Thank you for providing this information prior to its public release and for the opportunity to cooperate.

We have reviewed the material you sent regarding the Chiatura mines and the company's operations. We would like to emphasize that the information presented in the document is based entirely on unverified allegations and one-sided narratives circulated in the public space, which lack any real factual or evidentiary basis.

It is the company's position that this material has been artificially engineered by specific interest groups and aims to shape biased public opinion.