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Form SD KIMBERLY CLARK CORP

May 26, 2022 10:19 AM EDT





UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

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KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware1-22539-0394230
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(Commission file number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, Texas75261-9100
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

Jeffrey Melucci, Chief Business Development & Legal Officer (972) 281-1200
(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:
XRule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021






Section 1    Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01    Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Minerals Disclosure
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD of Kimberly-Clark Corporation is for the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Unless the context indicates otherwise, “Kimberly-Clark,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Kimberly-Clark Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
During 2021, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs (as defined below) are necessary to their functionality or production (“Covered Products”). The term “3TGs” refers to columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. Accordingly, we have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia), or were from recycled or scrap sources.
Information about our RCOI, as well as the steps we have taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of any 3TGs in our Covered Products, is included in our Conflict Minerals Report, which is filed as an exhibit to this Form SD. In addition, our Conflict Minerals Report is publicly available at: http://www.kimberly-clark.com/sustainability/people/CSC.aspx.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, including the Conflict Minerals Report exhibit, contains forward-looking statements that are based upon management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting Kimberly-Clark. Certain matters contained herein concerning the future, including risk mitigation steps, constitute forward-looking statements and are based upon management's expectations and beliefs. There can be no assurance that these future events will occur as anticipated.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update them. For a description of certain factors that could cause our future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, see Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Inherent Limitations on Due Diligence Procedures
As a downstream purchaser of 3TGs, or components containing 3TGs, our due diligence procedures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of such materials. Our due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from our direct suppliers and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of 3TGs. We also rely, to a large extent, on information collected and provided by third parties. Such sources of information may yield inaccurate or incomplete information and may be subject to fraud.
Item 1.02    Exhibit
We have filed our Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.
Section 2    Exhibits
Item 2.01    Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01    Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD.


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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.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
Date:May 26, 2022By:/s/ Jeffrey Melucci
Jeffrey Melucci
Chief Business Development & Legal Officer


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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit 1.01
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
for the Year Ended December 31, 2021
This Conflict Minerals Report of Kimberly-Clark Corporation has been prepared for the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Unless the context indicates otherwise, “Kimberly-Clark,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Kimberly-Clark Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
During 2021, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs (as defined below) are necessary to their functionality or production (“Covered Products”). The term “3TGs” refers to columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. The vast majority of our products do not contain 3TGs and our revenue from sales of Covered Products in 2021 was immaterial relative to our total net sales. In 2021, we manufactured or contracted for manufacture Covered Products primarily through our K-C Professional business. We have no reason to believe that any of the Covered Products are in our consumer businesses, which include our Personal Care and Consumer Tissue operating segments.
Electronic components account for a significant majority of any 3TGs present in our Covered Products. Electronic components commonly contain 3TGs for a variety of reasons (for example tin is usually present in solder). The Covered Products include dispensers (e.g., for hand sanitizers, soaps and paper products) which contain electronic sensors and actuators.
We have developed a conflict minerals compliance program reasonably designed to identify whether the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia) (collectively, the “Covered Countries”), or whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products are from recycled or scrap sources. Our conflict minerals compliance program is overseen by an internal team of subject matter experts from key functions (“Core Team”).
Description of Our Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated from one of the Covered Countries or was from recycled or scrap sources.
In conducting our RCOI, we used a risk-based approach. First, we identified our product materials which contain or potentially contain 3TGs necessary to their functionality or production. Second, we identified the direct suppliers of the materials, components and finished goods supplied to us for those products. Third, we risk-stratified each supplier’s “materials risk” based on the likelihood that the product materials they supply to us contain 3TGs. Fourth, we conducted a supply chain survey of our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of any 3TGs contained in materials supplied to us in our Covered Products, including sources of 3TGs supplied to these direct suppliers from second-tier suppliers, as well as suppliers further upstream.
Our survey included those suppliers rated with a materials risk of high risk and medium risk. We have determined that it is not necessary to survey our low risk and very low risk rated suppliers, based on a sampling program we conducted in past years in which we surveyed certain of these suppliers. This sampling program allowed us to confirm that the materials associated with our low risk and very low risk suppliers do not contain 3TGs.
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Our supply chain survey employed the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) version 6.10 developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance (“RMI”). 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.
As of May 20, 2022, approximately 91% of our direct suppliers included in the supply chain survey have responded with a completed CMRT or acceptable declaration, including all of our high risk suppliers. We compared the list of smelters and refiners provided in our suppliers’ responses to the lists maintained by the RMI and, if a supplier indicated that a facility was certified as conformant, confirmed that the facility was listed on the RMI’s list of smelters or refiners that are conformant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) assessment protocols. Four suppliers indicated that their supply chains may include the same single smelter that potentially could be sourcing from the Covered Countries; however, we have validated in the due diligence process described below that this smelter has been certified as conformant.  Many of the supplier responses were unable to specify all smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. Furthermore, many of the responses were provided at the company or division level, rather than the product level, and therefore, their list of smelters and refiners cannot be definitively linked to the products they provided to us.
Due Diligence Process
Following our RCOI, we conducted a due diligence review of the source and chain of custody of the 3TGs contained in our Covered Products. Our due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the framework in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.
Management Systems and Controls
Internal Team
We have a centralized, cross-functional conflict minerals Core Team to oversee the implementation and daily administration of the program, which includes geographically diverse representation from the following departments: Procurement; Legal; and Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability. The Core Team periodically reports to senior management on program developments and progress. Our Chief Business Development and Legal Officer serves as the executive sponsor of the Conflict Minerals Compliance program.
Control Systems
We address 3TGs sourced from the Covered Countries in our Supplier Social Compliance Standards and our Supplier Stewardship Standards, which are embedded in our Purchase Order Terms and Conditions and certain of our supplier agreements, as well as posted in the Company/SupplierLINK/Standards and Requirements section of our corporate website at: http://www.kimberly-clark.com.
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Our suppliers are required to source responsibly and adhere to our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, which require suppliers to source 3TGs from smelters and refiners who source outside of the Covered Countries or that are designated as “conformant” by the RMI. We engage independent third-party audit firms to conduct Supplier Social Compliance audits (on-site inspections) of suppliers of certain commodity categories, particularly contract manufacturers. If an assessment reveals that the supplier is in violation of our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, we require that the supplier submit documentation showing that violations have been addressed and remediated. We conduct additional follow-up audits at our discretion to confirm compliance with our Supplier Social Compliance Standards. Any concerns regarding suppliers or our compliance program can be reported to our Corporate Social Compliance team as specified on our Corporate Social Compliance website. During 2021, we conducted 219 supplier audits covering 169 suppliers.
Supplier Engagement
We rely on our direct (tier one) suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied to us - including sources of 3TGs that are supplied to them from upstream suppliers.
In addition, we conduct periodic in-house training of our Procurement function to educate employees to identify 3TGs in products and to work more closely with our suppliers to encourage responsible sourcing.
Grievance Mechanism
We maintain a comprehensive and multi-faceted system for the reporting of Code of Conduct violations, concerns and grievances. To ensure that every employee (and every stakeholder) has the ability to report concerns on an anonymous basis, we have established a Code of Conduct telephone helpline which is staffed by a professional independent company. This line is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and one can give a report in any language. Our Code of Conduct, as well as the reporting process and helpline contact information, is available on our external website.
Calls are investigated by various internal subject matter experts in our Compliance, Internal Audit, Global Security, Human Resources and Legal departments. We report summary results and statistics to our executive leadership and our Board of Directors as deemed appropriate.
Maintenance of Records
We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation for a minimum of five years.
Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
As part of our due diligence process, we reviewed our suppliers’ responses to the supply chain survey against criteria developed to determine which responses required further engagement. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses, as well as inconsistencies within the reported data.
Certain of the responses to the surveys included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. We compared each facility listed in the responses to the lists of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI to verify the existence of the facility and to determine whether the facility is certified as conformant with the RMAP assessment protocols.
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We classify each listed smelter or refiner as high, medium or low risk based on three scoring criteria: geographic proximity to the Covered Countries, Conflict-Free Sourcing Program audit status and known or plausible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing. Based on these criteria, we have identified no facilities as being high risk. When a supplier reports a high risk facility on a CMRT, we initiate risk mitigation activities. When CMRT responses include any high or medium risk facilities, we request the supplier to provide a product-specific CMRT to better identify any connection between the subject facilities and the products supplied to us.
If any smelter or refiner is not recognized by the RMI, we conduct outreach and research to gain more information about whether they are a smelter or a refiner, sourcing practices, location, and country of origin. Additionally, if any smelter is not certified conformant, we conduct outreach providing education on the Conflict-Free Smelter Program and encourage them to join this program.
Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
We have developed a risk management plan that includes the following elements:
Communication directly with our suppliers of our conflict minerals requirements under our Supplier Social Compliance Standards, as described above.
Communication with suppliers who do not satisfy our due diligence requests to obtain more complete and accurate responses.
Additional follow up, due diligence, and/or risk mitigation activities, as appropriate, upon learning of changes in supplier circumstances or information.
Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain
We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and we do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain.
Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
We report annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC.
Due Diligence Results
Attachment A lists the 361 legitimate smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains and indicates which of these smelters and refiners have been certified as RMAP Conformant. The majority of the responses received either provided data at a company or divisional level or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. We are therefore unable to determine whether the smelters or refiners reported by certain suppliers processed the 3TGs in the materials supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain. Attachment B contains an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and publicly by the RMI.
We believe that the inquiries and investigations described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products with the greatest possible specificity, including (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners using the RMI list, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable.
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This Report has not been audited, nor is an independent private sector audit required for this Report.
Risk Mitigation and Due Diligence Improvement
We have taken or intend to take the following steps to further mitigate the risk that the 3TGs in our Covered Products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:
Continue to review the refinement and expansion of the RMI list of smelters and refiners to validate the smelters and refiners provided by suppliers.
Provide continuing education of the Core Team and stakeholders on their on-going responsibilities with respect to conflict minerals compliance and any legislative or organizational developments.
Encourage suppliers that provided company or division level information for 2021 to provide product level information for 2022 through ongoing communications with these suppliers.
Maintain a global supplier screening program that requires our suppliers to provide information regarding 3TGs and requires each new in-scope direct supplier we add to our supply chain to provide a completed CMRT.

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Attachment A
2021 Facility List
The following lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains and indicates which of these smelters and refiners have been certified as conformant.
MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
Gold8853 S.p.A.ITALYCONFORMANT
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICAACTIVE
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldAgosi AGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCONFORMANT
GoldAlexy MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICAACTIVE
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTANCONFORMANT
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZILCONFORMANT
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CANADACONFORMANT
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEYUNKNOWN
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICAUNKNOWN
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedINDIAACTIVE
GoldAurubis AGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldBangalore RefineryINDIACONFORMANT
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
GoldBoliden ABSWEDENCONFORMANT
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCOLOMBIAACTIVE
GoldCaridadMEXICOUNKNOWN
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADACONFORMANT
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldChimet S.p.A.ITALYCONFORMANT
GoldChugai MiningJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANYUNKNOWN
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldDODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldDowaJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited
(Unit 1)
INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited
(Unit 2)
INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited
(Unit 3)
INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited
(Unit 4)
INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCONFORMANT
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWEUNKNOWN
GoldFujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldGGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIAACTIVE
GoldGold Coast RefineryGHANAUNKNOWN
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINAUNKNOWN
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINAUNKNOWN
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldHeraeus Germany GmbH Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.SOUTH KOREAUNKNOWN
GoldIndustrial Refining CompanyBELGIUMUNKNOWN
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTURKEYCONFORMANT
GoldItalpreziosiITALYCONFORMANT
GoldJALAN & CompanyINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldJapan MintJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldJSC UralelectromedRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldK.A. RasmussenNORWAYUNKNOWN
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATESUNKNOWN
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTANUNKNOWN
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLANDCONFORMANT
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTANUNKNOWN
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIAUNKNOWN
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRACONFORMANT
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldLT Metal Ltd.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldMarsam MetalsBRAZILCONFORMANT
GoldMaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMD OverseasINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACONFORMANT
GoldMetallix Refining Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORECONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICOCONFORMANT
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACONFORMANT
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIAUNKNOWN
GoldMorris and WatsonNEW ZEALANDUNKNOWN
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEYCONFORMANT
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTANCONFORMANT
GoldNH Recytech CompanySOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIACONFORMANT
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldPAMP S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldPease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILECONFORMANT
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldQG Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACONFORMANT
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDSCONFORMANT
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCANADACONFORMANT
GoldSAAMPFRANCECONFORMANT
GoldSabin Metal Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
GoldSafimet S.p.AITALYCONFORMANT
GoldSAFINA A.S.CZECHIACONFORMANT
GoldSai RefineryINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsSOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.SOUTH KOREAUNKNOWN
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)COLOMBIAACTIVE
GoldSAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYUNKNOWN
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.MAURITANIAUNKNOWN
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAINCONFORMANT
GoldShandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.INDIAUNKNOWN
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWANCONFORMANT
GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAUNKNOWN
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWANCONFORMANT
GoldSovereign MetalsINDIAUNKNOWN
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIAUNKNOWN
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySUDANUNKNOWN
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWANUNKNOWN
GoldT.C.A S.p.AITALYCONFORMANT
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
GoldTorecomSOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
GoldTSK PretechSOUTH KOREAUNKNOWN
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILANDCONFORMANT
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUMCONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
GoldValcambi S.A.SWITZERLANDCONFORMANT
GoldValue TradingBELGIUMUNKNOWN
GoldWEEEREFININGFRANCEACTIVE
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIACONFORMANT
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINACONFORMANT
TantalumAMG BrasilBRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumExotech Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUNKNOWN
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumH.C. Starck Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumKEMET de MexicoMEXICOCONFORMANT
TantalumMeta MaterialsNORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OFCONFORMANT
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACONFORMANT
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumNPM Silmet ASESTONIACONFORMANT
TantalumQuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TantalumRFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAORUSSIACONFORMANT
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TantalumTANIOBIS Co., Ltd.THAILANDCONFORMANT
TantalumTANIOBIS GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumTANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TantalumTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
TantalumTelex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTANCONFORMANT
TantalumXIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITEDCHINACONFORMANT
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinAlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBRAZILACTIVE
TinCRM SynergiesSPAINCONFORMANT
TinCV Ayi JayaINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIAACTIVE
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinDowaJAPANCONFORMANT
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinEM VintoBOLIVIACONFORMANT
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinFabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinFenix MetalsPOLANDCONFORMANT
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINAUNKNOWN
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinHuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinHuichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.RWANDACONFORMANT
TinMa'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIACONFORMANT
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZILUNKNOWN
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinMetallo Belgium N.V.BELGIUMCONFORMANT
TinMetallo Spain S.L.U.SPAINCONFORMANT
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinMinsurPERUCONFORMANT
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCONFORMANT
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIAUNKNOWN
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinNovosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.RUSSIACONFORMANT
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILANDCONFORMANT
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIACONFORMANT
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMYANMARUNKNOWN
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraINDONESIAACTIVE
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Belitung Industri SejahteraINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Bukit TimahINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Masbro Alam StaniaINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoINDONESIAACTIVE
TinPT Panca Mega PersadaINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Rajehan AriqINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Sariwiguna BinasentosaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIAACTIVE
TinPT Timah NusantaraINDONESIAACTIVE
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIACONFORMANT
TinPT Tirus Putra MandiriINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinPT Tommy UtamaINDONESIAUNKNOWN
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinRui Da HungTAIWANCONFORMANT
TinSoft Metais Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinSuper LigasBRAZILACTIVE
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MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TinThai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.VIETNAMCONFORMANT
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDCONFORMANT
TinTin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIETNAMUNKNOWN
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZILCONFORMANT
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TinYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JAPANCONFORMANT
TungstenACL Metais EireliBRAZILCONFORMANT
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZILACTIVE
TungstenArtek LLCRUSSIAUNKNOWN
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIETNAMCONFORMANT
TungstenChenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenChina Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaBRAZILCONFORMANT
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenFujian Xinlu TungstenCHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANYCONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenHunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIACONFORMANT
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCONFORMANT
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINAUNKNOWN
13


MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationRMI Conformance Level
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJingmen Dewei GEM Tungsten Resources Recycling Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIACONFORMANT
TungstenKennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenKGETS Co., Ltd.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWANCONFORMANT
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenMasan High-Tech MaterialsVIETNAMCONFORMANT
TungstenMoliren Ltd.RUSSIACONFORMANT
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACONFORMANT
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRUSSIAACTIVE
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 1RUSSIAACTIVE
TungstenOOO “Technolom” 2RUSSIAACTIVE
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINESCONFORMANT
TungstenTANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCONFORMANT
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIACONFORMANT
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIACONFORMANT
TungstenWoltech Korea Co., Ltd.SOUTH KOREACONFORMANT
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACONFORMANT
TungstenXinfeng Huarui Tungsten & MolybdenumCHINACONFORMANT

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Attachment B
2021 Countries of Origin
The following lists the countries of origin from which the reported facilities in Attachment A collectively source conflict minerals based on information provided by our suppliers and the RMI.

ANDORRAJAPANSAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRALIAKAZAKHSTANSINGAPORE
AUSTRIAKYRGYZSTANSOUTH AFRICA
BELGIUMLITHUANIASOUTH KOREA
BOLIVIAMALAYSIASPAIN
BRAZILMAURITANIASUDAN
CANADAMEXICOSWEDEN
CHILEMYANMARSWITZERLAND
CHINANETHERLANDSTAIWAN
COLOMBIANEW ZEALANDTHAILAND
CZECHIANORTH MACEDONIATURKEY
ESTONIANORWAYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
FRANCEPERUUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GERMANYPHILIPPINESUZBEKISTAN
GHANAPOLANDVIETNAM
INDIARUSSIAZIMBABWE
INDONESIARWANDA
ITALY



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