Conflict Minerals
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) aims to prevent the trade in “Conflict minerals” from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current list of “conflict mineral” includes gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten (although additional minerals may be added in future by the State Department).
The Act requires publically listed companies to report annually to the Securities Exchange Commission on whether any conflict minerals used in their manufacturing process originated from the Democratic Republic of Congo or any adjoining country and if those minerals are “necessary to the functionality or production” of their products”. As we are a privately held company we are not obliged to report to the SEC.
Nevertheless, we can confirm that, to the best of our knowledge, the only metal which is added to our products is copper foil, which is not currently listed as a conflict mineral.