{
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-us-army-perpetua-otia-2023",
    "date": "2023-08-18",
    "jurisdiction": "us",
    "issuingBody": "U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Army",
    "titleOriginal": "Perpetua Resources awarded Ordnance Technology Initiative Agreement for domestic antimony trisulfide supply-chain demonstration",
    "titleOriginalLang": "en",
    "titleEn": "Army-backed antimony trisulfide pilot and process-development agreement with Perpetua",
    "titleEnSource": "na",
    "documentNumber": null,
    "policyStatus": "active",
    "mechanism": [
      "funding",
      "supply_chain_security"
    ],
    "affectedMaterialIds": [
      "antimony"
    ],
    "affectedSectors": [
      "defense",
      "industrial"
    ],
    "summary": "Perpetua Resources Idaho received an Ordnance Technology Initiative Agreement through the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium to demonstrate a domestic antimony trisulfide supply chain using Stibnite ore. The agreement began at up to $15.5 million in 2023, received later additions, and reached a current estimated amount of $27.1 million by June 2026. The funded work includes sampling, pilot-scale production of military-specification antimony trisulfide, full-scale process design and a modular pilot plant; the Army marked the INL pilot facility's opening in July 2026.",
    "analyticalSignificance": "The programme extends public support beyond mine development into downstream process demonstration for military-grade antimony sulfide.",
    "supersededByEventId": null,
    "sourceIds": [
      "src-perpetua-sec-dotc-2023",
      "src-perpetua-sec-2026-q2",
      "src-us-army-antimony-pilot-2026"
    ],
    "verificationStatus": "verified",
    "intakeMode": "backfill",
    "lifecycle": {
      "officialPublicationDate": "2023-08-21",
      "discoveredAt": null,
      "verifiedAt": "2026-10-02",
      "publishedAt": null
    }
  },
  "framing": [
    {
      "id": "fc-us-army-perpetua-otia-2023-resilience",
      "eventId": "evt-us-army-perpetua-otia-2023",
      "actor": "us",
      "category": [
        "national_security",
        "supply_chain_resilience"
      ],
      "quoteOriginal": "establishing a secure, domestic supply chain for this essential ammunition component",
      "quoteEn": "establishing a secure, domestic supply chain for this essential ammunition component",
      "quoteEnSource": "na",
      "sourceId": "src-us-army-antimony-pilot-2026",
      "notes": "Retrospective Army framing in 2026 of the DOTC effort initiated in 2023; not wording attributed to the 2023 SEC filing."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-perpetua-sec-dotc-2023",
      "title": "Perpetua Resources Corp., Form 8-K (Ordnance Technology Initiative Agreement)",
      "publisher": "Perpetua Resources Corp. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/000110465923093671/tm2324218d1_8k.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2023-08-21",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Filed disclosure of the 18 August 2023 OTIA through the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium, originally up to $15.5 million, to demonstrate a domestic antimony trisulfide supply chain using Stibnite ore and to develop a modular pilot plant."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-perpetua-sec-2026-q2",
      "title": "Perpetua Resources Corp., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026",
      "publisher": "Perpetua Resources Corp. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526243/000110465926097134/ppta-20260630x10q.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-08-14",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Filing date 2026-08-14 independently verified against SEC EDGAR accession 0001104659-26-097134 index; 2026-06-30 is the period-end, not the publication date. Filed disclosure that all $59.2 million available under the DPA TIA had been disbursed and the agreement expired 16 June 2025; also records the OTIA's later additions to a current estimated $27.1 million and ongoing reimbursements. Separately describes the EXIM board-approved $2.9 billion senior secured loan as subject to definitive documentation and conditions precedent."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-us-army-antimony-pilot-2026",
      "title": "U.S. Army, Perpetua Resources, and INL launch domestic antimony sulfide processing facility",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army",
      "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/294430/u_s_army_perpetua_resources_and_inl_launch_domestic_antimony_sulfide_processing_facility",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-08-06",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Army article on the 29 July 2026 opening of the Idaho National Laboratory prototype antimony-sulfide processing facility. States that the Army effort began in 2023 at $27.1 million and that the separate DPA project with Perpetua totaled about $59.3 million."
    }
  ]
}