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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-031960
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RPC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000742278
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				581550825
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08726
		FILM NUMBER:		18871286

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY NE, SUITE 520
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30329
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-321-2140

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY NE, SUITE 520
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30329

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RPC INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RPC ENERGY SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>RPC, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
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321-2140</B></P>

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number, including area code, of the person in connection with this report.)</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January
1 to December 31, 2017</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Section 1 &ndash; Conflict Minerals
Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 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; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">This Specialized Disclosure
Form (Form SD) of RPC, Inc. and its subsidiaries (&ldquo;RPC&rdquo; or &ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1
(&ldquo;the Rule&rdquo;) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Rule requires disclosure of certain information
when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products where the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the
functionality or production of those products. Additional information is required where the Company has reason to believe that
the minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&ldquo;DRC&rdquo;) and certain adjoining countries (collectively,
the &ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo;). The specified minerals are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite,
including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, the &ldquo;Conflict Minerals&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">In accordance with the Rule the Company
evaluated its products and determined that during calendar year 2017 certain products it manufactured or contracted to manufacture
contain tungsten. As required by the Rule, the Company conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the
Conflict Minerals by doing a survey of the suppliers of products that contained Conflict Minerals, using the Electronic Industry
Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&ldquo;EICC/GeSI Template&rdquo;).
The EICC/GeSI Template is designed to confirm the use of Conflict Minerals in the covered products, to identify the source of the
Conflict Minerals, and to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or from recycled or
scrap sources.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The Company&rsquo;s
Conflict Minerals Report is filed as an exhibit herewith and is available on the Company&rsquo;s website at www.rpc.net under the
Governance section.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 1.02 Exhibit</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Conflict Minerals Report required by Item
1.01 is filed as an exhibit to this Form SD.</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Exhibit 1.01 &ndash; Conflict Minerals
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May 31, 2018</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This report has not been subject to an
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">RPC, Inc. (&ldquo;RPC&rdquo; or &ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) provides
a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oil and gas companies engaged in
the exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>(2)</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>Conflict minerals and Covered Countries</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;Conflict Minerals&rdquo; or &ldquo;3TG&rdquo;
are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten.
&ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo; are the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and certain adjoining countries.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>(3)</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&ldquo;RCOI&rdquo;) and Nationally or internationally recognized due diligence
framework</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">RPC does not purchase raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals
directly from mines, smelters or refiners and makes no direct purchases of any minerals in the Covered Countries. The Company&rsquo;s
supply chain with respect to the products that use Conflict Minerals is complex, with intermediaries and third parties in the supply
chain between the manufacture of products and the original sources of Conflict Minerals. The Company must therefore rely on its
suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied, including sources of
3TG that are supplied to them from their suppliers (i.e., second-tier suppliers). The Company surveyed 100 percent of its direct
suppliers of raw materials and components. This risk-based approach is consistent in all material aspects with the framework in
the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (&ldquo;OECD&rdquo;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains
of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements on gold and tin, tantalum and tungsten.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company conducted the following due
diligence measures:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Identified those products which it manufactured or contracted to manufacture that contained one
or more of the Conflict Minerals or its derivatives and determined that four of the products it sells contain tungsten.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">RPC conducted a survey of the direct suppliers that were identified as supplying products that
contain Conflict Minerals. We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (&ldquo;CMRT&rdquo;) published by the Electronic Industry
Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (&ldquo;EICC/GeSI&rdquo;) Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (&ldquo;CFSI&rdquo;).
CMRT maintains a list of smelters that have received a conflict free designation from the CFSI. All smelter information provided
by the vendors was compared against the list maintained by CMRT.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>(5)</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>Results of Due Diligence</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company received responses from 100
percent of the suppliers surveyed and the results are as follows:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">38 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products is not from the Covered Countries and listed
smelters that were on the CFSI list.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">23 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products are from recycled or scrap sources.</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">31 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products is not from the Covered Countries but did
not provide a list of the smelters from which the minerals are sourced.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">8 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products is not from the Covered Countries but the smelter
used is not listed on the CFSI maintained list of smelters.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Some of the challenges that we encountered
when we obtained the responses were as follows:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We depend on information received from our direct suppliers to conduct our good faith RCOI process.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We have a varied supplier base with differing levels of resources and sophistication, and many
of the suppliers are not subject to Rule 13p-1 of the Exchange Act.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Certain suppliers were unable or unwilling to specify the smelters or refiners used for components
and materials supplied to us.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>(6)</I></B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Steps to be taken to mitigate risk</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We will continue to improve our due diligence measures and clearly communicate expectations to
our direct suppliers concerning transparency and sourcing of materials and components containing Conflict Minerals.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company will continue to use CMRT as part of the supplier inquiry process for 2018.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B><I>(7)</I></B></TD><TD><B><I>Product Description</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The products that the Company contracts to have manufactured
which contain Conflict Minerals are described below:</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 54%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Processing Facility</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Country of Origin</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Efforts to Determine Origin</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mills used to grind or cut and remove metal, composites or other
        materials in downhole oilfield completion and workover activities</P>
        <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">Motors used to perform services or convey tools in downhole
        oilfield completion activities</P>
        <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">Tools used to create perforations in well casing to prepare
        a well for hydraulic fracturing operations</P>
        <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">Hydraulically actuated rotary impact tools which move casing
        sleeves and clean out debris during oilfield completion operations</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A list of the facilities used in the these products that are
        contracted to be manufactured and have a &ldquo;conflict free&rdquo; designation on the CFSI list is shown below:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>ATI
        Metalworking Products</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Chenzhou
        Diamond Tungsten Products Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Chongyi
        Zhangyuan Tungsten Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Fujian
        Jinxin Tungsten co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Ganzhou
        Huaxing Tungsten Products Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Ganzhou
        Seadragon W &amp; Mo Co Ltd</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Global
        Tungsten &amp; Powders Corp.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>H.C.
        Starck Tungsten GmbH</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>H.C.
        Starck Goslar</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>H.C.
        Starck Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>H.C.
        Starck Smelting GmbH &amp; Co. KG</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Hunan
        Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Jiangxi
        Gan Bei Tungsten Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>JiangXi
        Yaosheng Tungsten Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Jiangxi
        Xinsheng Tungsten Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Kennametal
        Fallon</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Kennametal
        Hunstville</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Niagara
        Refining LLC</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Nui
        Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Wolfram
        Bergbau und Hutten AG</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Tejing
        (Vietnam) Tungsten Co. Ltd.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Xiamen
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Xinhai
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.05in">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A list of the facilities used in the these products that are
        contracted to be manufactured and are not on the CFSP list is shown below:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Hubei
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based on the Company&rsquo;s due diligence efforts to date,
        the list of countries of origin for the relevant products is shown below:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.6pt; text-indent: -9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>China</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.6pt; text-indent: -9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;&#9;</FONT>Germany</P>
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