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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250530

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Otter Tail Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001466593
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				270383995
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-53713
		FILM NUMBER:		251008000

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		215 S CASCADE ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 496
		CITY:			FERGUS FALLS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			56538-0496
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-410-8780

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		215 S CASCADE ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 496
		CITY:			FERGUS FALLS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			56538-0496

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Otter Tail Holding Co
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090618
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i15a30d0043394639b3497e05313f8e23_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">OTTER TAIL CORPORATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.234%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Minnesota</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">0-53713</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Commission File Number)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">27-0383995</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">215 South Cascade Street,&#160;P.O. Box 496,&#160;Fergus Falls,&#160;MN&#160;56538-0496</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></div><div style="margin-top:15pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Jennifer O. Smestad, Esq.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">215 South Cascade Street, Box 496</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(866) 410-8780</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">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&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.300%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.067%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i15a30d0043394639b3497e05313f8e23_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 1.01 and 1.02 &#8211; Conflicts Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Items 1.01 and 1.02 &#8211; Conflicts Minerals Disclosure and Report Exhibit</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available on our website under</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Investors, SEC Filings, Form SD at the website www.ottertail.com as well as the SEC&#8217;s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov. The content of any website referred to in this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Section 2 - Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 2.01 &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit101-conflictmineral.htm" style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 202</a><a href="exhibit101-conflictmineral.htm" style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a><a href="exhibit101-conflictmineral.htm" style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> to December&#160;31, 202</a><a href="exhibit101-conflictmineral.htm" style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">4</a></font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signature</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:95.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:49.630%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.285%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.785%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">OTTER TAIL CORPORATION</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date&#58; May 30, 2025</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47;&#160;Jennifer O. Smestad</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Jennifer O. 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i014040ec2d404860951d69c272c50d77_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 1.01</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Conflict Minerals Report</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Otter Tail Corporation</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">For the Year Ended December 31, 2024</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Introduction</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This report for the year ended December&#160;31, 2024, is made by Otter Tail Corporation (the &#34;Company&#34;) in compliance with Rule&#160;13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#34;Rule&#34;). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#34;SEC&#34;) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (&#34;3TG&#34;). These requirements apply to registrants regardless of the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not the trading in those minerals benefits armed groups.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in its supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#34;DRC&#34;) or an adjoining country (the &#34;Covered Countries&#34;), or a registrant is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals. The registrant must annually submit a specialized disclosure (&#34;Form SD&#34;) and Conflict Minerals Report (&#34;CMR&#34;) to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has subsidiary companies operating on two platforms, electric and manufacturing. The Company&#8217;s electric utility subsidiary operates in three states serving over 400 communities. The Company&#8217;s subsidiary companies in its manufacturing platform provide metal fabrication services, thermoformed and extruded plastic products as well as polyvinyl chloride (&#34;PVC&#34;) pipe manufacturing. Of the products produced by the Company, conflict minerals, particularly tin, is necessary to the functionality or production of PVC pipe. The Company&#8217;s two PVC pipe companies have two suppliers which supply them with the product containing tin. The compound containing tin used in the manufacture of PVC pipes may  not be subject to the Rule because the compounds are chemically distinct from metals.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Management Systems</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s policy and procedure are guided by the limited use of conflict minerals. Its goals are to hold itself and suppliers accountable for responsibly sourcing conflict minerals. The goals are reasonable and achievable. Based on the Company&#8217;s limited use of conflict minerals and the prior Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiries (&#34;RCOI&#34;), the Company has relied on its guiding principles - particularly its commitment to integrity, people and communities to form the basis for its program. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s internal team consists of relevant subject matter experts from the functional areas including legal, accounting, and procurement within its various companies. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has established a system to engage relevant first-tier suppliers, who provide materials containing conflict minerals. With the limited number of suppliers, the transparency of the supply chain allows the identification of all smelters in the supply chain in most instances. Additionally, the Company&#8217;s subsidiary companies which do not use conflict minerals, but are involved in metal fabrication, monitor their supply chain for conflict minerals.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has enlisted the assistance of its relevant suppliers to execute its conflict minerals program. The Company has set expectations with regard to its suppliers through its disclosure requirements to ensure compliance with obtaining the required information necessary to support the Company&#8217;s compliance with the Rule. The Company&#8217;s relationships with its suppliers have been instrumental in helping the Company meet the requirements of the Rule and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (&#34;OECD&#34;) guidance.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Identify and Assess Risks in Supply Chain</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We conducted our surveys using our suppliers' Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&#34;CMRT&#34;). We used the CMRT to identify smelter or refiner facilities and countries of origin of our necessary conflict minerals. The Company relied on the Responsible Mineral Initiative (&#34;RMI&#34;) and other information provided by our suppliers to identify countries of origin for Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (&#34;RMAP&#34;) compliant smelter or refiner facilities. The Company reviewed the responses from the CMRT questionnaires with our supply chain department and crosschecked the list with RMAP facilities.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. The Company has conducted an analysis of our products and found that, although we do not directly purchase minerals from our suppliers, we do purchase materials that contain conflict minerals, particularly identified as tin. We rely on our Tier 1 suppliers to provide information on the origin of the tin contained in materials necessary to the functionality or production of our products by utilizing the CMRT of the RMI, which allows us to perform our RCOI. </font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Due Diligence</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s due diligence is designed to conform to the OECD framework. The Company&#8217;s due diligence process includes requesting its supplier of products containing tin to complete the CMRT survey in order to obtain information about the smelters or refiners in the Company&#8217;s supply chain. The Company has determined that these actions represent the most reasonable effort the Company can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG minerals in our supply chain. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company&#8217;s two suppliers provided lists of all the smelters used in their supply chains. These suppliers represented that all of the smelters on their smelter list are on the list of smelters conformant with the relevant RMAP assessment protocol. The Company used public sources to confirm that the smelters listed are compliant with the relevant RMAP assessment protocol.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Determination</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the information provided by the Company&#8217;s suppliers, and the independent diligence process, the Company believes the facilities that have been used to process the tin used in the production of its PVC pipe products include RMAP assessment protocol smelters listed in Appendix I below..</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Steps for Risk Mitigation</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company plans to continue the following practices to mitigate the risk that the material containing conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of its products does not benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:11.17pt">Continue to have communications with relevant suppliers and customers to understand their requests and any of their concerns regarding compliance in satisfying the Rule.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:11.17pt">Continue using current processes within the Company&#8217;s supply chain organization in working with suppliers to obtain required information.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:15pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">APPENDIX I</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:546.75pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:66.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:56.50pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:231.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:184.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Mineral</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Smelter Name</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Country Location of Smelter</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID001105</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">MALAYSIA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID003582</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fabrica Auricchio</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BRAZIL</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID001182</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Minsur</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PERU</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID001173</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mineracao Taboca S.A.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BRAZIL</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID003387</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Luna Smelter, Ltd.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">RWANDA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID001482</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PT Timah Tbk Mentok</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">INDONESIA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID001477</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PT Timah Tbk Kundur</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">INDONESIA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;CID000438</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Empresa Metalurgica Vinto</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BOLIVIA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;CID001337</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BOLIVIA</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CID002036</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Tin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">White Solder Metalurgia e Mineraco Ltda.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BRAZIL</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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