{
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-us-dow-arr-antimony-2025",
    "date": "2025-09-30",
    "jurisdiction": "us",
    "issuingBody": "U.S. Department of War",
    "titleOriginal": "Department of War Awards $43.4 Million to Further On-Shore Antimony Trisulfide Production",
    "titleOriginalLang": "en",
    "titleEn": "Department of War DPA support for Alaska Range Resources' integrated antimony supply chain",
    "titleEnSource": "na",
    "documentNumber": null,
    "policyStatus": "active",
    "mechanism": [
      "funding",
      "supply_chain_security"
    ],
    "affectedMaterialIds": [
      "antimony"
    ],
    "affectedSectors": [
      "defense",
      "industrial"
    ],
    "summary": "The Department of War awarded Alaska Range Resources $43.4 million under Defense Production Act Title III to develop antimony trisulfide production in Alaska. The award covers extraction of stibnite at the Estelle/Stibium initiative, concentration, and refining, including construction and commissioning of concentration and refinery capacity.",
    "analyticalSignificance": "The award links upstream extraction with domestic concentration and refining in one public-support package, expanding the U.S. antimony response beyond isolated mine or processing support.",
    "supersededByEventId": null,
    "sourceIds": [
      "src-dow-arr-antimony-2025",
      "src-nova-arr-h1-2026",
      "src-nova-arr-q4-2025"
    ],
    "verificationStatus": "verified",
    "intakeMode": "backfill",
    "lifecycle": {
      "officialPublicationDate": "2025-09-30",
      "discoveredAt": null,
      "verifiedAt": "2026-10-02",
      "publishedAt": null
    }
  },
  "framing": [
    {
      "id": "fc-us-dow-arr-antimony-2025-resilience",
      "eventId": "evt-us-dow-arr-antimony-2025",
      "actor": "us",
      "category": [
        "national_security",
        "supply_chain_resilience"
      ],
      "quoteOriginal": "advances North American sourcing of this critical mineral for the defense industrial base",
      "quoteEn": "advances North American sourcing of this critical mineral for the defense industrial base",
      "quoteEnSource": "na",
      "sourceId": "src-dow-arr-antimony-2025",
      "notes": "Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy Mike Cadenazzi in the official award release."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-dow-arr-antimony-2025",
      "title": "Department of War Awards $43.4 Million to Further On-Shore Antimony Trisulfide Production",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of War",
      "url": "https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4319016/department-of-war-awards-434-million-to-further-on-shore-antimony-trisulfide-pr/",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2025-09-30",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Official DPA Title III award release for Alaska Range Resources. States the $43.4M award, integrated extraction/concentration/refining scope, Estelle/Stibium location, and national-security/supply-chain rationale."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-nova-arr-h1-2026",
      "title": "Nova Minerals Limited — Half-Year Financial Report and Review of Operations",
      "publisher": "Nova Minerals Limited / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852551/000149315226019450/ex99-1.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": null,
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Filed company report describing Alaska Range Resources as Nova's 100%-owned U.S. subsidiary, the $43.4M 24-month firm-fixed-price DPA project sub-agreement, and Port MacKenzie refinery development."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-nova-arr-q4-2025",
      "title": "Nova Minerals Limited — Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report, December 2025",
      "publisher": "Nova Minerals Limited / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852551/000149315226003702/ex99-1.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-01-27",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Filed quarterly report recording commencement of procurement for mining and processing equipment for starter antimony operations and the Port MacKenzie refinery."
    }
  ]
}