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The latest round of revisions to the CMRT Conflict Minerals Reporting Template has been released as of April 30th, 2015. The CMRT has been widely adopted by companies trying to determine 3TG sourcing and has become a great leading multi-industry tool that helps facilitate information gathering downstream in the supply chain. While the template has not made any drastic changes in comparison to the last major revision 2.03-3.0 it has made a number of updates:

• Minor changes to question text throughout

• Replaces the Standard Smelter names with the Smelter Reference list

• Updatedtranslationsofmodifiedtext

• Main tabs highlighted for easy navigation

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The CMRT 4.0 is free just as previous versions and can be downloaded from here: http://assentcompliance.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CFSI_CMRT4-00_unlock-1.xls . The CFSI recommends that 2014 supply chain data be gathered with CMRT 3.0 and higher versions using the 3.02 standard smelter reference list, there is no expectation to make a quick conversion to 4.0 for the 2014 reporting period but this should be used in 2015 information gathering.

Previous versions of the CMRT used the term “Conflict Minerals” when referring to Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum and Gold. The newest version has adopted the term 3TG to reference the minerals. Why was this change made? Conflict Minerals are minerals that originate from conflict mines within the DRC. All Conflict Minerals are 3TGs but not all 3TGs are conflict minerals. This is an important change as it clarifies what data the template it trying to gather.

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MeTal SMelTeR RefeRenCe liST STandaRd SMelTeR naMe loCaTion Cid

GoldGuodaSafinaHigh-TechEnvironmental

RefineryCo.,Ltd.

GuodaSafinaHigh-TechEnvironmental

RefineryCo.,Ltd.CHINA CID000651

Gold KazakhmysSmeltingLLC KazakhmysSmeltingLLC KAZAKHSTAN CID000956

Gold MetalorTechnologies(Suzhou)Ltd. MetalorTechnologies(Suzhou)Ltd. CHINA CID001147

Gold ShandongTarzanBio-GoldIndustryCo.,Ltd.Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold

IndustrialCo.,Ltd.CHINA CID001619

Gold FaggiEnricoS.p.A. FaggiEnricoS.p.A. ITALY CID002355

Gold GeibRefiningCorporation GeibRefiningCorporation UNITEDSTATES CID002459

Gold AlEtihadGoldRefineryDMCC AlEtihadGoldRefineryDMCC UAE CID002560

Gold EmiratesGoldDMCC EmiratesGoldDMCC UAE CID002561

Gold Kaloti Precious Metals Kaloti Precious Metals UAE CID002563

Gold SudanGoldRefinery SudanGoldRefinery SUDAN CID002567

Gold T.C.A S.p.A T.C.A S.p.A ITALY CID002580

Gold KoreaZincCo.Ltd. KoreaZincCo.Ltd.KOREA,REPUBLIC

OFCID002605

Tantalum Tranzact,Inc. Tranzact,Inc. UNITEDSTATES CID002571

new Smelters added:

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MeTal SMelTeR RefeRenCe liST STandaRd SMelTeR naMe loCaTion Cid

Tantalum ResindIndústriaeComércioLtda ResindIndústriaeComércioLtda BRAZIL CID002707

Tantalum PhoenixMetalLtd. PhoenixMetalLtd. RWANDA CID002770

Tin FeinhütteHalsbrückeGmbH FeinhütteHalsbrückeGmbH GERMANY CID000466

Tin MetallicResources,Inc. MetallicResources,Inc. UNITEDSTATES CID001142

Tin JiangxiNanshanNankangNanshanTinManufactoryCo.,

Ltd.CHINA CID001231

Tin GejiuYunxinNonferrousElectrolysisCo.,Ltd.GejiuYunxinNonferrousElectrolysis

Co.,Ltd.CHINA CID001908

Tin VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC VIETNAM CID002015

Tin PhoenixMetalLtd. PhoenixMetalLtd. RWANDA CID002507

Tin CV Ayi Jaya CV Ayi Jaya INDONESIA CID002570

TinElectro-MechanicalFacilityoftheCaoBang

Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company

Electro-MechanicalFacilityoftheCao

Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock

Company

VIETNAM CID002572

TinNgheTinhNon-FerrousMetalsJointStock

Company

NgheTinhNon-FerrousMetalsJoint

Stock CompanyVIETNAM CID002573

TinTuyenQuangNon-FerrousMetalsJointStock

Company

TuyenQuangNon-FerrousMetalsJoint

Stock CompanyVIETNAM CID002574

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MeTal SMelTeR RefeRenCe liST STandaRd SMelTeR naMe loCaTion Cid

Tin PT Cipta Persada Mulia PT Cipta Persada Mulia INDONESIA CID002696

TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing

Company

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing

CompanyVIETNAM CID002703

Tin ResindIndústriaeComércioLtda ResindIndústriaeComércioLtda BRAZIL CID002706

Tin Metallo-ChimiqueN.V. Metallo-ChimiqueN.V. BELGIUM CID002773

Tin ElmetS.L.U(MetalloGroup) ElmetS.L.U(MetalloGroup) SPAIN CID002774

Tungsten Pobedit, JSC Pobedit, JSCRUSSIAN

FEDERATIONCID002532

TungstenHunanChuangdaVanadiumTungstenCo.,Ltd.

Yanglin

HunanChuangdaVanadiumTungsten

Co.,Ltd.YanglinCHINA CID002578

TungstenHunanChuangdaVanadiumTungstenCo.,Ltd.

Wuji

HunanChuangdaVanadiumTungsten

Co.,Ltd.WujiCHINA CID002579

Tungsten NiagaraRefiningLLC NiagaraRefiningLLC UNITEDSTATES CID002589

Tungsten Hydrometallurg,JSC Hydrometallurg,JSCRUSSIAN

FEDERATIONCID002649

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Smelters Removed:

MeTal SMelTeR RefeRenCe liSTSTandaRd SMelTeR

naMeloCaTion Cid

Gold ChinaNationalGoldGroupCorporation CHINA CID000242

Gold ColtRefining UNITEDSTATES CID000288

Tantalum ShanghaiJiangxiMetalsCo.Ltd CHINA CID001634

Tantalum PhoenixMetalLtd RWANDA CID002507

Tin CV Makmur Jaya INDONESIA CID000308

Tin Metallo Chimique BELGIUM CID001143

Tin PTBabelSuryaAlamLestari INDONESIA CID001406

Tin PTHPMetalsIndonesia INDONESIA CID001445

Tin PT Koba Tin INDONESIA CID001449

Tin PT Tommy Utama INDONESIA CID001493

Tin PTYinchendoMiningIndustry INDONESIA CID001494

Tin PTHANJAYAPERKASAMETALS INDONESIA CID002287

Tin PTDonnaKembaraJaya INDONESIA CID002473

Tin PTRajwaInternational INDONESIA CID002475

Tin PT Singkep Times Utama INDONESIA CID002476

Tungsten Wolfram Company CJSC RUSSIANFEDERATION CID002047

Tungsten JiangxiRichseaNewMaterialsCo.,Ltd. CHINA CID002493

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