UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
Stereotaxis, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36159 | 94-3120386 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 4320 Forest Park Avenue; Suite 100; St. Louis, MO | 63108 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Martin C. Stammer 314-678-6100
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
| ☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017. |
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
| Item 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report |
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“Form SD”) of Stereotaxis, Inc. (“Stereotaxis”, the “Company” or “we”) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017, is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Rule.
Stereotaxis evaluated its products and determined that our products contain “necessary conflict minerals.” This means that Conflict Minerals as defined in the Rule are present in products we manufacture or contract to manufacture and are used to achieve the required function, use or purpose of those products. Our determination and related disclosures relating to such necessary conflict minerals are included in Stereotaxis’ Conflict Minerals Report and are incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 1.02 | Exhibit |
The Company has filed a Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. Stereotaxis’ Conflict Minerals Report is available at http://www.stereotaxis.com/legal/. The website and the information accessible through it are not incorporated into this Form SD.
Section 2 - Exhibits
| Item 2.01 | Exhibits |
Exhibit 1.01 Stereotaxis, Inc. Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1 to December 31, 2017
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
| STEREOTAXIS, INC. |
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| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Martin C. Stammer |
May 17, 2018 | ||||
| Name: Martin C. Stammer | (Date) | |||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Exhibit 1.01
Stereotaxis, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2017
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report for Stereotaxis, Inc. (“Stereotaxis”, “we,” “us,” and “our”) is for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2017 and is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule”). Terms used in this report are defined in the Rule and Form SD. Refer to those sources and to SEC Release No. 34-67716 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2012 for such definitions.
Stereotaxis designs, manufactures and markets robotic systems and instruments for use primarily by electrophysiologists for the treatment of abnormal heart rhythms known as cardiac arrhythmias. We offer our proprietary Epoch Solution, an advanced remote robotic navigation system, for use in a hospital’s interventional surgical suite, or “interventional lab”. The Epoch Solution is comprised of the Niobe ES Remote Magnetic Navigation System (“Niobe ES system”), Odyssey Information Management Solution (“Odyssey Solution”), and the Vdrive Robotic Navigation System (“Vdrive system”), and related devices. The Niobe and Vdrive systems include sterilized disposable (consumable) components as well as capital equipment.
This Report describes the process and results of Stereotaxis’ Conflict Minerals program. Stereotaxis performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the source of necessary conflict minerals in our products, and in accordance with the Rule then undertook due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of those necessary conflict minerals. The purpose of this due diligence was to determine if any of the necessary conflict minerals originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively defined as the “Covered Countries”) and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources, to determine whether such products are “DRC conflict free.”
Consistent with the provisions of the Rule, this Conflict Minerals Report has not been audited by an independent private sector auditor.
Design of Conflict Minerals Program and Due Diligence Process
Stereotaxis has a Conflict Minerals program designed to be in conformance with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, 3rd Edition, including the Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and Gold (collectively, the “OECD Guidance”). In the context of the OECD Guidance Stereotaxis is a “downstream company” in the conflict minerals supply chain. Summarized below are the five due diligence steps taken which align with the OECD Guidance five-step framework:
1. Maintained a strong company management system:
| a) | We have a Conflict Minerals Policy. The policy has been communicated to our direct suppliers and can be found on our website at http://www.stereotaxis.com/legal/. |
| b) | We have an internal cross-functional Conflict Minerals team that oversees the implementation of our Conflict Minerals program. The status of our Conflict Minerals program is reviewed with senior management. We maintain records relating to our Conflict Minerals program. |
| c) | We have a system of controls and transparency over our supply chain using the industry standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), which is a supply chain survey designed to identify the maturity of our suppliers’ conflict minerals programs and identify the smelters and refiners that process the necessary conflict minerals contained in their products. |
| d) | We have informed our suppliers of our company policy, and our commitment to be DRC conflict free. Where suppliers are unaware of conflict minerals regulations, or have an immature process, we seek to educate them. |
| e) | We have a company-level grievance mechanism whereby anyone can confidentially call or email a concern or report a violation of a policy. This can be found in the Ethics and Commitment / Confidential Hot-line section of our website at http://www.stereotaxis.com/legal/. |
2. Identified and assessed risks in the conflict minerals supply chain:
| a) | We identified conflict minerals risks in our supply chain: |
| • | We identified all direct suppliers that supply us with products that might contain Conflict Minerals. |
| • | We conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) with relevant suppliers of parts and materials used in products manufactured by Stereotaxis. |
| • | We requested our direct suppliers provide us with a completed CMRT. The CMRT includes a section identifying evidence of an active corporate conflict minerals program/policy by each respective supplier as well as a list of Smelters or Refiners in the supplier’s conflict mineral supply chain. |
| • | We followed up with unresponsive suppliers, making multiple attempts to obtain information. |
| • | We reviewed CMRT and associated documentation provided by our suppliers for completeness and reasonableness. We categorized each supplier according to the responses provided. |
| b) | We assessed risks of adverse impacts by actively working to discontinue sourcing products from upstream suppliers when we identified a reasonable risk that they are sourcing from, or linked to any party committing serious abuses, consistent with Annex II of the OECD Guidance. |
3. Designed and implemented a strategy to respond to identified risks:
| a) | We identified the results of our RCOI and identified high risk suppliers to senior management. |
| b) | We have a risk management plan that includes seeking to reduce or eliminate high risk suppliers. |
| c) | We have an ongoing risk reduction and management program, which includes a goal that all future product designs are DRC conflict free, periodically reviewing and updating the conflict minerals status of our existing products and striving over time to reduce or eliminate non-conflict-free minerals from the supply chain. |
| d) | We monitored, and will continue to monitor changes in supplier conflict minerals status, as circumstances change with suppliers and as conflict minerals status ripples through the supply chain to end item manufacturers such as Stereotaxis. |
4. Carried out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain:
| a) | We engaged a third-party which has a comprehensive Verification, Outreach and Due Diligence Process related to the specific smelters or refiners which we identify as being in our supply chain. |
5. Reported on supply chain due diligence:
| a) | We publicly communicated our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy on our company website at http://www.stereotaxis.com /legal/. |
| b) | We publicly disclosed this Conflict Minerals Report on our company website at http://www.stereotaxis.com /legal/. |
| c) | As allowed by the Rule, obtaining an independent private sector audit of this Report was not required. |
The content of any website referred to in this Report is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Report.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Results
Following our Conflict Minerals program described above, Stereotaxis identified 203 suppliers and original equipment manufacturers in our direct supply chain. We then identified the subset of those suppliers who provide us with components, materials and assemblies where Conflict Minerals might be present and necessary to functionality, or for which we were unsure whether the materials or components contained Conflict Minerals. We then performed a RCOI with those suppliers, and requested they supply us with a CMRT. From that subset of suppliers we received 131 CMRT’s.
The 131 CMRT’s we received contained a large number of smelter names for the facilities these suppliers and their upstream suppliers use to process Conflict Minerals, as well as the specific Conflict Mineral(s) used in their products. After correction, review, and removal of duplicate or alternate names, and elimination of entities we determined were not actually smelters, we identified 312 unique smelters.
Of the 312 smelters, our analysis leads us to believe that 60 of them are known to source, or there is reason to believe they may source, Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.
In accordance with the SEC final rules for Conflict Minerals sourced from Covered Countries, because some smelters in our supply chain were identified to be sourcing from Covered Countries, Stereotaxis is required to exercise, and has exercised, due diligence on the Conflict Minerals’ source and chain of custody. Additionally, Stereotaxis is required to follow, and has followed, a nationally or internally recognized due diligence framework and report the results thereof in a Conflict Minerals report.
Due Diligence Process Results
Of the 60 smelters in our supply chain that source Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries, Stereotaxis’ due diligence review indicates:
| • | 58 smelters have active certifications or are in the process or renewing their certification as a conformant smelter by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP). In addition, 7 of these 58 smelters also have London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Responsible Gold Certifications. |
| • | 2 smelters are non-conformant smelters and have no known certification by any relevant certifying body. |
To the best of our knowledge, none of the smelters identified in our supply chain is known to source Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries.
Stereotaxis did not discontinue business with any supplier simply because the supplier sourced from the Covered Countries. We support a conflict-free minerals trade in the DRC region.
Product Determination
We have not been able to confirm the identification of all smelters in our supply chain, nor confirm that all smelters believed to be in our supply chain are DRC conflict-free.
No smelter identified in our supply chain is known to us as sourcing Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finances or benefits armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries.
Facility and Mine Information
The table below identifies the smelter or refiner facilities which, to the extent known as a result of our RCOI, processed the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products. A “Yes” entry in the last column indicates the smelter or refiner has received a conformant smelter designation from an independent third-party audit program.
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Gold |
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC |
United States |
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| Gold |
Advanced Chemical Company |
United States |
Yes | |||
| 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 Corrego do Sitio Mineracao |
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 |
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| Gold |
AU Traders and Refiners |
South Africa |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Aurubis AG |
Germany |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Bangalore Refinery |
India |
Yes | |||
| 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 |
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| Gold |
CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation |
Canada |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Cendres + Metaux S.A. |
Switzerland |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Chimet S.p.A. |
Italy |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Chugai Mining |
Japan |
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| Gold |
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. |
Korea, Republic of |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. |
China |
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| Gold |
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH |
Germany |
||||
| Gold |
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH |
Germany |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Dowa |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
DSC (Do Sung Corporation) |
Korea, Republic of |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Elemetal Refining, LLC |
United States |
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| Gold |
Emirates Gold DMCC |
United Arab Emirates |
Yes | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Gold |
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. |
Zimbabwe |
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| Gold |
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. |
India |
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| 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 |
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| Gold |
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
China |
||||
| Gold |
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Gold |
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Gold |
HeeSung Metal Ltd. |
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 |
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| Gold |
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. |
Korea, Republic of |
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| 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 |
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| Gold |
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC |
Kazakhstan |
||||
| Gold |
Kazzinc |
Kazakhstan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC |
United States |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna |
Poland |
Yes | |||
| 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 |
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| Gold |
L’azurde Company For Jewelry |
Saudi Arabia |
||||
| Gold |
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Gold |
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Gold |
L’Orfebre S.A. |
Andorra |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. |
Korea, Republic of |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. |
China |
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| Gold |
Marsam Metals |
Brazil |
Yes | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| 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 |
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. |
Mexico |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. |
India |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Modeltech Sdn Bhd |
Malaysia |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Morris and Watson |
New Zealand |
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| Gold |
Morris and Watson Gold Coast |
Australia |
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| Gold |
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant |
Russian Federation |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. |
Turkey |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat |
Uzbekistan |
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| Gold |
Nihon Material Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Ogussa Osterreichische 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 | |||
| Gold |
Pease & Curren |
United States |
||||
| Gold |
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| 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 Precinox S.A. |
Switzerland |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. |
South Africa |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. |
China |
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| Gold |
Remondis Argentia B.V. |
Netherlands |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Republic Metals Corporation |
United States |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Royal Canadian Mint |
Canada |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
SAAMP |
France |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Sabin Metal Corp. |
United States |
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| Gold |
Safimet S.p.A |
Italy |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
SAFINA A.S. |
Czech Republic |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Sai Refinery |
India |
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| Gold |
Samduck Precious Metals |
Korea, Republic of |
Yes | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Gold |
SAMWON METALS Corp. |
Korea, Republic of |
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| Gold |
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH |
Germany |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Schone Edelmetaal B.V. |
Netherlands |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. |
Spain |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| 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 |
So Accurate Group, Inc. |
United States |
||||
| Gold |
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals |
Russian Federation |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. |
Taiwan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology |
Lithuania |
||||
| Gold |
Sudan Gold Refinery |
Sudan |
||||
| Gold |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. |
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 |
||||
| Gold |
Tony Goetz NV |
Belgium |
||||
| Gold |
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn |
Kazakhstan |
||||
| 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 |
||||
| Gold |
Valcambi S.A. |
Switzerland |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) |
Australia |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH |
Germany |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Yamakin Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
Yes | |||
| Gold |
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. |
China |
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| Gold |
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation |
China |
Yes | |||
| 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 |
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| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| 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 Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
KEMET Blue Metals |
Mexico |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
Kemet Blue Powder |
United States |
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, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of | Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
QuantumClean |
United States |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
Brazil |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO |
Russian Federation |
Yes | |||
| Tantalum |
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. |
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 | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Tin |
Alpha |
United States |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company |
Viet Nam |
||||
| Tin |
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Tin |
CV Ayi Jaya |
Indonesia |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
CV Dua Sekawan |
Indonesia |
Yes | |||
| 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 |
||||
| Tin |
EM Vinto |
Bolivia |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
Estanho de Rondonia S.A. |
Brazil |
||||
| 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 |
||||
| Tin |
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. |
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 | |||
| 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 |
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
Viet Nam |
||||
| Tin |
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
Thailand |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. |
Philippines |
Yes | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Tin |
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. |
Bolivia |
Yes | |||
| 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 Babel Surya Alam Lestari |
Indonesia |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
PT Bangka Prima Tin |
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 | |||
| Tin |
PT Mitra Stania Prima |
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 |
||||
| Tin |
Thaisarco |
Thailand |
Yes | |||
| Tin |
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
Viet Nam |
||||
| Tin |
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao 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 | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Tungsten |
ACL Metais Eireli |
Brazil |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. |
Viet Nam |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| 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 |
||||
| 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 |
||||
| 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 |
||||
| Tungsten |
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
China |
||||
| Tungsten |
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. |
China |
Yes | |||
| 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 | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict Free | |||
| Tungsten |
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
Viet Nam |
Yes | |||
| Tungsten |
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten 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 | |||
Smelters or Refiners That Sourced from the Covered Countries
The table below lists the 60 smelter or refiner facilities which, to the extent known, processed the necessary conflict minerals in our products or products produced by companies in our supply chain that were sourced from the Covered Countries, and hence were subject to due diligence. The Conflict-Free Certification Status of each smelter or refiner is noted.
The Conflict-Free Certification Status designations are:
| • | RMAP: The smelter has an active certification or is in the process of renewing their certification as a conformant smelter in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) from the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). |
| • | LBMA: The smelter has obtained a Responsible Gold Certification (RGC) from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). |
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict-Free | |||
| Gold |
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) |
Uzbekistan |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
RMAP | |||
| Gold |
CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation |
Canada |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Elemetal Refining, LLC |
United States |
||||
| Gold |
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. |
China |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
Japan |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Nihon Material Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals |
Russian Federation |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. |
South Africa |
LBMA & RMAP | |||
| Gold |
Samduck Precious Metals |
Korea, Republic of |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Duoluoshan |
China |
||||
| Tantalum |
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Global Advanced Metals Aizu |
Japan |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown |
United States |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict-Free | |||
| Tantalum |
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. |
Thailand |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH |
Germany |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Inc. |
United States |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Ltd. |
Japan |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH |
Germany |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
KEMET Blue Metals |
Mexico |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Kemet Blue Powder |
United States |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
LSM Brasil S.A. |
Brazil |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
RMAP | |||
| Tantalum |
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC |
Kazakhstan |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
CV United Smelting |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
CV Venus Inti Perkasa |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
EM Vinto |
Bolivia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. |
Brazil |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) |
Malaysia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Metallo Belgium N.V. |
Belgium |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. |
Bolivia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Bangka Tin Industry |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Bukit Timah |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Sumber Jaya Indah |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa |
Indonesia |
RMAP | |||
| Tin |
Thaisarco |
Thailand |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. |
Japan |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. |
Viet Nam |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH |
Germany |
RMAP | |||
| Metal |
Smelter or Refiner Name |
Smelter or Refiner |
Conflict-Free | |||
| Tungsten |
Hydrometallurg, JSC |
Russian Federation |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
Viet Nam |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
| Tungsten |
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
China |
RMAP | |||
Country of Origin
The countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals processed by the smelters and refiners believed to be in our supply chain include the following countries.
Gold:
Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bermuda; Bolivia; Brazil; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; 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; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mali; Mexico; Mongolia; 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; Spain; Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Tantalum:
Angola; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Central African Republic; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (Brazzaville); Czech Republic; Djibouti; DRC- Congo (Kinshasa); Ecuador; Egypt; Estonia; Ethiopia; France; Germany; Ghana; Guinea; Guyana; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jersey; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Laos; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mali; Mexico; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; South Sudan; Spain; Suriname; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Tin:
Angola; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Central African Republic; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (Brazzaville); Czech Republic; Djibouti; DRC- Congo (Kinshasa); Ecuador; Egypt; Estonia; Ethiopia; France; Germany; Guyana; Hong Kong; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jersey; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mexico; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; South Sudan; Spain; Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Turkey; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Tungsten:
Angola; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Central African Republic; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (Brazzaville); Czech Republic; Djibouti; DRC- Congo (Kinshasa); Ecuador; Egypt; Estonia; Ethiopia; France; Germany; Guinea; Guyana; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Ivory Coast; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Republic of; Laos; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mexico; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Portugal; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; South Sudan; Spain; Suriname; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk
For the next reporting year, Stereotaxis plans to continue to work with our suppliers as needed to help them understand and satisfy our conflict-free expectations. We will continue to monitor the progress of suppliers which report to be sourcing from non-conformant smelters believed to source conflict minerals from the Covered Countries, work to improve supplier response rates, and continue to improve our internal due diligence determination process.
Additional Risk Factors
Our conflict minerals disclosure is made in good faith and based on best efforts. However, other factors could have led to errors in the disclosure. They include, but are not limited to gaps in supplier data, error in supplier knowledge, gaps in smelter auditing process, errors in public data, errors in language translation, and delays in reporting data through the lengthy supply chain that exists between the smelters or refiners and Stereotaxis.