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    "amount": {
      "value": "4500000",
      "currency": "CAD",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "amountAsStated": "$4,500,000 investment",
      "currencyBasis": "issuer_context"
    },
    "provider": "Natural Resources Canada (Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration program)",
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    "programmeId": "prg-ca-cmrdd",
    "recipient": "NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc.",
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    "project": "Electrolysis for Lithium Production and Recycling",
    "projectId": "prj-ca-noram-lithium-electrolysis",
    "facility": "new test centre",
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      {
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        "date": "2024-07-08",
        "sourceId": "src-canada-grant-noram-cmrdd-2024",
        "note": "Official grants disclosure records agreement CMRDD2-021 from 8 July 2024 through 31 March 2027."
      }
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        "date": "2024-07-11",
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
        "note": "The release describes an industrial-scale demonstration at NESI's new test centre; no later physical milestone is established in the sources reviewed for this tranche."
      }
    ],
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    "outcomes": [],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
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          "recipient",
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          "facility"
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        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Opening paragraph; NESI investment paragraph",
        "note": "Currency is read from the Canadian federal issuer context."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-canada-grant-noram-cmrdd-2024",
        "supports": [
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        "note": "Establishes the exact agreement value and binding agreement period."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "Binding agreement verified through the federal grants disclosure. No payment/disbursement timing is stated, so contracted is not treated as paid.",
    "lifecycleReview": {
      "financialStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-07",
      "implementationStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-07"
    }
  },
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-ca-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
    "date": "2024-07-11",
    "jurisdiction": "canada",
    "titleEn": "Government of Canada Invests Over $9 Million to Enable Made-in-Canada Lithium Battery Supply Chain in British Columbia"
  },
  "parents": [],
  "children": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
      "title": "Government of Canada Invests Over $9 Million to Enable Made-in-Canada Lithium Battery Supply Chain in British Columbia",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2024/07/government-of-canada-invests-over-9-million-to-enable-made-in-canada-lithium-battery-supply-chain-in-british-columbia.html",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2024-07-11",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-07",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Official NRCan release on CMRDD support for midstream lithium processing: C$4,937,500 to Saltworks for lithium-brine concentration/conversion and C$4,500,000 to NORAM Electrolysis Systems for industrial-scale lithium-hydroxide electrolysis demonstration. The two awards are coded in the lithium financing backfill; NORAM's binding agreement is separately verified through the federal grants disclosure."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-canada-grant-noram-cmrdd-2024",
      "title": "Grants and Contributions — ELECTROLYSIS FOR LITHIUM PRODUCTION AND RECYCLING",
      "publisher": "Government of Canada Open Government",
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      "notes": "Official federal grants-and-contributions disclosure for NRCan agreement CMRDD2-021 with NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc. Agreement value C$4,500,000; agreement period 2024-07-08 through 2027-03-31; title ELECTROLYSIS FOR LITHIUM PRODUCTION AND RECYCLING."
    }
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