The company formerly used iTSCI and now uses the Better Sourcing Program "How our traceability system works Our supply chain is checked against 16 criteria aligned with the best practices of the OECD to ensure our compliance with the ethical standards set by the world’s leading regulators and with the general expectations of the market. We do this due diligence as follows: Real time on-site risks and incidents monitoring Thanks to a smartphone-based application, trained traceability agents monitor sites mining companies and trading chains, collect and transmit risk and incident data via a central base to participants in the supply chain. Traceability of responsible production from mine to export Our electronic traceability system tracks physical material from mine to export using barcode scanning." See also supply chain policy: "Processes of the Bisunzu Mining Company for its Supply Chain There are currently 304 active pits in PE4731 (excluding the Rukaza site). These pits are managed by Pit Managers employing diggers. They extract the mineralized sand for washing in washing stations that are positioned within 100 meters of the extraction pits. Following a first wash, we obtain a pre-concentrated mix that is tagged by the agents of the SAEMAPE assisted by agents from the Mines Division (State agents). The tags are placed in the washing area of the site in question. The ores are then deposited at the transit depot designated for each extraction pit/site after recording the ores entering the said transit depot. SMB holds on site keys to both the transit depots and the central storehouse located at the SMB camp in Bibatama. The diggers can then take their minerals for a second wash in order to increase the concentration of the ores through the use of pros somas. These minerals are weighed and recorded before it being issued a “shipping slip” for the minerals to be taken to the central storehouse of Bibatama camp. Once at the camp, the minerals are sampled in the presence of State agents and Cooperamma. A “laboratory voucher,” is issued to the digger after the analysis of the samples so that he may present this document at SMB’s offices in Goma and be paid. The ores are then tagged for transport from Bibatama to the export preparation site, which is 70 km from the mine, in the city of Goma. The tags are cut in the presence of State agents before being put in drums in the presence of an agent of an independent international company that guarantees the smooth operation of the export process (analysis of the content, verification of stuffing, etc.). Taxes related to the transportation of minerals from Bibatama to Goma and those related to export are all paid in Goma at the appropriate agencies. A transport contract is signed with the carrier after SMB has been able to verify all the carrier’s documentation. The transport of minerals to its final destination happens via the road to one of the African ports; where an export company takes care of all the shipping documentation before the cargo is loaded on a cargo ship." Better Sourcing Program