EX-1.01 2 sanmina_dec312019xex101.htm EXHIBIT 1.01 Exhibit

Exhibit 1.01

Sanmina Corporation

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2019

I.
Company Background

Sanmina Corporation (“Sanmina”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a leading global provider of integrated manufacturing solutions, components, products and repair, logistics and after-market services. We provide these comprehensive offerings primarily to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, in the following industries: industrial, medical, defense and aerospace, automotive, communications networks and cloud solutions.

II.
Performance of Due Diligence on the Source and Chain of Custody of Conflict Minerals

We believe that substantially all of the electronic and electro-mechanical products we manufactured for our customers during 2019 include components that contain Conflict Minerals1 necessary to the functionality of such products. As a result and as required by Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), we surveyed and performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) on the subset of our supplier group that we determined provided components containing Conflict Minerals. The purpose of the RCOI was to determine whether or not the source of such Conflict Minerals was one of the Covered Countries2 or whether such Conflict Minerals came from recycled or scrap sources.

Based upon our RCOI, we know or have reason to believe that some components used in many, if not most, of our customers’ products manufactured during 2019 contained Conflict Minerals originating from the Covered Countries and further that such Conflict Minerals were not sourced solely from recycled or scrap sources. As a result and as also required by the Rule, we undertook further due diligence on the smelter group identified to us by our suppliers as providing the Conflict Minerals contained in the components specified by our customers or us and that originated in the Covered Countries. The purpose of this further due diligence was to attempt to ascertain whether the indirect sourcing of Conflict Minerals in this way from these smelters or other suspected smelters benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries. We performed this due diligence in conformity with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict Affected and High Risk Areas (the “OECD Guidance”) and related supplements.

III.
Design of Due Diligence Process and Alignment to the OECD Guidance

A.
We have established Strong Internal Company Management Systems

A Conflict Minerals working group led by our global supply chain organization has established and implemented our Conflict Minerals Policy and reports on its activities to Company senior management and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors annually and as requested by management;

We use the latest version of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “Template”)3 developed by the Responsible Business Alliance (the “RBA”) to collect Conflict Minerals information from our suppliers;
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1 Conflict Minerals are defined as tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.

2 Under the Rule, the Covered Countries are defined as the following countries: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

3 The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain.


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We include in our supplier requirements documents and contracts provisions requiring suppliers to recognize our policy and to participate in our RCOI and due diligence activities;

We maintain records of our RCOI and due diligence activities consistent with our record retention policy; and

We provide a grievance reporting system that allows employees to report concerns about violations of law or Company policy, including those relating to the Company’s Conflict Minerals policy.

B.
We have implemented procedures to identify and assess risks in the supply chain

We employ procedures to identify suppliers which may potentially supply components containing Conflict Minerals;

We ask these suppliers to report their Conflict Minerals sourcing activities using the Template in an attempt to identify the smelters and refiners involved and the country of origin of such Conflict Minerals;

We follow up with suppliers, repeatedly if necessary, who do not respond by our deadlines;

We compare smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers against the Conformant Smelters and Refiners List (the “Conformant Smelters List”)4 maintained by the Responsible Minerals Initiative ; and

We document country of origin information using various third party sources, such as the Conformant Smelters List.

C.
We have designed and implemented a strategy to respond to such risks as they are identified

We contact suppliers from whom we obtain components directly (as opposed to distributors) to obtain additional information regarding smelters or refiners who may pose a higher risk of supplying Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly benefit armed conflict in the Covered Countries;

We work to improve our suppliers’ understanding of the Rule and to improve their response rate to our queries and the quality of their responses, primarily through enhancing our supplier requirements documents and through follow-up conversations during our due diligence process - in general, response rates and the quality of information provided have improved during the seven years since we began conducting RCOIs;

We compared the list of smelters provided to us by our suppliers to the Conformant Smelters List to identify smelters not participating in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process established by the Responsible Minerals Initiative and request, through the suppliers that have identified them, and also through direct outreach to the smelters, that they participate in such process;

We bring to the attention of our customers the discovery of information, if any, that leads us to reasonably conclude that the sourcing of components or materials for our engagement with them benefits armed groups in the Covered Countries – to date, we have not discovered any such information through our due diligence process;

If we determine through our due diligence that a supplier sources its Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries or uses smelters who do not participate in conflict-free smelter programs, such as the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, and the decision of components sourcing is within our control, we will take steps over time to replace the suppliers that utilize such smelters with ones whose smelters either do not source Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries or participate in conflict-free smelter programs – to date, we have not discovered any such information through our due diligence process; and

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4 The Conformant Smelters List is generally understood to contain the names of smelters from whom procurement of Conflict Minerals does not benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. However, we do not express an opinion as to whether or not the sourcing of Conflict Minerals from these smelters actually does not benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.


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Our Conflict Minerals working group reports the results of our due diligence efforts to Company management and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors on at least an annual basis.

D.
We support industry organizations carrying out third party audits of smelters and refiners facilities and processes

We maintain membership in the RBA, which develops and implements audit procedures for refiners and smelters.

E.
We report on our due diligence measures

We publicly disclose our Conflict Minerals policy on our corporate web site at http://www.sanmina.com/social-responsibility/ethics-governance/conflict-minerals-policy/; and

We publicly report on our due diligence efforts on an annual basis through this Conflict Minerals Report available at http://www.sanmina.com/social-responsibility/ethics-governance/conflict-mineral-reports/.

IV.
Description of Due Diligence Measures performed for the 2019 Reporting Year

A.
During 2019, we conducted a survey of suppliers whose products may include Conflict Minerals using the Template through an independent supply chain compliance engagement firm. A total of 1,406 suppliers were identified as in-scope for Conflict Minerals regulatory purposes and were contacted as part of our RCOI process. The response rate among these suppliers was approximately 53%, covering approximately 76% of total spend with such suppliers.

B.
We collected completed Templates from our suppliers and followed up with suppliers who provided incomplete or inconsistent responses with the assistance of our supply chain compliance engagement firm.

C.
We evaluated further information provided to us by our independent supply chain compliance engagement firm about the smelters identified to us through our due diligence process.

D.
We confirmed whether the smelters identified by our suppliers through the Template were included on the Conformant Smelter List.

E.
For smelters not included on the Conformant Smelters List, we requested, both directly and through the suppliers that identified them, that they participate in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.

V.
Additional Information

A.
Facilities Used to Process Necessary Conflict Minerals

Below is a list of smelters and refineries reported to us by our suppliers on Templates we collected for the 2019 reporting period. Since most suppliers provided us Templates and smelter information at the company level, rather than specifically on material supplied to Sanmina, not all of these smelters may have been used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in our products during 2019.

Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Gold
8853 S.p.A.
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
Gold
African Gold Refinery
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
Gold
Aurubis AG
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
Gold
Boliden AB
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
Gold
C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS
Gold
Caridad
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
Gold
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
Gold
Chugai Mining
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
Gold
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC
Gold
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
Gold
Dowa
Gold
DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
Gold
Fujairah Gold FZC
Gold
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
Gold
Gold Coast Refinery
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Gold
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
Gold
International Precious Metal Refiners
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
Gold
Italpreziosi
Gold
JALAN & Company
Gold
Japan Mint
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
Gold
Kazzinc
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
Gold
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO
Gold
L'azurde Company For Jewelry
Gold
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
Gold
L'Orfebre S.A.
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
Gold
LT Metal Ltd.
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
Gold
Marsam Metals
Gold
Materion
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
Gold
Morris and Watson
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
Gold
NH Recytech Company
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Gold
PAMP S.A.
Gold
Pease & Curren
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
Gold
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
Gold
QG Refining, LLC
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
Gold
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
Gold
SAAMP
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
Gold
Sai Refinery
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
Gold
SAMWON METALS Corp.
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
Gold
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
Gold
Sovereign Metals
Gold
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Gold
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
Gold
Tony Goetz NV
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
Gold
Torecom
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
Tantalum
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
CP Metals Inc.
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
Tantalum
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
NPM Silmet AS
Tantalum
PRG Dooel
Tantalum
QuantumClean
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Telex Metals
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
Tantalum
XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
Tantalum
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Tin
Alpha
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Tin
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
Tin
Dowa
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
Tin
EM Vinto
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
Tin
Fenix Metals
Tin
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Tin
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
Tin
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
Tin
Luna Smelter, Ltd.
Tin
Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
Tin
Metallo Belgium N.V.
Tin
Metallo Spain S.L.U.
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
Tin
Minsur
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
Tin
Pongpipat Company Limited
Tin
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
Tin
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Tin
Rui Da Hung
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
Tin
Super Ligas
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Tin
Thaisarco
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
Tin
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
Tungsten
Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
CP Metals Inc.
Tungsten
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
Tungsten
KGETS CO., LTD.
Tungsten
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.

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Metal
Smelter or Refiner Facility Name
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Unecha Refractory Metals Plant
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Approximately 80% of the smelters listed above either appear on the Conformant Smelter List, have indicated they will participate in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process or are engaging with the RMI. Each of the remaining smelters has received an email from us requesting that they participate in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.

B.
Country of Origin of Necessary Conflict Minerals Contained in Sanmina Products, If Known

Below is the list of the countries reported as countries of origin by our suppliers on the Templates we collected, and therefore could be countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals used in our products in 2019.

Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Czech Republic, Djibouti, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

C.
Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin

Our efforts to determine mine or location of origin of Conflict Minerals used in our products consisted primarily of our participation in the RBA and our review of information reported by our suppliers. As described above, we obtain smelter information, including when reported, mine or location of origin, from our suppliers using the Template. In addition, we sought additional information on mines and locations of origin using the Conformant Smelters List. Finally, we retained an external consultant to review any additional publicly available information regarding mines and locations of origin for the smelters reported to us by our suppliers.

D.
Steps to Improve Our Due Diligence in 2020

We will continue to take steps over time to utilize suppliers who use smelters who participate in conflict free smelter programs, such as the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process in situations in which we control the sourcing decision.

We will continue to bring to the attention of our customers the discovery of information, if any, that leads us to reasonably conclude that the sourcing of components or materials for our engagement with them benefits armed groups in the Covered Countries.

We will use information gathered for our 2019 Conflict Minerals reporting activities to refine the list of suppliers to which we send the Template and to focus more outreach efforts on suppliers who have in the past provided information requiring further validation.


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Based on data collected during the 2019 process, we will continue working with suppliers who have provided incomplete or conflicting data on the completed Templates provided to Sanmina to improve their processes and transparency in their supply chains.



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