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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210528

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000103145
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				112989601
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16244
		FILM NUMBER:		21980130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TERMINAL DRIVE
		CITY:			PLAINVIEW
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516 677-0200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TERMINAL DRIVE
		CITY:			PLAINVIEW
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VACUUM ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19700408
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VEECO INSTRUMENTS&nbsp;INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State of other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Terminal Drive, Plainview, New York 11803</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip
code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kirk W. Mackey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(516)
677&#45;0200</B></P>

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of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">person to contact in connection with this report.)</P>

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this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Rule&nbsp;13p&#45;1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p&#45;1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2020.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section&nbsp;1&nbsp;- Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Rule&nbsp;13p&#45;1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides
that a company must file this specialized disclosure report if it manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products for which one or
more conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the company&#8217;s products. Rule&nbsp;13p&#45;1 defines &#8220;conflict
minerals&#8221; as (i)&nbsp;columbite-tantalite (or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently
limited to metallic forms of tantalum, tin and tungsten; or (ii)&nbsp;any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary
of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. As specified under Rule&nbsp;13p&#45;1,
Veeco Instruments&nbsp;Inc. conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry that we believe was reasonably designed to
determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products manufactured in calendar&nbsp;year 2020 originated
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources. Our Conflict Minerals Report,
which discusses this inquiry and other information, is provided as an exhibit to this report and is also publicly available on our website
at http://ir.veeco.com/financial-information/sec-filings.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1.02 Exhibit</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our Conflict Minerals Report is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;1.01 to this
report.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Section&nbsp;2&nbsp;- Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD><A HREF="tm2117800d1_ex1-01.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Conflict Minerals Report of Veeco Instruments Inc.</FONT></A></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 28, 2021</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kirk W. Mackey</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kirk W. Mackey</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.<BR>
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT<BR>
FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &#8220;Report&#8221;) of Veeco
Instruments Inc., including its subsidiaries (collectively, &#8220;Veeco&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;) has been prepared
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13p-1 and Form&nbsp;SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January&nbsp;1,
2020 through December&nbsp;31, 2020 (the &#8220;Reporting Period&#8221;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Rule&nbsp;13p-1, through Form&nbsp;SD, requires the disclosure of certain
information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain &#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221; (as defined
below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form&nbsp;SD defines &#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221; as: (i)&nbsp;columbite-tantalite
(or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to metallic forms of tantalum, tin and
tungsten; or (ii)&nbsp;any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;). Veeco&#8217;s operations,
including the operations of its consolidated subsidiaries, may at times manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict
Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (collectively, its &#8220;products&#8221; and, individually,
a &#8220;product&#8221;). As required by Form&nbsp;SD, Veeco has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding
the Conflict Minerals included in its products during the Reporting Period, which are referred to in this Report as the &#8220;Covered
Minerals,&#8221; to determine whether any of such Covered Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/or whether any of such Covered
Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Where applicable, Veeco has conducted additional due diligence regarding the sources of
the Covered Minerals. The results of Veeco&#8217;s reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Covered Minerals, as well as its
additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals, are contained in this Report.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>I.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;)</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Prior to initiating our RCOI, we retained a regulatory compliance information
management company to assist in structuring the process and administering data collection.&nbsp; Our inquiry began with a review of all
of our suppliers.&nbsp; We focused our RCOI on the relevant suppliers that, due to the nature of their business, utilize Covered Minerals.&nbsp;
We provided these suppliers with a questionnaire based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative
Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template (the &#8220;EICC-GeSI Template&#8221;). The EICC-GeSI Template is regarded as the most commonly
accepted reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide and was developed by several of the world&#8217;s
leading consumer electronics companies.&nbsp; The questionnaire asked the suppliers, among other things, to disclose the origin of any
Covered Minerals used in their manufacturing processes and to identify the Covered Minerals processing facilities within their supply
chain.&nbsp; We also asked them, if accurate, to represent that their Covered Minerals did not originate from a Covered Country.&nbsp;
We reviewed questionnaires received for completeness and consistency of answers.&nbsp; Many of our suppliers&#8217; responses were company
level declarations and therefore it is possible that the information they provided includes smelters/refiners whose Covered Minerals are
not utilized in our products.&nbsp; Certain surveyed suppliers reported that the Covered Minerals identified in their supply chain originated
from recycled or scrap sources and thus did not require further due diligence.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our RCOI process was reasonably designed and performed in good faith,
but there are inherent limitations in the information provided to us by third parties, including the possibility of information being
inaccurate, incomplete or falsified despite our efforts to validate and confirm the information.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>II.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Design of Due Diligence Framework</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our due diligence approach was designed to generally align with the
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (&#8220;OECD
Guidance&#8221;). &nbsp;The OECD Guidance is an internationally-recognized due diligence framework consisting of a multi-step, risk-based
process, certain aspects of which differ depending in part on the position of a company in the supply chain. Veeco is a &#8220;downstream&#8221;
company, which refers to supply chain participants from the smelter to the retailer, in contrast to those &#8220;upstream,&#8221; that
is, from the mine to the smelter. Key elements of Veeco&#8217;s due diligence approach are described below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Veeco&#8217;s due diligence measures performed include, but are not
limited to, the following:</P>

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and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable);</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Communicating our policy on Conflict Minerals to suppliers and our commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers, supported
by email and phone dialogues. A copy of our policy is publicly available at https://www.veeco.com/resources/veeco-conflict-minerals-policy;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Using a third party service, comparing smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to (i)&nbsp;the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template
(the &#8220;Template&#8221;) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative, or &#8220;CFSI&#8221;)
which lists validated conflict free and verified facilities and (ii)&nbsp;the US Department of Commerce list of all known conflict mineral
processing facilities worldwide;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>IV.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Product Description</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The products subject to this Report are Veeco process equipment and
services (including spare parts) primarily sold to make electronic devices including semiconductors, light emitting diodes, power electronics,
wireless devices, and hard disk drives and include Laser Processing Systems, Lithography Systems, Ion Beam Systems, Metal Organic Chemical
Vapor Deposition Systems, Wet Processing Systems, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems, Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Physical Vapor Deposition
Systems, Dicing and Lapping Systems, and Gas and Vapor Delivery Systems.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>V.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Product Determination</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process
(as described above), Veeco does not have sufficient information at this time to determine whether all of our products are conflict free.&nbsp;
However, the suppliers who responded to our questionnaire gave no indication that the Covered Minerals they source directly or indirectly
financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.&nbsp; Due to the manner in which our suppliers disclosed country of origin
information, we do not believe that all of the countries of origin named by our suppliers are actually in our supply chain.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>VI.</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>Smelter / Refiner and Country of Origin</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as
described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased,
and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following smelters/refiners used by Veeco suppliers that have (i)&nbsp;achieved
Conflict Free designation by the CFSI (the &#8220;Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners&#8221;) or (ii)&nbsp;an audit program
recognized by CFSI or are actively in the process of obtaining the Conflict Free designation, or for which we independently obtained country
of origin information (the &#8220;In Process Smelters and Refiners&#8221;):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">8853 S.p.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Advanced Chemical Company</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Aida Chemical Industries Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Argor-Heraeus S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">Asahi Pretec Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Asahi Refining USA Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Asaka Riken Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">AU Traders and Refiners</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Aurubis AG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Bangalore Refinery</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Boliden AB</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Cendres + Metaux S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chimet S.p.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chugai Mining</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Dowa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">DS PRETECH Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">DSC (Do Sung Corporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Eco-System Recycling Co.,&nbsp;Ltd. East Plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Eco-System Recycling Co.,&nbsp;Ltd. North Plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Eco-System Recycling Co.,&nbsp;Ltd. West Plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Emirates Gold DMCC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Geib Refining Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Heimerle + Meule GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ishifuku Metal Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Istanbul Gold Refinery</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Italpreziosi</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Japan Mint</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Copper Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">JSC Uralelectromed</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">JX Nippon Mining&nbsp;&amp; Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kazzinc</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kennecott Utah Copper LLC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kojima Chemicals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Korea Zinc Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kyrgyzaltyn JSC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">L'Orfebre S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">LT Metal Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Marsam Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Materion</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">Matsuda Sangyo Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalor Technologies S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalor USA Refining Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mitsubishi Materials Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">MMTC-PAMP India Pvt.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Nihon Material Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">OJSC &quot;The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant&quot; (OJSC Krastsvetmet)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PAMP S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PX Precinox S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">REMONDIS PMR B.V.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Royal Canadian Mint</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SAAMP</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Safimet S.p.A</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SAFINA A.S.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Samduck Precious Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Shandong Zhaojin Gold&nbsp;&amp; Silver Refinery Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Singway Technology Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">SungEel HiMetal Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">T.C.A S.p.A</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tokuriki Honten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">Torecom</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Umicore Precious Metals Thailand</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">United Precious Metal Refining,&nbsp;Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Valcambi S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yamakin Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yokohama Metal Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Asaka Riken Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">D Block Metals, LLC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Exotech Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">F&amp;X Electro-Materials Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">FIR Metals&nbsp;&amp; Resource Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Global Advanced Metals Aizu</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Global Advanced Metals Boyertown</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH&nbsp;&amp; Co. KG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum&nbsp;&amp; Niobium Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiujiang Tanbre Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum&nbsp;&amp; Niobium Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">KEMET Blue Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">LSM Brasil S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metallurgical Products India Pvt.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mineracao Taboca S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">NPM Silmet AS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PRG Dooel</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">QuantumClean</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Taki Chemical Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Telex Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yanling Jincheng Tantalum&nbsp;&amp; Niobium Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tantalum</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Alpha</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">China Tin Group Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Dowa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">EM Vinto</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Fenix Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Luna Smelter,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metallic Resources,&nbsp;Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metallo Belgium N.V.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metallo Spain S.L.U.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mineracao Taboca S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Minsur</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Mitsubishi Materials Corporation</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">O.M. Manufacturing Philippines,&nbsp;Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Artha Cipta Langgeng</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Babel Inti Perkasa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Bangka Serumpun</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Menara Cipta Mulia</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Mitra Stania Prima</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Prima Timah Utama</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Rajehan Ariq</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Refined Bangka Tin</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Timah Tbk Kundur</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Timah Tbk Mentok</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">PT Tinindo Inter Nusa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Rui Da Hung</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Soft Metais Ltda.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Thaisarco</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin Technology&nbsp;&amp; Refining</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yunnan Tin Company Limited</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">A.L.M.T. Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">ACL Metais Eireli</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">China Molybdenum Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Ganzhou Seadragon W&nbsp;&amp; Mo Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Global Tungsten&nbsp;&amp; Powders Corp.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH&nbsp;&amp; Co. KG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Hydrometallurg, JSC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Japan New Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical&nbsp;&amp; Chemical Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kennametal Fallon</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Kennametal Huntsville</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">KGETS Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Lianyou Metals Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Moliren Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Niagara Refining LLC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co.,&nbsp;Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Unecha Refractory metals plant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 90%">Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Xiamen Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten&nbsp;&amp; Molybdenum New Material Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>In Process Smelters and Refiners</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 89%">Alexy Metals</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 11%">Gold</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Augmont Enterprises Private Limited</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH&nbsp;&amp; Co. KG</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">International Precious Metal Refiners</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Metallix Refining Inc.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Gold</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">CRM Synergies</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">CV Ayi Jaya</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">CV Venus Inti Perkasa</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Estanho de Rondonia S.A.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Bukit Timah</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Sukses Inti Makmur</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">PT Timah Nusantara</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Super Ligas</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Cronimet Brasil Ltda</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">GEM Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">JSC &quot;Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant&quot;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Tungsten</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as
described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased,
and without independent verification, Veeco believes that the countries of origin of the Covered Minerals for the above listed facilities
include:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria,
Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech
Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DRC or an adjoining country (Covered Countries), Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland,
France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan,
Laos, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic Of Korea, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi
Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey,
Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Certain smelters were identified as high risk due to potential sourcing
from the Covered Countries. However, because many of our suppliers provided company-level responses to Veeco&#8217;s conflict minerals
information requests, it is uncertain as to whether these facilities are in our supply chain. We are continuing to work with our suppliers
to determine the status of the facilities relative to Veeco products. Should these smelters be present in our supply chain, Veeco will
reemphasize our conflict minerals policy to the relevant suppliers and encourage them to either find alternate sources or request that
the smelters be audited.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As Veeco&#8217;s engagement with the supply chain for its products
evolves, the lists above may change to reflect improvements in the quality of information provided to Veeco.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not required for calendar year 2020.</P>

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