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   (Commission   (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)   File Number)   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:

 

[X] Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

 

 

 

   
 

 

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, 2018, 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, 2018

 

   
 

 

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.  
(Registrant)  

 

By: /s/ Martin C. Stammer   May 15, 2019
Name: Martin C. Stammer   (Date)
Title: Chief Financial Officer    

 

   
 

 

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

Stereotaxis, Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Introduction

 

This Conflict Minerals Report for Stereotaxis, Inc. (“Stereotaxis”, “we,” “us,” and “our”) is for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2018 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 Robotic 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 (RCOI) 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 intentionally added and necessary for the functionality of those products.
 

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 industry-standard 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’s and any other documentation provided by our suppliers for completeness and reasonableness. We categorized suppliers 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 engage a third-party which has a comprehensive Verification, Outreach and Due Diligence Process which provides us with detailed information and audit results related to the smelters or refiners 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 the Conflict Minerals program described above, Stereotaxis identified 197 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 each of them supply us with a CMRT. From that subset of 161 suppliers we subsequently received 106 CMRT’s.

 

The 106 CMRT’s we received contained a large number of smelter or refiner 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 or refiners, and elimination of entities for which we were unable to determine if they were a relevant smelter or refiner, we identified 316 unique smelters.

 

   
 

Of the 316 identified smelters in our supply chain, our analysis leads us to believe that:

 

  52 smelters are known to source, or there is reason to believe they may source, Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.
  24 smelters have unknown country(s) of origin for their minerals, and therefore it cannot be determined if those smelters sourced 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 (specifically the OECD Guidance) and report the results thereof in a Conflict Minerals report.

 

Due Diligence Process Results

 

Of the 52 smelters in our supply chain that are known to source Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries, Stereotaxis’ due diligence review indicates all 52 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 52 smelters also have London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Responsible Gold Certifications.

 

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 conflict minerals from the Covered Countries. We support a conflict-free minerals trade in the DRC region.

 

Product Determination

 

Based upon responses received from our suppliers as part of RCOI, we have not been able to confirm the identification of all smelters in our supply chain, nor confirm that all smelters reported by our suppliers as being 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 316 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   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Gold   8853 S.p.A.   CID002763   Italy   Yes
Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   CID002708   United States    
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   CID000015   United States   Yes
Gold   African Gold Refinery   CID003185   Uganda    
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   CID000019   Japan   Yes
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   CID002560   United Arab Emirates   Yes
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   CID000035   Germany   Yes
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   CID000041   Uzbekistan   Yes

 

   
 

 


Metal
  Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   CID000058   Brazil   Yes
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   CID000077   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   CID000082   Japan   Yes
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CID000924   Canada   Yes
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   CID000920   United States   Yes
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   CID000090   Japan   Yes
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   CID000103   Turkey    
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   CID002850   South Africa   Yes
Gold   Aurubis AG   CID000113   Germany   Yes
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   CID002863   India   Yes
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   CID000128   Philippines   Yes
Gold   Boliden AB   CID000157   Sweden   Yes
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   CID000176   Germany   Yes
Gold   Caridad   CID000180   Mexico    
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CID000185   Canada   Yes
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   CID000189   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   CID000233   Italy   Yes
Gold   Chugai Mining   CID000264   Japan   Yes
Gold   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.   CID000328   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CID000343   China    
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   CID002867   Germany    
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   CID003348   United Arab Emirates    
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   CID000362   Germany   Yes
Gold   Dowa   CID000401   Japan   Yes
Gold   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.   CID003195   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   CID000359   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.   CID000425   Japan   Yes
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   CID002561   United Arab Emirates   Yes
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   CID002515   Zimbabwe    
Gold   Fujairah Gold FZC   CID002584   United Arab Emirates    
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   CID002852   India    
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   CID002459   United States   Yes
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CID002243   China   Yes
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   CID001909   China    
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   CID002312   China    
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID000651   China    
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID000671   China    
Gold   HeeSung Metal Ltd.   CID000689   Korea, Republic of   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   CID000694   Germany   Yes
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CID000707   China   Yes
Gold   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   CID000711   Germany   Yes
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CID000767   China    
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID000773   China    
Gold   HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.   CID000778   Korea, Republic of    
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CID000801   China   Yes
Gold   International Precious Metal Refiners   CID002562   United Arab Emirates    
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID000807   Japan   Yes
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   CID000814   Turkey   Yes
Gold   Italpreziosi   CID002765   Italy   Yes
Gold   Japan Mint   CID000823   Japan   Yes
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CID000855   China   Yes
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   CID000927   Russian Federation    
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   CID000929   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000937   Japan   Yes
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   CID002563   United Arab Emirates    
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   CID000956   Kazakhstan    
Gold   Kazzinc   CID000957   Kazakhstan   Yes
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   CID000969   United States   Yes
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   CID002511   Poland   Yes
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   CID000981   Japan   Yes
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   CID002605   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   CID001029   Kyrgyzstan   Yes
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   CID002865   Russian Federation    
Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   CID001032   Saudi Arabia    
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   CID001056   China    
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001058   China    
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   CID002762   Andorra   Yes
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   CID001078   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001093   China    
Gold   Marsam Metals   CID002606   Brazil   Yes
Gold   Materion   CID001113   United States   Yes
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   CID001119   Japan   Yes
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CID001149   China   Yes
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   CID001152   Singapore   Yes
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CID001147   China   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   CID001153   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   CID001157   United States   Yes
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   CID001161   Mexico   Yes
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001188   Japan   Yes
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001193   Japan   Yes
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   CID002509   India   Yes
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   CID002857   Malaysia    
Gold   Morris and Watson   CID002282   New Zealand    
Gold   Morris and Watson Gold Coast   CID002866   Australia    
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   CID001204   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   CID001220   Turkey   Yes
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   CID001236   Uzbekistan    
Gold   NH Recytech Company   CID003189   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   CID001259   Japan   Yes
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   CID002779   Austria   Yes
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001325   Japan   Yes
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   CID001326   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   CID000493   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   PAMP S.A.   CID001352   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   Pease & Curren   CID002872   United States    
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001362   China    
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CID002919   Chile   Yes
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   CID001386   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   CID001397   Indonesia   Yes
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   CID001498   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   CID003324   United States    
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   CID001512   South Africa   Yes
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   CID000522   China    
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   CID002582   Netherlands   Yes
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CID001534   Canada   Yes
Gold   SAAMP   CID002761   France   Yes
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   CID001546   United States    
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   CID002973   Italy   Yes
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CID002290   Czech Republic    
Gold   Sai Refinery   CID002853   India    
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   CID001555   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   SAMWON METALS Corp.   CID001562   Korea, Republic of    
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   CID002777   Germany   Yes
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   CID001585   Spain   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID002525   China    
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CID001619   China    
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001622   China   Yes
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CID001736   China   Yes
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   CID002516   Taiwan   Yes
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   CID001756   Russian Federation   Yes
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   CID001761   Taiwan   Yes
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   CID003153   Lithuania    
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   CID002567   Sudan    
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   CID001798   Japan   Yes
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   CID002918   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   CID002580   Italy   Yes
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   CID001875   Japan   Yes
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CID001916   China   Yes
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   CID001938   Japan   Yes
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CID001947   China    
Gold   Tony Goetz NV   CID002587   Belgium    
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   CID002615   Kazakhstan    
Gold   Torecom   CID001955   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   CID001977   Brazil   Yes
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   CID002314   Thailand   Yes
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   CID001980   Belgium   Yes
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   CID001993   United States   Yes
Gold   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia   CID002854   Zambia    
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   CID002003   Switzerland   Yes
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   CID002030   Australia   Yes
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   CID002778   Germany   Yes
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   CID002100   Japan   Yes
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   CID002129   Japan   Yes
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CID000197   China    
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CID002224   China   Yes
Tantalum   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   CID000092   Japan   Yes
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID000211   China   Yes
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   CID002504   United States   Yes
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   CID000456   United States   Yes
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CID000460   China   Yes
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CID002505   China   Yes
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   CID002558   Japan   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   CID002557   United States   Yes
Tantalum   Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.   CID000291   China   Yes
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CID000616   China   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   CID002544   Thailand   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   CID002547   Germany   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   CID002548   United States   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   CID002549   Japan   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002550   Germany   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   CID002545   Germany   Yes
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CID002492   China   Yes
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002512   China   Yes
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CID002842   China   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.   CID003191   China   Yes
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000914   China   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CID000917   China   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002506   China   Yes
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   CID002539   Mexico   Yes
Tantalum   Kemet Blue Powder   CID002568   United States   Yes
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   CID001076   Brazil   Yes
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   CID001163   India   Yes
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   CID001175   Brazil   Yes
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001192   Japan   Yes
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001277   China   Yes
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   CID001200   Estonia   Yes
Tantalum   Power Resources Ltd.   CID002847   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of   Yes
Tantalum   QuantumClean   CID001508   United States   Yes
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID002707   Brazil   Yes
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   CID001769   Russian Federation   Yes
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID001869   Japan   Yes
Tantalum   Telex Metals   CID001891   United States   Yes
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   CID001969   Kazakhstan   Yes
Tantalum   XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CID002508   China   Yes
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID001522   China   Yes
Tin   Alpha   CID000292   United States   Yes
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   CID002703   Viet Nam    
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000228   China   Yes
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CID003190   China   Yes
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CID001070   China   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   CID002570   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   CV Dua Sekawan   CID002592   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   CV Gita Pesona   CID000306   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   CV United Smelting   CID000315   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   CID002455   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   Dowa   CID000402   Japan   Yes
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   CID002572   Viet Nam    
Tin   EM Vinto   CID000438   Bolivia   Yes
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   CID000448   Brazil    
Tin   Fenix Metals   CID000468   Poland   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant   CID002848   China   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company   CID002859   China   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CID000942   China   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CID000538   China   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CID001908   China   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000555   China   Yes
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CID003116   China   Yes
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   CID002849   China   Yes
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002844   China    
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   CID000760   China   Yes
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CID001231   China   Yes
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   CID002468   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   CID001105   Malaysia   Yes
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   CID002500   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   CID001142   United States   Yes
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   CID002773   Belgium   Yes
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   CID002774   Spain   Yes
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   CID001173   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Minsur   CID001182   Peru   Yes
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001191   Japan   Yes
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   CID002858   Malaysia   Yes
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   CID002573   Viet Nam    
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   CID001314   Thailand   Yes
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   CID002517   Philippines   Yes
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   CID001337   Bolivia   Yes
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   CID003208   Myanmar    
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   CID000309   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   CID001399   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   CID002503   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   CID001402   Indonesia   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Tin   PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari   CID001406   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Bangka Prima Tin   CID002776   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   CID003205   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Bangka Tin Industry   CID001419   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   CID001421   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   CID001428   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT DS Jaya Abadi   CID001434   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Inti Stania Prima   CID002530   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Karimun Mining   CID001448   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri   CID002829   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   CID002835   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   CID001453   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   CID001457   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Premium Tin Indonesia   CID000313   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   CID001458   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Rajehan Ariq   CID002593   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   CID001460   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   CID001463   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   CID001468   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   CID002816   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   CID001471   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   CID001477   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   CID001482   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   CID001490   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Tirus Putra Mandiri   CID002478   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   CID001493   Indonesia   Yes
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID002706   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Rui Da Hung   CID001539   Taiwan   Yes
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   CID001758   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Super Ligas   CID002756   Brazil    
Tin   Thaisarco   CID001898   Thailand   Yes
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   CID003325   United States   Yes
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   CID002574   Viet Nam    
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   CID002036   Brazil   Yes
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID002158   China   Yes
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CID002180   China   Yes
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   CID000004   Japan   Yes
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   CID002833   Brazil   Yes
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002513   China   Yes
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000258   China   Yes
Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000499   China   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002645   China   Yes

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict Free Certification
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID000875   China   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002315   China   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CID002494   China   Yes
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   CID000568   United States   Yes
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000218   China   Yes
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002542   Germany   Yes
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   CID002541   Germany   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CID000766   China   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CID002579   China   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000769   China   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CID003182   China   Yes
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   CID002649   Russian Federation   Yes
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000825   Japan   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002551   China   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002647   China    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002321   China   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID002313   China    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID002318   China   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002317   China   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002316   China   Yes
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   CID000966   United States   Yes
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   CID000105   United States   Yes
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002319   China   Yes
Tungsten   Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)   CID002543   Viet Nam   Yes
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   CID002845   Russian Federation   Yes
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   CID002589   United States   Yes
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   CID002827   Philippines   Yes
Tungsten   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City   CID002815   China   Yes
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID001889   Viet Nam   Yes
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory Metals Plant   CID002724   Russian Federation   Yes
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   CID002044   Austria   Yes
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   CID002843   Korea, Republic of   Yes
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CID002320   China   Yes
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002082   China   Yes
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CID002830   China   Yes
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002095   China   Yes

 

   
 

 

Smelters or Refiners That Sourced from the Covered Countries

 

The table below lists the 52 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 in the table 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   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict-Free Certification Status
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   CID000041   Uzbekistan   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   CID000090   Japan   RMAP
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CID000185   Canada   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CID000855   China   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001188   Japan   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   CID001259   Japan   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   CID001386   Russian Federation   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   CID001512   South Africa   LBMA & RMAP
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   CID001555   Korea, Republic of   RMAP
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID000211   China   RMAP
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CID000460   China   RMAP
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   CID002558   Japan   RMAP
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   CID002557   United States   RMAP
Tantalum   Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.   CID000291   China   RMAP
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CID000616   China   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   CID002544   Thailand   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   CID002547   Germany   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   CID002548   United States   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   CID002549   Japan   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002550   Germany   RMAP
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   CID002545   Germany   RMAP
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000914   China   RMAP
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CID000917   China   RMAP
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002506   China   RMAP
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   CID002539   Mexico   RMAP
Tantalum   Kemet Blue Powder   CID002568   United States   RMAP
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   CID001076   Brazil   RMAP
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001277   China   RMAP
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID001869   Japan   RMAP
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   CID001969   Kazakhstan   RMAP
Tin   CV United Smelting   CID000315   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   CID002455   Indonesia   RMAP

 

   
 

 

Metal   Smelter or Refiner Name   RMI
Smelter ID
  Smelter or Refiner Location   Conflict-Free Certification Status
Tin   EM Vinto   CID000438   Bolivia   RMAP
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   CID002468   Brazil   RMAP
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   CID001105   Malaysia   RMAP
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   CID002773   Belgium   RMAP
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   CID001337   Bolivia   RMAP
Tin   PT Bangka Tin Industry   CID001419   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   CID001428   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   CID001468   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   CID001471   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   CID001490   Indonesia   RMAP
Tin   Thaisarco   CID001898   Thailand   RMAP
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   CID000004   Japan   RMAP
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000258   China   RMAP
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID000875   China   RMAP
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002315   China   RMAP
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   CID002541   Germany   RMAP
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   CID002649   Russian Federation   RMAP
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002317   China   RMAP
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CID002320   China   RMAP
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002082   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; Papua New Guinea; 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:

 

Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; 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; Spain; Suriname; Switzerland; Taiwan; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe.

 

Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk

 

For the next reporting year, Stereotaxis plans to continue to work with our suppliers as deemed appropriate 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 processes, errors in public data, errors in language translation, and delays in reporting data through the lengthy supply chain that exists between the upstream smelters or refiners and Stereotaxis.

 

   
 

 

 

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