Membership Agreement

This Membership Agreement (the “Agreement”) enters into force on the date it is concluded, between DTEX Savunma Madencilik Ticaret Limited Şirketi and the person who registers on the Website as a Member and approves the Agreement electronically. A person who creates a membership registration on the Website declares that they have read, understood and unconditionally accepted all provisions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 1 — PARTIES

This Agreement is concluded between the parties whose details are set out below:

1.1. Service Provider (“DTEX” or the “Company”)

1.2. Member: Refers to the natural or legal person who acquires the right to benefit from the services offered by DTEX by completing the membership form on the Website and approving this Agreement electronically. The accuracy of the information declared by the Member during registration is the Member's own responsibility.

ARTICLE 2 — DEFINITIONS

The following terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set out beside them:

2.1. “Website”: Refers to the digital platform owned by DTEX, published under the domain www.dtex-tr.com.

2.2. “Service”: Refers to the engineering calculation modules, legislation database, academic content, reports, technical documents and other digital content offered to Members via the Website.

2.3. “Free Service”: Refers to the Services accessible without membership registration or with basic-level membership.

2.4. “Premium Service” or “Pro Service”: Refers to advanced-level Services accessible throughout the subscription period against payment of a certain subscription fee.

2.5. “Calculation Modules”: Refers to the digital tools that perform stoichiometry, cost analysis, performance comparison and other technical calculations in the field of explosives engineering.

2.6. “Member Account”: Refers to the Member's personalised area on the Website, the panel accessible with their username and password.

2.7. “Personal Data”: Refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person as defined under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”).

2.8. “Legislation”: Refers to all laws, presidential decrees, regulations, communiqués and other regulatory acts in force in the Republic of Türkiye.

ARTICLE 3 — SUBJECT AND SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT

The subject of this Agreement is the determination of the conditions under which the Member benefits from the Services offered by DTEX via the Website, the mutual rights and obligations of the parties, and the scope and limits of the Services.

The Services offered by DTEX are in the nature of academic information, technical calculation tools, legislative information and a decision-support system in the field of explosives engineering and mining; it is accepted by the Member that no direct engineering service is provided for field applications, and that the content offered is for educational, academic and preliminary-analysis purposes.

ARTICLE 4 — MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND SERVICE SCOPE

DTEX offers membership at different levels on the Website. The scope and fee of each level are specified in the membership tariff published currently on the Website.

4.1. Guest Membership (Free)

• Access to the legislation page
• Access to the basic ANFO Stoichiometry Calculator module
• Access to academic blog posts and news content
• Accessible without membership registration

4.2. DTEX Academic Membership (Free)

• All services within the scope of Guest Membership
• Downloading legislation documents as PDF
• E-newsletter subscription
• Registration with e-mail verification via the membership form

4.3. DTEX Pro Membership (Paid)

• All services within the scope of Academic Membership
• Access to the Decision Support Module (Producer Mode)
• Access to the Decision Support Module (Customer Mode)
• Storage of calculation history in the Member Account
• Technical support by e-mail
• Monthly or annual subscription fee is paid

4.4. DTEX Corporate Membership (Paid)

• All services within the scope of Pro Membership
• Multi-user licence (within the corporate subscription)
• Technical support by telephone and dedicated channel
• DTEX corporate reporting and access to special webinars
• Annual subscription fee is paid; priced on quotation

DTEX reserves the right to change membership levels, service scope and pricing. Changes enter into force on the date they are published on the Website; existing conditions continue to apply for existing Members until the end of their subscription periods.

ARTICLE 5 — MEMBERSHIP CONDITIONS AND REGISTRATION

5.1. To become a member of the Website, one must have completed 18 (eighteen) years of age and have legal capacity. In a membership registration made on behalf of a legal entity, the natural person carrying out the registration must be authorised to represent the legal entity.

5.2. The Member declares and undertakes that the information requested during membership registration is accurate, current and complete. All liability arising from false, incomplete or misleading declared information belongs to the Member.

5.3. The Member is obliged to protect the confidentiality of the username and password created during registration. All transactions carried out through the Member Account are attributed to the Member. The Member cannot hold DTEX liable for damages arising from unauthorised use of the Account information.

5.4. DTEX reserves the right to verify the accuracy and suitability of the information in the registration form. It reserves the right to reject applications made with misleading, incomplete or untrue information, or to unilaterally cancel memberships that have been opened.

5.5. A Member may not create more than one active membership account. Where contrary use is detected, all or some of the accounts may be suspended or cancelled by DTEX.

ARTICLE 6 — RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBER

6.1. The Member is obliged to use the Website in accordance with the Legislation, morality and decency, and rules of good faith.

6.2. The Member accepts that the copyright of the content offered on the Website belongs to DTEX. The Member may not reproduce, distribute, offer for sale, share with third parties or use for commercial purposes such content without the written permission of DTEX.

6.3. The Member accepts that the results obtained from the Calculation Modules are for academic, educational and preliminary-analysis purposes only; and that, if transferred to field application, the necessary professional review, authorisation and regulatory compliance processes are their own responsibility.

6.4. The Member undertakes not to engage in acts that obstruct, disrupt or slow down the operation of the system, not to upload viruses, trojans or malware, and not to obstruct others' access.

6.5. The Member is responsible for keeping their registered e-mail address and contact details up to date. The Member accepts that all notifications DTEX makes to the Member are deemed duly made on the date they are sent to the registered e-mail address.

6.6. The Member is obliged to pay the membership fees under the conditions and within the periods set out in the Agreement and on the Website.

ARTICLE 7 — RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF DTEX

7.1. DTEX exercises reasonable care to ensure the operation of the Website and the Services, to keep content up to date and to support the uninterrupted functioning of the technical infrastructure. However, DTEX cannot be held liable for temporary interruptions of the Services due to internet infrastructure, server problems, cyber attacks, force majeure and other reasons.

7.2. DTEX reserves the right, at any time and with or without prior notice, to change the design, content, service scope, technical features and pricing of the Website.

7.3. DTEX may temporarily close the Website to access for necessary maintenance, updates and improvement work. In such case, Members are informed in advance to the extent possible.

7.4. DTEX reserves the right to suspend, cancel or delete, with or without notice, the accounts of Members whose acts it detects to be contrary to the provisions of the Agreement, morality, decency or the Legislation.

7.5. DTEX processes and protects the Member's Personal Data in accordance with the KVKK and the Privacy Notice published on the Website.

7.6. DTEX exercises reasonable care to prepare the Calculation Modules and other digital content in accordance with academic literature and legislation; however, it cannot be held liable for damages and consequences arising from the transfer of the content to field application (see Article 9).

ARTICLE 8 — SUBSCRIPTION, PRICING AND PAYMENT

8.1. The fees for Pro and Corporate memberships are specified, excluding VAT, in the current tariff on the Website. The VAT rate is reflected on the invoice at the rate in force on the payment date.

8.2. Membership fees are collected in monthly or annual periods. Annual subscriptions are paid in a single payment; monthly subscriptions renew automatically at the beginning of each period.

8.3. Payments are made through the payment infrastructure offered on the Website (credit card, debit card, wire transfer/EFT). DTEX cannot be held liable for the technical interruptions or transaction errors of the payment infrastructure provider.

8.4. DTEX issues an e-Invoice or e-Archive Invoice for Pro and Corporate membership amounts under the provisions of Tax Procedure Law No. 213. The Member undertakes the accuracy and completeness of the invoice details provided during registration.

8.5. Automatically renewing subscriptions renew automatically and are collected via the registered payment method if the Member does not cancel from their account at least 24 (twenty-four) hours before the renewal date.

8.6. DTEX reserves the right to change membership fees. Price changes do not affect the current subscription period of existing Members; new prices apply on the renewal date. Price changes are notified to the registered e-mail address at least 30 (thirty) days before entering into force.

ARTICLE 9 — NATURE OF THE SERVICES AND LIMITATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY

9.1. The Calculation Modules and technical content offered by DTEX have been prepared on the basis of academic literature and national and international engineering standards. However, such content has not been prepared taking into account the special conditions at the Member's site (rock geology, regulatory framework, equipment, atmospheric conditions and other factors), and is OF A GENERAL NATURE and FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

9.2. Before transferring results obtained from the Calculation Modules to field application, the Member is obliged to: (i) have them reviewed by an expert engineer authorised under Regulation No. 87/12028 and holding a Blaster Competence Certificate; (ii) verify their compliance with the relevant legislation (Mining Law No. 3213, Environmental Noise Control Regulation, Waste Management Regulation, etc.); (iii) obtain the necessary administrative permits.

9.4. Even where DTEX's liability arises for any reason, its liability is limited to the total membership fee paid by the Member to DTEX within the last 12 (twelve) months. This limitation applies to all claims arising from contract, tort or any other legal ground.

9.5. DTEX cannot in any way be held liable for indirect damages, loss of profit, loss of reputation, loss of data, claims of third parties or non-pecuniary damages.

ARTICLE 10 — INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

10.1. The copyright and industrial property rights of all text, images, video, audio, logos, designs, source code, databases, calculation algorithms, reports, training materials and other content on the Website (under Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works) belong to DTEX and/or its licensors.

10.2. The Member has the right to use the Services only within the scope of membership, for their personal or corporate purpose, on a non-commercial basis. Membership does not grant the Member any licence or transfer of rights.

10.3. The Member may not reproduce, distribute, publish in print/digital media, create derivative works from, sell or lease to third parties, or transfer to other platforms the content on the Website without the written permission of DTEX.

10.4. A Member who acts contrary to these obligations accepts that DTEX reserves the right to exercise all its legal rights under Law No. 5846 and other legislation. Compensation rights that may accrue in case of breach are reserved.

ARTICLE 11 — PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

11.1. DTEX processes the Member's Personal Data in its capacity as data controller under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”) and the relevant secondary legislation.

11.2. The purposes and legal grounds of processing Personal Data, the scope of transfer, retention periods and the Member's rights under Article 11 of the KVKK are presented to the Member in detail in the “KVKK Privacy Notice” published on the Website.

11.3. The Member accepts that, during membership registration and throughout the use of the Website, they have read and understood the Privacy Notice and, where necessary, given their consent via the “Explicit Consent Declaration”.

11.4. The Member may exercise their rights under Article 11 of the KVKK (learning whether their personal data is processed, requesting its rectification or erasure, etc.) by applying to DTEX through the contact channels specified on the Website.

ARTICLE 12 — TERM AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

12.1. This Agreement enters into force for an indefinite term on the date the Member accepts it electronically and terminates in the cases set out below.

12.2. Termination by the Member

12.2.1. The Member may terminate their membership at any time and without giving any reason, via the Member Account or by written notice.

12.2.2. In case of termination of membership during a paid subscription period; without prejudice to the Member's right of withdrawal (Article 13), the right of use continues until the end of the period; the fee paid is not refunded outside the scope of the statutory right of withdrawal.

12.3. Termination by DTEX

12.3.1. DTEX may unilaterally terminate the Agreement in the presence of the Member's conduct contrary to the provisions of the Agreement or the Legislation, intellectual property infringement, failure to fulfil the payment obligation, declaration of false/misleading information or other justified reasons.

12.3.2. DTEX reserves the right to terminate the Agreement by giving 30 (thirty) days' prior notice due to cessation of its activity, termination of the Services or technical/administrative reasons. In such case, the pro-rata portion of the unused subscription fee is refunded to the Member.

12.4. Consequences of Termination

12.4.1. Upon termination of the Agreement, the Member's access to the Website is terminated; the Member Account is deleted or suspended.

12.4.2. DTEX continues to retain the Member's transaction records for the period it is obliged to retain them under the Legislation and the Privacy Notice. This period cannot be less than 3 (three) years pursuant to the Distance Contracts Regulation.

ARTICLE 13 — RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL

13.1. Pursuant to Law No. 6502 on the Protection of the Consumer and the Distance Contracts Regulation, the Member has the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 (fourteen) days from the date the Pro or Corporate membership fee is collected, without giving any reason and without paying any penalty.

13.2. To exercise the right of withdrawal, notice must be given to DTEX in writing (by e-mail or via the withdrawal form on the Website) within the 14 (fourteen)-day period.

13.4. Where the right of withdrawal is duly exercised and the conditions of use of the right of withdrawal are met, the amount collected from the Member is refunded within a maximum of 14 (fourteen) days following the receipt of the withdrawal notice by DTEX, using the method by which the Member made the payment.

ARTICLE 14 — CONFIDENTIALITY

14.1. DTEX and the Member are obliged, during and after the term of the Agreement, to keep confidential each other's trade secrets, business information, customer information, pricing policy, technical information, calculation formulae and other confidential information.

14.2. This obligation continues for 3 (three) years after the termination of the Agreement.

ARTICLE 15 — FORCE MAJEURE

Events beyond the control of the parties that make it impossible or prevent the fulfilment of obligations arising from the Agreement (war, terrorism, cyber attack, natural disaster, epidemic, fire, collapse of internet infrastructure, acts of the state, etc.) are deemed force majeure. During force majeure, the obligations of the Agreement are suspended; if the period exceeds 3 (three) months, the parties may unilaterally terminate the Agreement.

ARTICLE 16 — PROHIBITION OF ASSIGNMENT

The Member may not assign their rights and obligations arising from this Agreement to third parties without the written approval of DTEX. DTEX reserves the right to assign the Agreement, together with all its rights and obligations, within the scope of a transfer of its commercial activity, merger, division or similar structural changes; in such case, the Member is given 30 (thirty) days' prior notice.

ARTICLE 17 — AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT

17.1. DTEX reserves the right to unilaterally amend the provisions of this Agreement. Changes enter into force on the date they are published on the Website and are notified to existing Members via their registered e-mail address.

17.2. By continuing to use the Services after the changes enter into force, the Member is deemed to have impliedly accepted the changes. If the Member does not accept the changes, they may terminate the Agreement and end their membership.

ARTICLE 18 — NOTIFICATIONS AND SERVICE

18.1. All notifications between the parties are made to the Member's registered e-mail address and to DTEX's info@dtex-tr.com e-mail address.

18.2. Notifications made to the Member's registered e-mail address are deemed duly made on the date they are sent. The Member is responsible for keeping the e-mail address current and accessible.

ARTICLE 19 — GOVERNING LAW AND RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

19.1. This Agreement is subject to the law of the Republic of Türkiye and is interpreted within the framework of the law of the Republic of Türkiye.

19.2. In the resolution of disputes arising from the Agreement, where the Member has consumer status, the Consumer Arbitration Committees and Consumer Courts within the framework of Law No. 6502 on the Protection of the Consumer are competent. For 2026, the monetary limits in force for application to consumer arbitration committees apply.

19.3. In disputes with legal-entity Members, the İzmir Courts and İzmir Enforcement Offices are competent.

ARTICLE 20 — ENTRY INTO FORCE AND INTEGRITY

20.1. This Agreement is deemed concluded when the Member ticks the electronic approval box “I have read, understood and accept” on the Website, and enters into force on the same date.

20.2. The Agreement is assessed as a whole together with the KVKK Privacy Notice, the Explicit Consent Declaration, the Distance Sales Agreement, the Preliminary Information Form, the Terms of Use, the Cookie Policy, the Cancellation & Refund Policy and other policy documents published on the Website.

20.3. The partial or total invalidity of any provision of the Agreement does not affect the validity of the other provisions.

20.4. This Agreement consists of 20 (twenty) articles and their sub-clauses.

Concluded between DTEX Savunma Madencilik Ticaret Limited Şirketi and the Member, electronically on the Website.