LINK Interlink Electronics Inc

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM SD

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada		001-37659	77-0056625
(State or other jurisdiction of		(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		file number)	Identification No.)

 

15707 Rockfield Boulevard, Suite 105

Irvine, California 92618

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

 

Ryan J. Hoffman

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

(805) 484-8855

(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 submitted, 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, 2023.

 

¨ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended .

 

 

 

Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01

Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

A Conflict Minerals Report is attached as an exhibit to this Form SD and is available on our website, www.interlinkelectronics.com, as permitted by Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD or our Conflict Minerals Report and should not be considered part of this Form SD or the Conflict Minerals Report.

 

Item 1.02

Exhibit

 

The Conflict Minerals Report provided for in Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

 

Item 2.01

Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

 

Not applicable.

 

Section 3 – Exhibits

 

Item 3.01

Exhibits

 

The following exhibit(s) are filed as part of this Form SD:

 

Exhibit Number		Description
1.01		Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2023.

 

 

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.

 

Date: May 30, 2024	Interlink Electronics, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Ryan J. Hoffman
		Ryan J. Hoffman
		Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

 

INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

Conflict Minerals Report
For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2023

 

1.0            Introduction

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Interlink Electronics, Inc. has been prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”) for the reporting period January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. As used in this Report and unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, all references to “Interlink,” “we,” “our,” “Company” and similar references are references to Interlink Electronics, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Final Conflict Minerals Rule  (SEC Final Rule)¹ requires a three-step compliance process: the first step is determining the applicability of the rule; the second step is conducting a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (RCOI) to determine whether or not there is reason to believe that tin, tungsten, tantalum or gold (3TG), also referred to as conflict minerals, from the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining countries (collectively, the “Covered Countries”) are present in the company’s products or are from recycled or scrap sources; and if so, the third step is conducting due diligence to determine the source and origin of those conflict minerals based on the facilities (smelter or refiners, “SORs”) in which they were processed. Companies requiring due diligence must use a nationally or internationally recognized standard such as the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD Guidance ²) to meet the SEC regulatory requirements. The sections below describe Interlink’s approach as part of our internal regulatory compliance program activities to meet each of the three steps in the SEC Final Rule compliance process; these activities were completed in concert with Source Intelligence as our outside consultant.

 

The first step in SEC Final Rule compliance is examining the rule’s applicability to Interlink’s activities. According to the Final Rule, there are four decision criteria:

 

1)	whether the organization files reports with the SEC under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

2)	whether the organization manufactures or contracts to manufacture products;

 

3)	whether conflict minerals are “necessary to the functionality” or “necessary to the production” of such products;

 

4)	whether the necessary conflict minerals were outside the supply chain prior to January 31, 2013.3

 

Interlink engaged a third-party consulting firm, Source Intelligence (https://www.sourceintelligence.com/), to assist with the collection of information about the presence and sourcing of conflict minerals used in the products and components supplied to us. We provided a list of Tier 1 suppliers determined to be in-scope for regulatory purposes to Source Intelligence. Based on Interlink’s influence over the manufacturing process (i.e., meeting the manufacture or contract to manufacture definitions in Rule 13p-1) and potential use of 3TG these suppliers were engaged following the RCOI process described in section 4.1 below.

 

 

¹ Securities and Exchange Commission, 17 CFR Parts 240 and 249b, http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2012/34-67716.pdf.

 

² OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/GuidanceEdition2.pdf.

 

³ Conflict minerals are considered “outside the supply chain” if they were smelted or refined or were outside of a covered country prior to January 31, 2013.

 

 

2.0            Company Overview

 

Interlink designs, develops, manufactures, and sells a range of force-sensing and gas-sensing technologies that incorporate our proprietary materials technology, firmware, and software into a portfolio of standard sensor-based products and custom sensor-system solutions. These include sensor components, sub-assemblies, modules, and products that support effective, efficient cursor control and novel three-dimensional user inputs. Our human machine interface technology platforms are deployed in a wide range of markets including consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical.

 

In March 2023, Interlink acquired Calman Technology Ltd., a manufacturer of membrane keypads, graphic overlays and printed electronics based in Irvine, Scotland. Calman have over 30 years’ experience in developing keypad and related solutions for diverse customers across markets including industrial, medical, consumer and defense. The Conflict Minerals reporting rule permits a reporting company which acquires another company that manufactures or contracts for the manufacture of products which potentially contain conflict minerals and which previously had not been required to file a Form SD report for those minerals, to delay the reporting on the acquired company’s products until the end of the first calendar year that begins no sooner than eight months after the closing date of the acquisition. As such this current report does not include the products of Calman Technology. These will be included in the next reporting period.

 

3.0            Conflict Minerals Policy

 

We have adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy that states our commitment to ethical business conduct and the responsible sourcing of minerals throughout our global supply chain. The Conflict Minerals Policy is available on our website at www.interlinkelectronics.com under “About Us - Environment and Sustainability” and can be directly accessed using the following link - https://www.interlinkelectronics.com/hubfs/Conflict_Minerals_Policy_January_2020.pdf

 

4.0            Supply Chain and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

We determined that certain conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality of one or more of our products that we manufactured or had manufactured during the Reporting Period, and thus conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) to determine whether any conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of such products originated in the Covered Countries or are from recycled or scrap sources. We established an internal team responsible for the reasonable country of origin inquiry, which included employees involved with material procurement. We engaged with an outside contractor, Source Intelligence Inc., to help with the logistics and compilation of the responses from our supply chain.

 

We contract with numerous suppliers that contribute to the manufacture of our products, and are several levels removed from the smelters or refiners (“SORs”) that process the minerals used in our products and from the mines of origin for those minerals. Interlink does not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals, and we made no purchases in the Covered Countries. As a result, in conducting our RCOI, we necessarily relied upon our suppliers to provide conflict minerals sourcing information and identify those SORs that represent the sources of conflict minerals in our supply chain.

 

4.1.            Reasonable Country of Inquiry Process

 

The RCOI began with an evaluation of our suppliers who provided materials, components or products that became part of products we manufactured or contracted to be manufactured in 2023 which contained or were likely to contain conflict minerals necessary to the production or functionality of those products. To complete the RCOI required by the SEC Final Rule, Source Intelligence engaged our suppliers to collect information about the presence and sourcing of tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (3TG) used in the products and components supplied to Interlink. The program utilized the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (RMI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT). Only CMRTs version 6.22 or higher were accepted. Suppliers were offered two options to submit the required information, either by uploading the CMRT in MS Excel format or by completing an online survey version of this template directly in the SI platform. In certain cases, if a supplier was unable to complete it on the platform, we or Source Intelligence uploaded the CMRT on their behalf.

 

 

4.2.            Supplier Engagement

 

We provided Source Intelligence with at least one method of contact for each Tier 1 supplier designated as in-scope (email address, telephone number, fax number, or mailing address). Email was the preferred and primary method of communication.

 

The RCOI began with an introductory email to our suppliers describing the Conflict Minerals Compliance Program (CMCP) requirements and identifying Source Intelligence as our partner in the process. Following that introductory email, Source Intelligence sent a subsequent email to suppliers containing a registration and survey request link for the on-line data collection platform. Following the initial introductions to the program and information request, up to 8 reminder emails were sent to each non-responsive supplier requesting survey completion.

 

4.3.            Escalation

 

If, after these efforts, a given supplier still did not register with the system or provide the information requested, an escalation process was initiated. The escalation process consisted of direct outreach by Interlink. Specifically, Interlink contacted these suppliers by email to request their participation in the program. Source Intelligence followed up with an additional email in a timely manner.

 

4.4.            New Information Cut-off

 

In recognition that the information requested can take time to collect and aggregate, suppliers were given a final deadline of May 3,^rd 2024 to provide information about the metal processors present in their supply chains for the 2023 reporting year.

 

4.5.            Information Requested

 

Suppliers were asked to provide information regarding the sourcing of their materials with the goal of identifying the 3TG smelters or refiners (“SORs”) and associated mine countries of origin. Suppliers who had already performed a RCOI using the CMRT were asked to upload this document into the Source Intelligence system or to provide this information in the online survey version.

 

We chose to give our suppliers the ability to share information at a level with which they were most comfortable, i.e. company, product or user-defined, but the declaration scope had to be specified.

 

Suppliers were requested to provide an electronic signature before submitting their data to Interlink to verify that all answers submitted were accurate to the best of the supplier’s knowledge, but the suppliers were not required to provide an electronic signature to submit their data.

 

4.6.            Quality Assurance

 

Supplier responses were evaluated for plausibility, consistency, and gaps. If any of the following “quality control” (QC) flags were raised, suppliers were automatically contacted by the Source Intelligence platform on a bi-weekly basis up to 3 contacts.

 

•	One or more smelter or refiners (SORs) were listed for an unused metal;

 

 

•	SOR information was not provided for a used metal, or SOR information was not a verified metal processor ;

 

•	Supplier answered yes to sourcing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (“DRC”), but none of the SORs listed are known to source from the region;

 

•	Supplier indicated that they have not received conflict minerals data for each metal from all relevant suppliers;

 

•	Supplier indicated they have not identified all of the SORs used for the products included in the declaration scope;

 

•	Supplier indicated they have not provided all applicable SOR information received; and

 

•	Supplier indicated 100% of the 3TG for products covered by the declaration originates from scrap/recycled sources, but one or more SORs listed are not known to be exclusive recyclers.

 

5.0            RCOI Results

 

Source Intelligence provided Interlink with a comprehensive report of the results of their RCOI campaign. We have extracted the necessary information for this report and presented it in the attached Annexes.

 

A total of 46 Tier 1 suppliers were identified as in-scope for conflict mineral regulatory purposes and contacted as part of the RCOI process conducted by Source Intelligence. The response rate among these suppliers was 61%.

 

 

 

Of these responding suppliers, 39% indicated one or more of the regulated metals (3TG) as necessary to the functionality or production of the products they supply to Interlink.

 

Based on Source Intelligence’s smelter/refiner database⁴, and as shown in the attached Data Summaries, there was an indication of DRC or covered country sourcing for only 43 out of 246 verified smelters/refiners.

 

 

⁴ Source Intelligence maintains a smelter/refiner database to document which companies are known metal processors (i.e., verified), which companies are exclusive recyclers, mine country of origin information, and DRC conflict-free certification status. Source Intelligence collects SOR data submitted by suppliers via CMRTs and compares it against its existing database. Supplier responses listing entities that are not verified smelters/refiners are flagged and suppliers are asked for further clarification.

 

 

The 246 SORs along with the specific metals they refine are listed in Annex I. The 43 SORs identified as potentially sourcing from covered countries are listed in Annex II of this report. All 43 of these SORs are RMI certified Conflict Free by either RMAP (Responsible Minerals Assurance Process) or LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) and are certified Conflict Free.

 

In addition, there were also 7 SORs in our supply chain where the source of the covered metals was unknown. 6 of these has a RMI Risk Level of 1 (little to no risk) and 1 was rated with an RMI Risk Level of 2 (low to medium risk).

 

4.7.            Detailed Survey Data and Conclusion

 

Source Intelligence provided Interlink with a comprehensive report of the results of their RCOI campaign. We have extracted the necessary information for this report and presented it in the attached Annexes.

 

Annex	Description
Annex I	246 SORs in Interlink Supply Chain
Annex II	43 SORs souring from Covered Countries 7 SORs with unknown Country of Origin
Annex III	89 Countries where SORs are located

 

Based on our best efforts, Interlink has concluded that certain of its products in calendar year 2023 may contain conflict minerals that may have originated in the Covered Countries and were not from scrap or recycled sources.

 

For those supply chains with 43 SORs that are known or thought to be sourcing conflict minerals in the Covered Countries, additional investigation is needed to determine the source and chain-of-custody of the conflict minerals. In addition, there are 7 SORs that have unknown sources of conflict minerals. For these reasons, and because only 61% of the Identified Suppliers responded to our RCOI request for information, we are unable to determine whether any conflict minerals in products that we manufactured or had manufactured in 2023 financed or benefited armed groups in a Covered Country. However, of the 43 SORs that have been identified all have been certified Conflict Free by Third Party audit.

 

6.0            SOR Summary

 

In response to our RCOI, our responding suppliers identified 246 SORs in their CMRTs which may have processed conflict minerals contained in materials, components or products provided to us. A list of these SORs is set forth in Annex I. We cross-referenced these SORs against the list of facilities that have received a “conflict free” designation from the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) and its cross-recognized programs (e.g. the Responsible Jewellery Council and the London Bullion Market Association), whose designations provide country of origin and additional due diligence information on the conflict minerals sourced by such facilities. Of these 246 identified SORs 43 SORs were identified as sourcing from Covered Countries, as of May 3^rd, 2023. A list of these is set forth in Annex II:

 

•

Each of the 43 SORs that we believe may source conflict minerals from the Covered Countries has received a “conflict free” designation from the CFSP and are considered “compliant”;

 

 

•

Under the CFSP’s standards, “compliant” means a facility that has been audited and found to be compliant with the relevant CFSP protocol, and “active” means a facility that is engaged in the program but has not yet been found to be compliant.

 

•

7 additional SORs are uncertified as of the above date due to unknown sources of conflict minerals;

 

•

Of these 7 SORs, 6 are classified as little to no risk (Level 1) and 1 SOR is classified as low to medium risk (Level 2)

 

7.0            Risk Mitigation Efforts

 

Interlink believes that the Subject Minerals contained in our products originate from the countries listed in Annex III below, as well as from recycled and scrap sources.

 

Interlink intends to undertake the following additional steps to continue to mitigate any potential risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

•	Encourage Identified Suppliers to provide additional, product-level information through ongoing communications with them;

 

•	Engage Identified Suppliers that provided incomplete responses, or failed to provide a response, for the Reporting Period to ensure that such suppliers provide a complete response for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024;

 

•	Continue to conduct and report annually on supply chain RCOI for the applicable conflict minerals;

 

•	Continue to refine our risk management strategy based on the results of our RCOI efforts; and

 

•	Communicate to any new suppliers our expectations with respect to conflict minerals, including through delivery of our Supplier Quality Manual; SQS 2002, Conflict Minerals Policy and our supplier qualification and assessment process.

 

8.0            Definitions

 

The detailed reports provided to us by Source Intelligence and used in the preparation of this Conflict Mineral Report contained detailed data regarding the certification status and the types of certifications that each SOR has obtained. These are not reported here but below is a list of some of the definitions that are used to support this report.

 

Certification Status:

Responsible Minerals Assurance Process: Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)

-	RMAP: The smelter has an active certification or is in the process of renewing their certification.

-	RMAP-Active: The smelter is actively moving through the certification process.

-	TICMC-Progressing: Tungsten smelters that have committed to obtain a RMAP certification within 2 years of membership with the Tungsten Industry-Conflict Minerals Committee (TI-CMC).

 

 

Responsible Gold Certificate: London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)

 

-	LBMA: The smelter has obtained a Responsible Gold Certification.

 

Chain of Custody Certificate: Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC)

 

-	RJC: The smelter has obtained a Chain-of-Custody Certification.

 

Verification Status:

 

RMI Standard Smelter: Smelter or Refiner (SOR) is listed on the CMRT Smelter Look-up tab.

 

Sourcing Country Level:

 

RMI Standard Smelter

 

-

Level 3: RMI Level 3 Countries are those high-risk countries outlined in Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act as those affected or bordering conflict-affected regions: currently defined as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its nine adjoining countries (Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia).

-	Level 2: RMI Level 2 Countries are those low to medium risk countries with known or plausible involvement in the smuggling, export, or transit of mineral out of conflict affected regions.

-	Level 1: RMI Level 1 Countries are those little to no risk countries with known active metal production but are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling, export, or transit of minerals out of conflict affected regions.

 

Smelter or Refiner (SOR):

 

A smelter or refiner is any company that procures and processes mineral ore, slag and/or materials from recycled or scrap sources into refined metal or metal-containing intermediate products. The output can be pure (99.5% or greater) metals, powders, ingots, bars, grains, oxides, or salts. The following additional definitions are used in the classification of these SORs.

 

Probable - SOR company website indicates that company meets CFSI definition of SOR, but SI has not received email or phone confirmation from SOR.

 

Alleged - 3rd party website indicates that company meets CFSI definition of SOR, but SI has not received email or phone confirmation from SOR.

 

Uncertain - Information about the SOR cannot be found. The name may have been provided by a supplier through a CMRT but no further evidence about the company has been located.

 

Removed - The CFSI has determined that the smelter no longer meets the definition of a SOR.

 

Retired - The CFSI has retired the parent or group level smelter and CID and replaced it with separate smelting facilities.

 

Inactive - Source Intelligence has determined through outreach or research that the entity no longer meets the definition of a SOR.

 

In Progress - SI’s Smelter Verification team is currently researching and contacting the SOR to determine if it meets the definition of a SOR.

 

Non-Processor -The company does not actually process/smelt the mineral.

 

CFSI - Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative

 

 

Annex I

 

SMELTERS AND REFINERS IN SUPPLY CHAIN

 

246 Smelters Or Refiners (SORs) Reported In Interlink’s Supply Chain For 2023

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Gold		Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.		CID001119		Japan
Gold		Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH		CID002779		Austria
Gold		Singway Technology Co., Ltd.		CID002516		Taiwan
Gold		8853 S.p.A.		CID002763		Italy
Gold		Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.		CID001161		Mexico
Gold		SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals		CID001756		Russian Federation
Gold		Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.		CID001761		Taiwan
Gold		Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.		CID003575		South Africa
Gold		Advanced Chemical Company		CID000015		United States
Gold		Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.		CID001149		China
Gold		Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.		CID001152		Singapore
Gold		Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.		CID001147		China
Gold		Metalor Technologies S.A.		CID001153		Switzerland
Gold		Metalor USA Refining Corporation		CID001157		United States
Gold		Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.		CID000924		Canada
Gold		Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.		CID000019		Japan
Gold		Geib Refining Corporation		CID002459		United States
Gold		L'Orfebre S.A.		CID002762		Andorra
Gold		Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC		CID002560		UAE
Gold		SAAMP		CID002761		France
Gold		Agosi AG		CID000035		Germany
Gold		Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)		CID000041		Uzbekistan
Gold		Mitsubishi Materials Corporation		CID001188		Japan
Gold		Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.		CID001193		Japan
Gold		MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.		CID002509		India
Gold		Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.		CID001798		Japan
Gold		Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant		CID001204		Russian Federation
Gold		AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao		CID000058		Brazil
Gold		Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.		CID001220		Turkey
Gold		T.C.A S.p.A		CID002580		Italy

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Gold		Argor-Heraeus S.A.		CID000077		Switzerland
Gold		Asahi Pretec Corp.		CID000082		Japan
Gold		Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.		CID000090		Japan
Gold		Bangalore Refinery		CID002863		India
Gold		Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat		CID001236		Uzbekistan
Gold		Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.		CID001875		Japan
Gold		Aurubis AG		CID000113		Germany
Gold		Nihon Material Co., Ltd.		CID001259		Japan
Gold		Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)		CID000128		Philippines
Gold		Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.		CID001916		China
Gold		LT Metal Ltd.		CID000689		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Heimerle + Meule GmbH		CID000694		Germany
Gold		Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA		CID002919		Chile
Gold		Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.		CID000707		China
Gold		Boliden AB		CID000157		Sweden
Gold		Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG		CID000711		Germany
Gold		Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.		CID001938		Japan
Gold		TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn		CID002615		Kazakhstan
Gold		Torecom		CID001955		Korea, Republic of
Gold		C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG		CID000176		Germany
Gold		Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.		CID001325		Japan
Gold		JSC Novosibirsk Refinery		CID000493		Russian Federation
Gold		OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)		CID001326		Russian Federation
Gold		CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation		CID000185		Canada
Gold		Cendres + Metaux S.A.		CID000189		Switzerland
Gold		Umicore Precious Metals Thailand		CID002314		Thailand
Gold		Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining		CID001980		Belgium
Gold		MKS PAMP SA		CID001352		Switzerland
Gold		United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.		CID001993		United States

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Gold		Chimet S.p.A.		CID000233		Italy
Gold		Valcambi S.A.		CID002003		Switzerland
Gold		Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.		CID000801		China
Gold		Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals		CID001386		Russian Federation
Gold		Chugai Mining		CID000264		Japan
Gold		PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk		CID001397		Indonesia
Gold		Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)		CID002030		Australia
Gold		Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.		CID000807		Japan
Gold		Istanbul Gold Refinery		CID000814		Turkey
Gold		Italpreziosi		CID002765		Italy
Gold		WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH		CID002778		Germany
Gold		Japan Mint		CID000823		Japan
Gold		Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.		CID000855		China
Gold		PX Precinox S.A.		CID001498		Switzerland
Gold		Yamakin Co., Ltd.		CID002100		Japan
Gold		Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.		CID001512		South Africa
Gold		NH Recytech Company		CID003189		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant		CID003424		Japan
Gold		Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant		CID003425		Japan
Gold		DSC (Do Sung Corporation)		CID000359		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Asahi Refining USA Inc.		CID000920		United States
Gold		Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.		CID002129		Japan
Gold		JSC Uralelectromed		CID000929		Russian Federation
Gold		JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.		CID000937		Japan
Gold		Kazzinc		CID000957		Kazakhstan
Gold		Royal Canadian Mint		CID001534		Canada
Gold		REMONDIS PMR B.V.		CID002582		Netherlands
Gold		Safimet S.p.A		CID002973		Italy
Gold		SAFINA A.S.		CID002290		Czech Republic

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Gold		Kennecott Utah Copper LLC		CID000969		United States
Gold		KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna		CID002511		Poland
Gold		Dowa		CID000401		Japan
Gold		Samduck Precious Metals		CID001555		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.		CID000981		Japan
Gold		Abington Reldan Metals, LLC		CID002708		United States
Gold		Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.		CID002605		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation		CID002224		China
Gold		Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.		CID002243		China
Gold		Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant		CID000425		Japan
Gold		SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.		CID001585		Spain
Gold		Emirates Gold DMCC		CID002561		UAE
Gold		SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.		CID002918		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.		CID001622		China
Gold		Gold by Gold Colombia		CID003641		Colombia
Gold		LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.		CID001078		Korea, Republic of
Gold		Marsam Metals		CID002606		Brazil
Gold		Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.		CID001736		China
Gold		Materion		CID001113		United States
Tantalum		Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO		CID001769		Russian Federation
Tantalum		Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.		CID001163		India
Tantalum		Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material		CID002842		China
Tantalum		Mineracao Taboca S.A.		CID001175		Brazil
Tantalum		Global Advanced Metals Aizu		CID002558		Japan
Tantalum		Global Advanced Metals Boyertown		CID002557		United States
Tantalum		Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.		CID001192		Japan
Tantalum		Molycorp Silmet A.S.		CID001200		Estonia
Tantalum		XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED		CID000616		China
Tantalum		TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.		CID002544		Thailand

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Tantalum		TANIOBIS GmbH		CID002545		Germany
Tantalum		Materion Newton Inc.		CID002548		United States
Tantalum		TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.		CID002549		Japan
Tantalum		TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG		CID002550		Germany
Tantalum		Telex Metals		CID001891		United States
Tantalum		Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.		CID001277		China
Tantalum		Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.		CID002492		China
Tantalum		Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC		CID001969		Kazakhstan
Tantalum		Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.		CID000211		China
Tantalum		D Block Metals, LLC		CID002504		United States
Tantalum		XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.		CID002508		China
Tantalum		QuantumClean		CID001508		United States
Tantalum		JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.		CID000914		China
Tantalum		Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.		CID000917		China
Tantalum		Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.		CID002506		China
Tantalum		Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.		CID002707		Brazil
Tantalum		Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.		CID001522		China
Tantalum		KEMET de Mexico		CID002539		Mexico
Tantalum		RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.		CID003583		China
Tantalum		Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.		CID002512		China
Tantalum		Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.		CID001869		Japan
Tantalum		F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.		CID000460		China
Tantalum		AMG Brasil		CID001076		Brazil
Tantalum		FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.		CID002505		China
Tin		Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.		CID002500		Brazil
Tin		Metallic Resources, Inc.		CID001142		United States
Tin		Aurubis Beerse		CID002773		Belgium
Tin		Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.		CID000228		China
Tin		PT Rajehan Ariq		CID002593		Indonesia

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Tin		HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.		CID002844		China
Tin		Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC		CID000942		China
Tin		Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.		CID000538		China
Tin		Mineracao Taboca S.A.		CID001173		Brazil
Tin		Minsur		CID001182		Peru
Tin		Alpha		CID000292		United States
Tin		Mitsubishi Materials Corporation		CID001191		Japan
Tin		Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.		CID003116		China
Tin		Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.		CID001231		China
Tin		Thaisarco		CID001898		Thailand
Tin		PT Bangka Serumpun		CID003205		Indonesia
Tin		Tin Technology & Refining		CID003325		United States
Tin		PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa		CID003381		Indonesia
Tin		O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.		CID001314		Thailand
Tin		O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.		CID002517		Philippines
Tin		Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.		CID001337		Bolivia
Tin		China Tin Group Co., Ltd.		CID001070		China
Tin		PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera		CID000309		Indonesia
Tin		PT Artha Cipta Langgeng		CID001399		Indonesia
Tin		PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya		CID002503		Indonesia
Tin		PT Babel Inti Perkasa		CID001402		Indonesia
Tin		PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari		CID001406		Indonesia
Tin		PT Bangka Prima Tin		CID002776		Indonesia
Tin		PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera		CID001421		Indonesia
Tin		PT Bukit Timah		CID001428		Indonesia
Tin		PT Cipta Persada Mulia		CID002696		Indonesia
Tin		White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.		CID002036		Brazil
Tin		CRM Synergies		CID003524		Spain
Tin		Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.		CID003397		China

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Tin		PT Mitra Stania Prima		CID001453		Indonesia
Tin		CV Ayi Jaya		CID002570		Indonesia
Tin		PT Prima Timah Utama		CID001458		Indonesia
Tin		PT Refined Bangka Tin		CID001460		Indonesia
Tin		PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa		CID001463		Indonesia
Tin		PT Premium Tin Indonesia		CID000313		Indonesia
Tin		CV Venus Inti Perkasa		CID002455		Indonesia
Tin		PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa		CID001468		Indonesia
Tin		PT Sukses Inti Makmur		CID002816		Indonesia
Tin		Luna Smelter, Ltd.		CID003387		Rwanda
Tin		PT Timah Tbk Mentok		CID001482		Indonesia
Tin		PT Timah Tbk Kundur		CID001477		Indonesia
Tin		PT Tinindo Inter Nusa		CID001490		Indonesia
Tin		PT Tommy Utama		CID001493		Indonesia
Tin		Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.		CID003190		China
Tin		PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo		CID003449		Indonesia
Tin		Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.		CID002706		Brazil
Tin		Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.		CID002158		China
Tin		Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.		CID002180		China
Tin		Rui Da Hung		CID001539		Taiwan
Tin		CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos		CID003486		Brazil
Tin		Dowa		CID000402		Japan
Tin		Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.		CID003582		Brazil
Tin		PT Menara Cipta Mulia		CID002835		Indonesia
Tin		Super Ligas		CID002756		Brazil
Tin		Aurubis Berango		CID002774		Spain
Tin		EM Vinto		CID000438		Bolivia
Tin		DS Myanmar		CID003831		Myanmar
Tin		PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)		CID003868		Indonesia

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Tin		Estanho de Rondonia S.A.		CID000448		Brazil
Tin		Fenix Metals		CID000468		Poland
Tin		Mining Minerals Resources SARL		CID004065		DRC- Congo
Tin		Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.		CID002468		Brazil
Tin		Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.		CID000555		China
Tin		Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)		CID001105		Malaysia
Tungsten		A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.		CID000004		Japan
Tungsten		Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.		CID002315		China
Tungsten		ACL Metais Eireli		CID002833		Brazil
Tungsten		Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.		CID002494		China
Tungsten		Moliren Ltd.		CID002845		Russian Federation
Tungsten		Global Tungsten & Powders LLC		CID000568		United States
Tungsten		Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID000218		China
Tungsten		Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.		CID002502		Viet Nam
Tungsten		H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH		CID002541		Germany
Tungsten		Niagara Refining LLC		CID002589		United States
Tungsten		TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG		CID002542		Germany
Tungsten		Masan High-Tech Materials		CID002543		Viet Nam
Tungsten		Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.		CID000766		China
Tungsten		Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.		CID000769		China
Tungsten		Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou		CID002513		China
Tungsten		Hydrometallurg, JSC		CID002649		Russian Federation
Tungsten		Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID000258		China
Tungsten		Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.		CID000825		Japan
Tungsten		China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.		CID002641		China
Tungsten		Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG		CID002044		Austria
Tungsten		Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.		CID003407		Taiwan
Tungsten		Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID003417		China
Tungsten		Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.		CID002551		China

 

 

Metal		Official Smelter Name		RMI Smelter ID		Smelter Country
Tungsten		Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.		CID002320		China
Tungsten		Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID002082		China
Tungsten		Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID002321		China
Tungsten		Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.		CID002318		China
Tungsten		Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.		CID002317		China
Tungsten		Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID002316		China
Tungsten		Cronimet Brasil Ltda		CID003468		Brazil
Tungsten		Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.		CID002827		Philippines
Tungsten		Kennametal Fallon		CID000966		United States
Tungsten		Kennametal Huntsville		CID000105		United States
Tungsten		Unecha Refractory Metals Plant		CID002724		Russian Federation
Tungsten		Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID003609		China
Tungsten		Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.		CID002319		China

 

 

Annex II

 

SMELTERS AND REFINERS SOURCING FROM COVERED COUNTRIES

 

	Angola
	Burundi
	Central African Republic
	Republic of the Congo
	Rwanda
	South Sudan
	Tanzania
	Uganda
	Zambia

 

SMELTERS AND REFINERS SOURCING FROM UNKNOWN COUNTRIES

 

 

43 Smelters or Refiners (SORs) Reported In Interlink’s Supply Chain Who Source Metals from Covered Countries but are Certified Conflict Minerals Free by Third Party Audit For the Year 2023

 

Metal

Official Smelter Name

RMI Smelter ID

Smelter Country

Countries of Origin

Conflict-Free Certifications

Certified Smelter

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

CID000004

Japan

Burundi, DRC, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tin

Aurubis Beerse

CID002773

Belgium

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

CID002315

China

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

CID002558

Japan

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

CID002557

United States

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania,

RMAP

YES

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex

CID000041

Uzbekistan

DRC, Zambia

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

CID001188

Japan

Congo (Brazzaville)

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Tantalum

XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED

CID000616

China

DRC, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

CID000090

Japan

Burundi, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

CID002502

Viet Nam

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.

CID002544

Thailand

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

CID002541

Germany

Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

TANIOBIS GmbH

CID002545

Germany

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

 

 

Metal

Official Smelter Name

RMI Smelter ID

Smelter Country

Countries of Origin

Conflict-Free Certifications

Certified Smelter

Tantalum

Materion Newton Inc.

CID002548

United States

Burundi, Congo, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.

CID002549

Japan

Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

CID002550

Germany

Burundi, Congo, DRC, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

CID001259

Japan

DRC, Rwanda

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Tin

Thaisarco

CID001898

Thailand

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

CID001277

China

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

CID000185

Canada

DRC, Zambia

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

CID001337

Bolivia

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

CID001969

Kazakhstan

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

CID000211

China

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CID000258

China

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tin

PT Bukit Timah

CID001428

Indonesia

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

CID002455

Indonesia

Congo (Brazzaville)

RMAP

YES

Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

CID001468

Indonesia

DRC

RMAP

YES

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

CID000855

China

Rwanda

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

CID001490

Indonesia

DRC, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

CID002320

China

Burundi, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CID002082

China

DRC, Rwanda

RMAP

YES

 

 

Metal

Official Smelter Name

RMI Smelter ID

Smelter Country

Countries of Origin

Conflict-Free Certifications

Certified Smelter

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CID002317

China

DRC- Congo (Kinshasa)

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CID000914

China

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

CID001512

South Africa

DRC, Tanzania

LBMA, RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

CID000917

China

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CID002506

China

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

KEMET de Mexico

CID002539

Mexico

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

CID001869

Japan

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tin

EM Vinto

CID000438

Bolivia

Congo, DRC

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

CID000460

China

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

Tantalum

AMG Brasil

CID001076

Brazil

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

CID002468

Brazil

DRC

RMAP

YES

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

CID001105

Malaysia

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia

RMAP

YES

 

 

In addition, there are a total of 7 Smelters or Refiners (SORs) reported where there is no known country of origin for the specific metals. However, 5 of these are Level 1 risk and only 1 is classified as Level 2 risk (low-medium).

 

7 Smelters or Refiners (SORs) Reported In Interlink’s Supply Chain Who Source Metals from unknown sources.

 

Metal

Official Smelter Name

RMI Smelter ID

Smelter Country

RMI Risk Level

Country of Origin

Certified Smelter

Gold

8853 S.p.A.

CID002763

Italy

1

Unknown

NO

Tungsten

ACL Metais Eireli

CID002833

Brazil

1

Unknown

NO

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd.

CID002845

Russian Federation

1

Unknown

NO

Gold

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

CID002560

UAE

2

Unknown

NO

Gold

SAAMP

CID002761

France

1

Unknown

NO

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory Metals Plant

CID002724

Russian Federation

1

Unknown

NO

Gold

Marsam Metals

CID002606

Brazil

1

Unknown

NO

 

 

Annex III

 

COUNTRIES FROM WHICH SUBJECT MINERALS ARE SOURCED

 

 

Interlink believes that the Subject Minerals contained in its products originate from the 89 countries listed below, as well as from recycled and scrap sources.

 

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

 

 

---