppliers who are inactive. This helped ensure that all suppliers surveyed provided items to Owens & Minor that were used in final products in 2022.

Our Service Provider then conducted the supplier survey portion of the RCOI. Utilizing the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), version 6.22 developed by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)® and The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)® , the suppliers on the final supplier list were surveyed on their sourcing of the 3TGs that we identified in our products. The CMRT 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 direct supplier’s conflict minerals policy, due diligence process, and supply chain, including such supply chain information as the names and locations of smelters or refiners.

As part of the supplier survey, suppliers were asked to complete the CMRT. All communications were tracked and monitored in the Service Provider’s software tool. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted a minimum of three times. Any suppliers that continued to be non-responsive were advanced to an escalation phase and further contacted on an individual basis.




The RCOI also included automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions. All submitted CMRTs were classified as valid or invalid. All suppliers who submitted CMRTs that were classified as “invalid” were contacted to address items such as incomplete data, missing smelter information, or inconsistent answers. All of these communications were monitored and tracked in our Service Provider’s software system. As of May 10, 2023, there were 5 invalid submissions that had not been corrected by suppliers.

Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TGs from the Covered Countries; therefore, in an effort to locate mines with the greatest possible specificity, we then conducted due diligence on our supplier base.

IV.    Due Diligence

A.    Design of Due Diligence

We designed our due diligence procedures to conform, in all material respects, with the due diligence framework presented by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) in the publication OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements for tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.

Our conflict minerals due diligence process includes the five steps described in the Guidance: 1) establishing strong company management systems, 2) identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain, 3) designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks, 4) utilizing independent third party audits, and 5) publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence. A summary of our due diligence measures is outlined below.

B.    Performance of Due Diligence

Step 1.    Establishing Strong Company Management Systems

a.    Internal Team

We organized a Conflict Minerals Committee comprised of individuals in management positions across multiple departments, namely Legal, Supply Chain, and Compliance. The Committee members are the (1) Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, (2) Vice President, Manufacturing & Procurement, (3) Assistant General Counsel, Products & Healthcare Services, and (4) Vice President, Ethics, Compliance and Privacy. The Committee leads our conflict minerals compliance effort and is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and for overseeing the program.

b.    Control Systems

We have applicable policies and statements such as a Code of Honor that outlines expected behaviors for all Owens & Minor employees, a Supplier Social Compliance Standard that outlines expected behaviors for all Owens & Minor vendors, and a Conflict Minerals Policy Statement (“Statement”). All three items are available on our website. The Statement, in particular, can be found at https://compliance.owens-minor.com/EthicsAndCompliance.html#en-US.

c.    Supplier Engagement

We utilized the CMRT version 6.22 and our Service Provider’s software reporting tool for collecting Conflict Minerals declarations from our supply base. Using these tools has allowed us to assist our suppliers in understanding our expectations and requirements and increase the rate of responses we have received from our suppliers to our survey requests. We have also communicated with relevant suppliers our expectation that they assist us in complying with our efforts related to our conflict minerals program. This includes obtaining information from them to support the chain of custody of the 3TGs identified in our products.

d.    Grievance Mechanisms

We have several mechanisms that allow people to alert Company management about any concerns they may have about our compliance or ethics. Our Code of Honor sets out ways to report concerns, including a Code of Conduct Hotline and Online Reporting tool, which both allow reports, in any language, to be made confidentially and anonymously at the election of the person making the report. We also have made publicly available on our website policies for communicating with our Board of Directors and with our compliance-oversight Committees of the Board, namely the Audit Committee and the Governance & Nominating Committee. These mechanisms are available to people who may be concerned about compliance with our conflict minerals program or with any other compliance matter.

e.    Maintain Records

We maintain a company-wide document retention policy. The policy extends to the documents accumulated in performing our due diligence for this Report and requires that the documents be retained for a period of ten years. In addition, our Service Provider stores all of the information and findings from this process in a database that can be audited by internal or external parties.

Step 2.    Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain

Due to the complexity of our products and supply chain, it is difficult for us to identify indirect suppliers. We have relied on responses from our direct suppliers to provide us with information about the source of conflict minerals contained in the parts and components they supply to us.

Similarly, our direct suppliers also rely on information provided to them by their suppliers. This chain of information creates a level of uncertainty and risk about the accuracy of the information. We will continue to monitor, adapt, and modify our due diligence practices to conform to recognized industry best practices.




In accordance with the Guidance, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Each facility that meets the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assigned a risk of high, medium or low based on three scoring criteria, namely: (1) geographic proximity to the DRC and covered countries; (2) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status; and (3) known or plausible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing.

Based on these criteria, the following facilities have been identified with red-flag risks in their supply chain:

•    OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) - CID001326

•    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals - CID001386

•    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. - CID002515

•    Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567

•    Hydrometallurg, JSC - CID002649

•    African Gold Refinery - CID003185

If any of these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of our suppliers, our Service Provider initiated risk mitigation activities, including instructing the supplier to submit a product-specific CMRT to better identify any connection between the facilities and our products, and escalating up to requesting removal of these high-risk smelters from their supply chain.

As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these red flags from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Service Provider’s online learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.

Additionally, we evaluated suppliers on their conflict minerals program strength. Many companies continue to develop their programs and still provide an answer of “unknown” in response to our survey questions. We used the following criteria to evaluate the strength of their programs, with the capital letters, below, corresponding to the ones in the CMRT declaration tab:

A. Have you established a responsible minerals sourcing policy?

D. Have you implemented due diligence measures for responsible sourcing?

F. Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company's expectations?

G. Does your review process include corrective action management?

When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (Yes to A, D, F, G), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.

Our identification and risk assessment process also involves: (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters or refiners in our supply chain by requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters or refiners with RMI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable. We believe that the inquiries and analysis described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products.

Step 3.    Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

Our Supplier Social Compliance Standards and Conflict Minerals Policy Statement set out our expectations for our suppliers. If these expectations are not met, the business relationship between us and the supplier will be evaluated. For example, if we find that we source 3TGs that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, we will encourage the applicable supplier to establish an alternative source of the minerals that does not support such conflict. If an alternative source cannot be found or the supplier chooses not to respond to this risk, we will assess whether or not we can replace the supplier. We have found no instance to date where we believed it was necessary to implement such risk mitigation efforts.

Step 4.    Utilize Independent Third Party Audits

We do not have a direct relationship with smelters or refiners (“SORs”) and do not perform or direct audits of these entities. Instead, we rely on third party assurances and certifications such as from the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, which uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters or refiners that agree to participate in the program.

Step 5.    Publicly Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

This Report, which constitutes our annual report on our due diligence efforts, is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Form SD which is available on our website in the Investor Relations section, under SEC Filings, at www.owens-minor.com.




V.    Results of Due Diligence

A.    Survey Results

As of May 10, 2023, we received responses from 83.5 % of our 176 surveyed suppliers. Of those, 131 suppliers claimed no 3TGs in their products, and 16 claimed that they did have 3TGs. (The numbers do not sum to 176 because not all surveyed suppliers responded.)

As described above, we surveyed our supply chain and reviewed the responses to determine whether further engagement with them was required. The determination to further engage with them was based on criteria such as untimely responses, incomplete responses, and inconsistencies within the data reported. Suppliers who provided a CMRT were asked to submit SOR information. The results are discussed in the Smelters or Refiners section below.

B.    Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin

Because we do not have relationships with the smelters or refiners, we relied on requests to our suppliers that they complete the RMI template. We believe that process suffices as a good faith effort to determine the identity of the mines or the locations of origin of 3TGs in our supply chain.

C.    Smelters or Refiners

Of the suppliers we surveyed, many completed the RMI template at the company or business unit level, and they were unable to represent that 3TGs from the processing facilities they listed were in components they supplied to us. The quality of the responses we received from suppliers varied.

Many responses provided via the CMRT included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as SORs. The CMRT responses that did not list at least one smelter for each 3TG were considered invalid, and our Service Provider followed up on these responses, urging suppliers to resubmit the form and include the smelter information. There are still suppliers that were unable to provide SORs used for the materials supplied to us.

For all the CMRT responses that indicated a smelter, our Service Provider compared them to the list of smelters maintained by the RMI. As of May 10, 2023, we validated 342 SORs in our supply chain, and we are working to validate the additional SOR entries. Appendix A lists only the SORs that our suppliers reported as being in their supply chains and that we validated. Appendix B is a compilation of countries of origin, setting out the countries from which the reported facilities source their conflict minerals.

As our suppliers have been largely unable to provide us with the information necessary to determine country of origin at the product level, we are unable to provide additional SOR names or country of origin information at this time. We will continue to work with our suppliers to obtain smelter information at the product level.

VI.    Future Steps to be Taken

We are committed to complying with the provisions of the Rule and expect to continue our efforts to improve our conflict minerals program. As we further develop our program, we intend to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that any of the 3TGs contained in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:

•    Further engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to increase our survey response rate and improve the content of the responses;

•    Continue to invest in due diligence tools for our conflict minerals program;

•    If applicable, engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sources that support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict;

•    Continue to respond to industry trends and legal requirements to improve the traceability of 3TGs in our supply chain; and

•    Further encourage suppliers to provide responses at the product level to enable us to determine which smelters or refiners actually process 3TGs contained in our products.




APPENDIX A

The table below lists, the smelters or refiners (“SORs”) identified by our direct suppliers that may have been used to process 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products in 2022.

Metal
Standard Smelter Name
Smelter Facility Location
Smelter ID
Gold8853 S.p.A.ItalyCID002763
GoldABC Refinery Pty Ltd.AustraliaCID002920
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID002708
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUnited States Of AmericaCID000015
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryUgandaCID003185
GoldAgosi AGGermanyCID000035
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JapanCID000019
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUnited Arab EmiratesCID002560
GoldAlbino Mountinho Lda.PortugalCID002760
GoldAlexy MetalsUnited States Of AmericaCID003500
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UzbekistanCID000041
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBrazilCID000058
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SwitzerlandCID000077
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JapanCID000082
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CanadaCID000924
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.United States Of AmericaCID000920
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JapanCID000090
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TurkeyCID000103
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSouth AfricaCID002850
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedIndiaCID003461
GoldAurubis AGGermanyCID000113
GoldBangalore RefineryIndiaCID002863
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PhilippinesCID000128
GoldBoliden ABSwedenCID000157
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGermanyCID000176
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASColombiaCID003421
GoldCaridadMexicoCID000180
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCanadaCID000185
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SwitzerlandCID000189
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.IndiaCID003382
GoldChimet S.p.A.ItalyCID000233
GoldChugai MiningJapanCID000264
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.ChinaCID000343
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGermanyCID002867
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUnited Arab EmiratesCID003348
GoldDongwu Gold GroupChinaCID003663
GoldDowaJapanCID000401
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)Korea, Republic OfCID000359
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJapanCID000425
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJapanCID003424
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJapanCID003425
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)IndiaCID003487
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)IndiaCID003488
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)IndiaCID003489
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)IndiaCID003490
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUnited Arab EmiratesCID002561
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZimbabweCID002515
GoldFujairah Gold FZCUnited Arab EmiratesCID002584
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUnited States Of AmericaCID002459
GoldGGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.IndiaCID002852



GoldGold by Gold ColombiaColombiaCID003641
GoldGold Coast RefineryGhanaCID003186
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002243
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMChinaCID001909
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedChinaCID002312
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000651
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000671
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGermanyCID000694
GoldHeraeus Germany GmbH Co. KGGermanyCID000711
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.ChinaCID000707
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000767
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000773
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.Korea, Republic OfCID000778
GoldIndustrial Refining CompanyBelgiumCID002587
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000801
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUnited Arab EmiratesCID002562
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JapanCID000807
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTurkeyCID000814
GoldItalpreziosiItalyCID002765
GoldJALAN & CompanyIndiaCID002893
GoldJapan MintJapanCID000823
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000855
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRussian FederationCID000927
GoldJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRussian FederationCID000493
GoldJSC UralelectromedRussian FederationCID000929
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JapanCID000937
GoldK.A. RasmussenNorwayCID003497
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUnited Arab EmiratesCID002563
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKazakhstanCID000956
GoldKazzincKazakhstanCID000957
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID000969
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPolandCID002511
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JapanCID000981
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.Korea, Republic OfCID002605
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.IndiaCID003463
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKyrgyzstanCID001029
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORussian FederationCID002865
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySaudi ArabiaCID001032
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001056
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001058
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.AndorraCID002762
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.Korea, Republic OfCID001078
GoldLT Metal Ltd.Korea, Republic OfCID000689
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001093
GoldMarsam MetalsBrazilCID002606
GoldMaterionUnited States Of AmericaCID001113
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JapanCID001119
GoldMD OverseasIndiaCID003548
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.South AfricaCID003575
GoldMetallix Refining Inc.United States Of AmericaCID003557
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.ChinaCID001149
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SingaporeCID001152
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.ChinaCID001147
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SwitzerlandCID001153
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUnited States Of AmericaCID001157
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MexicoCID001161



GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJapanCID001188
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JapanCID001193
GoldMKS PAMP SASwitzerlandCID001352
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.IndiaCID002509
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMalaysiaCID002857
GoldMorris and WatsonNew ZealandCID002282
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRussian FederationCID001204
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TurkeyCID001220
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUzbekistanCID001236
GoldNH Recytech CompanyKorea, Republic OfCID003189
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JapanCID001259
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAustriaCID002779
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JapanCID001325
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)Russian FederationCID001326
GoldPease & CurrenUnited States Of AmericaCID002872
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001362
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpAChileCID002919
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRussian FederationCID001386
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkIndonesiaCID001397
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SwitzerlandCID001498
GoldQG Refining, LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID003324
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.South AfricaCID001512
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000522
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NetherlandsCID002582
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCanadaCID001534
GoldSAAMPFranceCID002761
GoldSabin Metal Corp.United States Of AmericaCID001546
GoldSafimet S.p.AItalyCID002973
GoldSAFINA A.S.CzechiaCID002290
GoldSai RefineryIndiaCID002853
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsKorea, Republic OfCID001555
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.Korea, Republic OfCID001562
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)ColombiaCID003529
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.MauritaniaCID003540
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SpainCID001585
GoldShandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001916
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002525
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001619
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001622
GoldShenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002750
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002527
GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.IndiaCID002588
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001736
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.Taiwan, Province Of ChinaCID002516
GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRussian FederationCID001756
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.Taiwan, Province Of ChinaCID001761
GoldSovereign MetalsIndiaCID003383
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLithuaniaCID003153
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySudanCID002567
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JapanCID001798
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.Korea, Republic OfCID002918
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.Taiwan, Province Of ChinaCID001810
GoldT.C.A S.p.AItalyCID002580
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JapanCID001875
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JapanCID001938



GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001947
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKazakhstanCID002615
GoldTorecomKorea, Republic OfCID001955
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandThailandCID002314
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBelgiumCID001980
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.United States Of AmericaCID001993
GoldValcambi S.A.SwitzerlandCID002003
GoldWEEEREFININGFranceCID003615
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AustraliaCID002030
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGermanyCID002778
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JapanCID002100
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JapanCID002129
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000197
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationChinaCID002224
Tantalum5D Production OUEstoniaCID003926
TantalumAMG BrasilBrazilCID001076
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID002504
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.ChinaCID000460
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.ChinaCID002505
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJapanCID002558
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUnited States Of AmericaCID002557
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002492
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002512
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialChinaCID002842
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000914
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000917
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002506
TantalumKEMET de MexicoMexicoCID002539
TantalumMaterion Newton Inc.United States Of AmericaCID002548
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.IndiaCID001163
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BrazilCID001175
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JapanCID001192
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001277
TantalumNPM Silmet ASEstoniaCID001200
TantalumQuantumCleanUnited States Of AmericaCID001508
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BrazilCID002707
TantalumRFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003583
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAORussian FederationCID001769
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JapanCID001869
TantalumTANIOBIS Co., Ltd.ThailandCID002544
TantalumTANIOBIS GmbHGermanyCID002545
TantalumTANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.JapanCID002549
TantalumTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGermanyCID002550
TantalumTelex MetalsUnited States Of AmericaCID001891
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKazakhstanCID001969
TantalumXIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITEDChinaCID000616
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002508
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001522
TinAlphaUnited States Of AmericaCID000292
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyViet NamCID002703
TinAurubis BeerseBelgiumCID002773
TinAurubis BerangoSpainCID002774
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000228
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003190
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001070



TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBrazilCID003486
TinCRM SynergiesSpainCID003524
TinCV Ayi JayaIndonesiaCID002570
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaIndonesiaCID002455
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003356
TinDowaJapanCID000402
TinDS MyanmarMyanmarCID003831
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyViet NamCID002572
TinEM VintoBolivia (Plurinational State Of)CID000438
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BrazilCID000448
TinFabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.BrazilCID003582
TinFenix MetalsPolandCID000468
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003410
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCChinaCID000942
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000538
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.ChinaCID001908
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000555
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003116
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.ChinaCID001231
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.RwandaCID003387
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BrazilCID002468
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MalaysiaCID001105
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BrazilCID002500
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.United States Of AmericaCID001142
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BrazilCID001173
TinMinsurPeruCID001182
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJapanCID001191
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMalaysiaCID002858
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyViet NamCID002573
TinNovosibirsk Tin CombineRussian FederationCID001305
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.ThailandCID001314
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PhilippinesCID002517
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.Bolivia (Plurinational State Of)CID001337
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMyanmarCID003208
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedIndiaCID003409
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraIndonesiaCID000309
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengIndonesiaCID001399
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaIndonesiaCID002503
TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaIndonesiaCID001402
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariIndonesiaCID001406
TinPT Bangka Prima TinIndonesiaCID002776
TinPT Bangka SerumpunIndonesiaCID003205
TinPT Bangka Tin IndustryIndonesiaCID001419
TinPT Belitung Industri SejahteraIndonesiaCID001421
TinPT Bukit TimahIndonesiaCID001428
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaIndonesiaCID002696
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaIndonesiaCID002835
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaIndonesiaCID001453
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoIndonesiaCID003449
TinPT Panca Mega PersadaIndonesiaCID001457
TinPT Premium Tin IndonesiaIndonesiaCID000313
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaIndonesiaCID001458
TinPT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)IndonesiaCID003868
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaIndonesiaCID003381
TinPT Rajehan AriqIndonesiaCID002593



TinPT Refined Bangka TinIndonesiaCID001460
TinPT Sariwiguna BinasentosaIndonesiaCID001463
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaIndonesiaCID001468
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurIndonesiaCID002816
TinPT Timah NusantaraIndonesiaCID001486
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurIndonesiaCID001477
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokIndonesiaCID001482
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaIndonesiaCID001490
TinPT Tirus Putra MandiriIndonesiaCID002478
TinPT Tommy UtamaIndonesiaCID001493
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BrazilCID002706
TinRui Da HungTaiwan, Province Of ChinaCID001539
TinSuper LigasBrazilCID002756
TinThaisarcoThailandCID001898
TinTin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002180
TinTin Technology & RefiningUnited States Of AmericaCID003325
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyViet NamCID002574
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCViet NamCID002015
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BrazilCID002036
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002158
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003397
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JapanCID000004
TungstenACL Metais EireliBrazilCID002833
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BrazilCID003427
TungstenArtek LLCRussian FederationCID003553
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.Viet NamCID002502
TungstenChina Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002641
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000258
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000281
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaBrazilCID003468
TungstenFujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003609
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002645
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000875
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002315
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002494
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID000568
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000218
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGermanyCID002541
TungstenHANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.Korea, Republic OfCID003978
TungstenHubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID003417
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000766
TungstenHunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.ChinaCID000769
TungstenHunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products BranchChinaCID002513
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRussian FederationCID002649
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JapanCID000825
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002551
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002321
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002313
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002318
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002317
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002316
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"Russian FederationCID003408
TungstenKennametal FallonUnited States Of AmericaCID000966
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUnited States Of AmericaCID000105
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.Taiwan, Province Of ChinaCID003407



TungstenLLC VostokRussian FederationCID003643
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002319
TungstenMasan High-Tech MaterialsViet NamCID002543
TungstenMoliren Ltd.Russian FederationCID002845
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUnited States Of AmericaCID002589
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRussian FederationCID003416
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 1Russian FederationCID003614
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 2Russian FederationCID003612
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PhilippinesCID002827
TungstenTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGermanyCID002542
TungstenTungsten Vietnam Joint Stock CompanyViet NamCID003993
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRussian FederationCID002724
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAustriaCID002044
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002320
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.ChinaCID002082
TungstenYUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.ChinaCID003662




APPENDIX B

This list of potential countries of origin is populated based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence. It is important to note that this is also based on company level responses and therefore, it is not certain which of these countries of origin can be linked to our products.



Afghanistan, Ãland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State Of), Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Czechia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (Province of China), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe