Acer has developed this Conflict Minerals Report (CMR), covering the period from January 1 to December 31 of 2013, for the purpose of describing our due diligence efforts on the source and chain of custody of the gold, columbite - tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively referred to as “3TG”) contained in our products that we have reason to believe may have originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively defined a s the “Covered Countries”) and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources.