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Exhibit 1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Sparton Corporation

2017 Calendar Year

Introduction

The following Conflict Minerals Report has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Form SD (together, the “Rule”) and is a description of the measures taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals (as defined in Item 1.01(d)(3) of Form SD, “Conflict Minerals”) contained in our products manufactured during the 2017 calendar year. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defines “Conflict Minerals” as (A) columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten, and gold (collectively referred to as “3TGs”); or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC. The adjoining countries include: the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola (together with the DRC, the “Covered Countries”).

Company and Product Overview

Sparton Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “Sparton”, “we”, “our” or “us”), headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, have been in continuous existence since 1900. The Company is a provider of complex and sophisticated electromechanical devices with capabilities that include concept development, design and manufacturing engineering, production, distribution, and field service. The Company serves the Medical & Biotechnology, Military & Aerospace and Industrial & Commercial markets through two reportable business segments: Manufacturing & Design Services (“MDS”) and Engineered Components & Products (“ECP”).

The Company’s products and services include products for Original Equipment Manufacturers and Emerging Technology customers that are microprocessor-based systems that include transducers, printed circuit boards and assemblies, sensors, and electromechanical components, as well as development and design engineering services relating to these product sales. Sparton also develops and manufactures sonobuoys, anti-submarine warfare devices used by the United States Navy and other free-world countries.

Our broad and complex product range may contain conflict minerals within the following components:

 

    Tantalum, used in capacitors,

 

    Tin, used in soldered components,

 

    Tungsten, used in coatings, alloys, heating elements and electrodes, and

 

    Gold, used in circuit boards, electrodes and electronic components.

Our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement is publicly available on our Internet website under Terms and Conditions, Downloads, Conflict Minerals Policy Statement at: http://sparton.com/terms-and-conditions/.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)

As a first step, Sparton determined that Conflict Minerals are contained in certain products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by Sparton, and that the Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products.


Sparton then, with assistance of a third party consultant, conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) for calendar year 2017 to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries, or are from recycled or scrap sources (as defined in Item 1.01(d)(6) of Form SD, “Recycled/Scrap Sources”).

Following our RCOI, we conducted a due diligence review of the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in our products as outlined below. Our due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (“Supplements”).

Sparton engaged a third party consultant to assist with the RCOI, due diligence and the overall effectiveness of Sparton’s Conflict Minerals program.

Due Diligence Framework and Process

Sparton, in cooperation with our third party consultant, designed Sparton’s Conflict Minerals program and due diligence framework to conform, in all material respects, with the OECD five-step framework for risk-based due diligence for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas in the OECD Guidance and the Supplements. Sparton’s due diligence framework and compliance efforts are described below.

Since Sparton is not a direct purchaser of ore or unrefined minerals, it is several tiers “downstream” from the smelters or refiners (“SORs”) of such minerals. SORs are at the point in the supply chain where ore, concentrates and/or scrap material are converted to a metal. Sparton, like many downstream companies, does not have direct business relationships with SORs or visibility to the extraction and movement of conflict minerals between SORs and upstream entities. This position increases the difficulty of determining the origin of the conflict minerals in the applicable products and, as a result, Sparton relies on industry processes and information from its suppliers.

Step 1: Establish Strong Sparton Management Systems

In accordance with our due diligence framework and compliance efforts:

 

    We have communicated to all of our applicable suppliers our efforts to comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, pursuant to Sparton’s Conflict Minerals Policy Statement and other communications (collectively, the “Compliance Statement”). We request that our applicable suppliers provide a comprehensive Conflict Minerals declaration for all Conflict Minerals in the form of the Responsible Business Alliance and Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). We provide our Compliance Statement to all new suppliers and plan to provide annual related compliance statement communications to our entire supply base.

Our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement is publicly available on our Internet website under Downloads, Conflict Minerals Policy Statement at: http://sparton.com/terms-and-conditions/.

We have also, through our third party consultant, provided education on Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Conflict Minerals Rule”) as well as the expectations for compliance to the Conflict Minerals Rule, in both our organization and with our suppliers. We have leveraged the existing communications within the company, specifically procurement, to encourage supplier interactions with our third party consultant, as well as educating our suppliers to understand the requirement for completion.

 

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    We implemented internal compliance efforts, including internal reporting requirements, to support our supply chain due diligence process.

 

    We implemented an intake process with new suppliers to screen their applicable components.

 

    We established a system of controls and supply chain transparency. Controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which outlines expected behaviors for all Sparton employees, our General Provisions for Subcontracts and Purchase Orders, a supplier conflict minerals contract clause which is further described below, and employing due diligence tools created by the Responsible Business Alliance, including supply chain surveys. As a downstream manufacturer, we rely on our suppliers to provide information on the origins of all Conflict Minerals contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of Conflict Minerals that are supplied to our direct suppliers from lower tier suppliers, smelter and mine locations, and transit routes. Additionally, our customers often instruct us as to which suppliers we are required to purchase materials from.

Contracts with our suppliers are sometimes in force for three to five years or more and we may not able to unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements. As we have entered into new contracts, and as contracts renew, we use commercially reasonable efforts to either add a clause to require suppliers to provide information about the source of 3TGs and smelters and refiners or comply with our policies as to Conflict Minerals. To the extent we do not have a long term contract in place and we use purchase orders placed with suppliers, we have added a clause to our standard terms and conditions that suppliers comply with our policies as to Conflict Minerals. Additionally, as described below, we are working with selected suppliers to ensure they provide the 3TG sourcing information.

 

    We implemented a risk mitigation response plan to address business relationships with suppliers who are unable to definitively determine the source of the 3TGs in the parts supplied to Sparton, which mitigation may include identifying an alternate supply. Our program includes continuous monitoring to adjust our strategies as sourcing data improves and new information is received.

 

    Sparton has established a management system for Sparton’s Conflict Minerals program and due diligence. Our management system includes the Conflict Minerals Compliance Team sponsored by Gordon Madlock, Senior Vice President – Operations as well as executive-level representatives and a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as supply chain and purchasing managers. Senior management is briefed on the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.

 

    We have multiple longstanding whistleblower mechanisms whereby employees and suppliers can report violations of Sparton’s policies, including our Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

    We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation. Documentation will be retained for the applicable period required by the OECD Guidance but in any event for at least 5 years.

Step 2: Identify and Assess Risks in Our Supply Chain

We identified risks at the product level by determining first whether the products contained Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufacture or contract to be manufactured.

We then identified the applicable supplier(s) relating to those products. The scoping process began by completing a supplier list extraction from Sparton’s approved vendor list. This list was then filtered to remove: service providers/suppliers, indirect materials suppliers, and inactive suppliers (inactive suppliers are those with no receipt history since January 31, 2016). This ensures that surveys covered all suppliers providing items to Sparton that were used in final products in the year 2017. Once the filtering was completed, Sparton populated the list with contact information and uploaded it to the Company’s

 

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compliance management system. It was deemed appropriate to not further filter this list based on the necessity of the presence of Conflict Minerals in the product as Sparton could not definitively determine the presence or absence of Conflict Minerals in all parts supplied to Sparton for its products.

Sparton, in conjunction with its third-party consultant, then conducted the supplier survey portion of the RCOI. We surveyed our applicable direct suppliers identified as providing components that potentially contain Conflict Minerals during the 2017 calendar year. The supply chain was surveyed using the CMRT, version 45.0 or higher. 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.

Non-responsive suppliers were contacted by email a minimum of 3 times. Communications included training and education on the completion of the CMRT form as well as enrollment into Conflict Minerals courses through our third-party consultant’s learning management software. This was designed to alleviate any remaining confusion with suppliers. All communications were monitored and tracked in our third party consultant’s system for future reporting and transparency.

Sparton’s Conflict Minerals program includes automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. All submitted CMRT forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid so that data is still retained. Suppliers are contacted in regards to invalid forms and are encouraged to resubmit a valid form.

Sparton, through our third-party vendor, surveyed a total of 3,833 suppliers. Of the 2,402 responses, 318 were determined to be out of scope, 76 were deemed invalid and marked for follow-up, and 2,008 were accepted as complete. These “complete,” “invalid” and “out of scope” responses from our suppliers this year gives us an overall response rate of 63% which is a 5% improvement over last year when considering those same categories.

This year we also have had a1.5% reduction in responses deemed “Invalid.” Our overall response rates increased even though our supplier list grew by more than 300 this year.

Surveys received from suppliers for calendar year 2017 indicate that there are suppliers that source Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.

Based on the smelter lists provided by our suppliers via CMRT, we have identified 321SORs that are on the RMI Standard Smelter List that accompanies CMRT version 5.10. Of these, 257 have a certified conflict-free status from the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) third-party audit process. From supplier CMRTs and publicly available information, all SORs known to source from the Covered Countries are conformant to the RMAP’s conflict-free protocols. Annex A lists the SORs that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains. We have not listed in Annex A any SORs that we have not been able to validate.

The information that we received from a majority of our direct suppliers was at their company-wide level. Thus, the SORs identified by our direct suppliers may contain SORs that processed Conflict Minerals that our direct suppliers supplied to their other customers, but not to us. As a result, we are unable to conclusively determine whether these SORs were used to process the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products during 2017. Because of this uncertainty, we are also unable to conclusively determine the countries of origin of Conflict Minerals in our products during 2017, and therefore also unable to conclusively determine the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals. In addition, the information that we receive from our direct suppliers may yield inaccurate or incomplete information. For example, the information received from our direct suppliers may be incomplete because they may not have received accurate and complete conflict minerals information from all of the suppliers in their own supply chain. We also do not have access to audit reports or detailed findings of the third-party audits conducted as part of the RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process and, as a result, are not responsible for the quality of these audits or the audit findings.

 

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As we progress, we expect that transparency in our supply chain will increase and that will allow for better risk assessment at more detailed levels of our supply chain. We intend to continue communicating with our suppliers regarding Conflict Minerals, in order to help mitigate risks that the necessary Conflict Minerals identified in the products we manufacture or contract to manufacture could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.

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

We believe that our RCOI and due diligence was reasonably designed and executed to determine the existence and source of Conflict Minerals in our supply chain, including Recycled/Scrap Sources. We engaged a third party to assist us in the RCOI and due diligence. We utilized the Responsible Business Alliance-GeSI CMRT for our RCOI and due diligence. We conducted our effort to send surveys in good faith, utilizing up to three rounds of communications with our suppliers through April 10, 2018. We evaluated survey responses to identify: (i) the use and source of Conflict Minerals; and (ii) any warning signs indicating that Conflict Minerals may have come from the Covered Countries. We made additional inquiries on a case-by-case basis to clarify or obtain more information as necessary. We tracked results of our supply chain diligence process and periodically reported the results to our executive leadership team.

We do not have sufficient information, based on the survey responses received, to determine each of the specific facilities used to process Conflict Minerals or to identify specific countries of origin for the Conflict Minerals used in all of our products (whether manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by us).

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with Conflict Minerals in the supply chain. Each facility that meets the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assessed according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Our third party consultant uses 3 factors to determine the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying red flags

 

    Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing

 

    Geographic Proximity to the DRC and Covered Countries

 

    Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status

Based on this criteria the following facilities have been identified as being of highest concern to the supply chain:

 

    Tony Goetz NV—CID002587

 

    African Gold Refinery Limited – CID003185

 

    Kaloti Precious Metals—CID002563

 

    Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia—CID002854

 

    Fidelity Printers and Refiners—CID002515

 

    Sudan Gold Refinery—CID002567

When these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers surveyed, risk mitigation activities were initiated. Through our third party consultant, submissions that included any of the above facilities immediately received a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to us and escalating up to removal of these red flag smelters from their supply chain.As per the OECD Due Diligence 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 risks from the supply chain.

In addition, suppliers are guided to our third-party consultant’s learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners in the supply chain.

 

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Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). At this stage in Conflict Minerals compliance it is well-known that many companies continue to work through the process and do not have many answers beyond “unknown”. Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program of a supplier can assist us in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are:

A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?

E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict free sourcing?

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

H. Does your review process include corrective action management?

When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (“Yes” to at least A, E, G, H), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.

Risk Mitigation

We have taken or intend to take the following steps to further mitigate the risk that the Conflict Minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

    Implement a supplier screening program that requires suppliers within risk-based scope to provide information regarding Conflict Minerals.

 

    Continue to review the refinement and expansion of the list of participating smelters and refiners through the RMI website to validate the smelters and refiners provided by suppliers.

 

    Train and inform suppliers of conflict-free minerals.

 

    Encourage suppliers to establish procedures to identify the origin of Conflict Minerals.

 

    Continue and further improve our direct supplier surveys and due diligence process, including engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to seek to increase the response rate and improve the content of their responses, as well as to continue to gather data regarding the sources of any Conflict Minerals contained in materials supplied to us.

 

    Implemented a risk mitigation response plan to address business relationships with suppliers that are DRC conflict undeterminable (as defined in Item 1.01(d)(5) of Form SD), which mitigation may include identifying an alternate supply.

Step 4: Implement Targeted Independent Third-Party Due Diligence

As a downstream supplier, we do not have a direct relationship with Conflict Minerals smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. We support industry associations that administer independent third-party smelter and refinery audit programs. We encourage targeted suppliers and facilities to participate in comparable due diligence validation activities.

Step 5: Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

We developed a supply chain due diligence policy, communicated this policy to our suppliers and will continue to communicate with our suppliers. We also developed and distributed our Compliance Statement. Further, we have responded to various customer requests for information regarding our Conflict Minerals determination.

Sparton has also prepared this Conflict Minerals Report and made it publicly available on the Sparton’s Internet website at: http://sparton.com.

 

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Due Diligence Process

We believe that the inquiries and investigations described in Step 3 represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the Conflict Minerals in our products, including (1) seeking information about Conflict Mineral smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners with the expanding RMI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable.

While due diligence is ongoing and the information received continues to improve in quantity and quality, the majority of the responses received continue to provide data at a company or divisional level or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. We cannot definitively determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals reported by the suppliers were contained in materials supplied to us, nor can we validate that all of the reported smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain.

 

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Annex A

The following is a list of verified SORs that the suppliers surveyed by the Company reported as being in their supply chains. An affirmative answer in the ‘Conflict-Free?’ column indicates completion of the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process third-party audit certifying conflict-free sourcing.

 

Metal

  

Standard Smelter Name

  

Facility Location

  

Conflict- Free?

Gold    Abington Reldan Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES    Unknown
Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    African Gold Refinery    UGANDA    Unknown
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Al Etihad Gold LLC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    Yes
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN    Yes
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    BRAZIL    Yes
Gold    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA    Yes
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY    Unknown
Gold    AU Traders and Refiners    SOUTH AFRICA    Yes
Gold    Aurubis AG    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Bangalore Refinery    INDIA    Unknown
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES    Yes
Gold    Boliden AB    SWEDEN    Yes
Gold    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Caridad    MEXICO    Unknown
Gold    CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA    Yes

 

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Gold    Cendres + Métaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY    Yes
Gold    Chugai Mining    JAPAN    Unknown
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH    GERMANY    Unknown
Gold    DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Dowa    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Unknown
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES    Unknown
Gold    Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    Yes
Gold    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE    Unknown
Gold    GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.    INDIA    Unknown
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    HeeSung    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown

 

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Gold    Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Unknown
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY    Yes
Gold    Italpreziosi    ITALY    Yes
Gold    Japan Mint    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Kaloti Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    Unknown
Gold    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN    Unknown
Gold    Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN    Yes
Gold    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna    POLAND    Unknown
Gold    Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN    Yes
Gold    Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Unknown
Gold    L’azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    L’Orfebre S.A.    ANDORRA    Unknown
Gold    LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Marsam Metals    BRAZIL    Yes

 

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Gold    Materion    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE    Yes
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes
Gold    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO    Yes
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA    Yes
Gold    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA    Unknown
Gold    Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND    Unknown
Gold    Morris and Watson Gold Coast    AUSTRALIA    Unknown
Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    TURKEY    Yes
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN    Unknown
Gold    NH Recytech Company    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Unknown
Gold    Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA    Yes
Gold    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    PAMP S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes

 

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Gold    Pease & Curren    UNITED STATES    Unknown
Gold    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA    CHILE    Yes
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Gold    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA    Yes
Gold    PX Précinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA    Yes
Gold    Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Remondis Argentia B.V.    NETHERLANDS    Unknown
Gold    Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA    Yes
Gold    SAAMP    FRANCE    Yes
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES    Unknown
Gold    Safimet S.p.A    Italy    Yes
Gold    SAFINA A.S.    CZECH REPUBLIC    Unknown
Gold    Sai Refinery    INDIA    Unknown
Gold    Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    SAMWON Metals Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Unknown
Gold    SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Schone Edelmetaal B.V.    NETHERLANDS    Yes
Gold    SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.    SPAIN    Yes
Gold    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN    Yes
Gold    SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes

 

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Gold    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN    Yes
Gold    State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology    LITHUANIA    Unknown
Gold    Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN    Unknown
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    SungEel HiTech    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY    Yes
Gold    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Tony Goetz NV    BELGIUM    Unknown
Gold    TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn    KAZAKHSTAN    Unknown
Gold    Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Yes
Gold    Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Gold    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND    Yes
Gold    Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM    Yes
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Gold    Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia    ZAMBIA    Unknown
Gold    Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Yes
Gold    Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    AUSTRALIA    Yes
Gold    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Gold    Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Gold    Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA    Yes

 

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Tantalum    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Tantalum    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    Duoluoshan    CHINA    Unknown
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN    Yes
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Inc.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Tantalum    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO    Yes

 

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Tantalum    KEMET Blue Powder    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    LSM Brasil S.A.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tantalum    Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA    Yes
Tantalum    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    NPM Silmet AS    ESTONIA    Yes
Tantalum    Power Resources Ltd.    MACEDONIA    Yes
Tantalum    QuantumClean    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tantalum    RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Tantalum    Taki Chemicals    JAPAN    Yes
Tantalum    Telex Metals    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tantalum    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN    Yes
Tantalum    XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tantalum    Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Alpha    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tin    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM    Unknown
Tin    Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tin    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tin    CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA    Yes

 

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Tin    CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    CV Tiga Sekawan    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    Dowa    JAPAN    Yes
Tin    Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    Unknown
Tin    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA    Yes
Tin    Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    BRAZIL    Unknown
Tin    Fenix Metals    POLAND    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tin    Guangdong Hanhe Non-ferrous Metal Limited Company    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    CHINA    Yes
Tin    HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA    Yes

 

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Tin    Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tin    Metallo Belgium N.V.    BELGIUM    Yes
Tin    Metallo Spain S.L.U.    SPAIN    Yes
Tin    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Minsur    PERU    Yes
Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    Yes
Tin    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA    Unknown
Tin    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    Unknown
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    Yes
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES    Yes
Tin    Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    BOLIVIA    Yes
Tin    Pongpipat Company Limited    MYANMAR    Unknown
Tin    PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Bangka Serumpun    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Menara Cipta Mulia    INDONESIA    Yes

 

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Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT O.M. Indonesia    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Premium Tin Indonesia    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Refined Bangka Tin    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Sukses Inti Makmur    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA    Yes
Tin    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN    Yes
Tin    Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Super Ligas    Brazil    Unknown
Tin    Thaisarco    THAILAND    Yes
Tin    Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    Unknown
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    BRAZIL    Yes
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tin    Yunnan Tin Company Limited    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN    Yes
Tungsten    ACL Metais Eireli    BRAZIL    Yes
Tungsten    Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM    Yes
Tungsten    Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes

 

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Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tungsten    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tungsten    Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.    UNITED STATES    Yes
Tungsten    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    GERMANY    Yes
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY    Yes
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Hydrometallurg, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    Yes
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Yes
Tungsten    Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tungsten    Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes
Tungsten    Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Unknown
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Yes

 

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Tungsten

  

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Kennametal Fallon

  

UNITED STATES

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Kennametal Huntsville

  

UNITED STATES

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Moliren Ltd

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Niagara Refining LLC

  

UNITED STATES

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

  

VIET NAM

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

  

PHILIPPINES

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

VIET NAM

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Unecha Refractory metals plant

  

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

  

VIET NAM

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

  

AUSTRIA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

  

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

Tungsten

  

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

  

CHINA

  

Yes

 

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