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  "commitment": {
    "id": "fin-ca-cmrdd-2024-saltworks-lithium",
    "eventId": "evt-ca-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
    "relationships": [],
    "instrument": "unspecified",
    "valueRole": "commitment",
    "capitalSource": "public",
    "amount": {
      "value": "4937500",
      "currency": "CAD",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "amountAsStated": "$4,937,500 investment",
      "currencyBasis": "issuer_context"
    },
    "provider": "Natural Resources Canada (Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration program)",
    "providerJurisdiction": "canada",
    "providerOrgIds": [
      "org-ca-nrcan"
    ],
    "legalAuthority": null,
    "programmeId": "prg-ca-cmrdd",
    "recipient": "Saltworks Technologies Inc.",
    "recipientOrgIds": [
      "org-saltworks-technologies"
    ],
    "project": "Concentration and conversion of Canadian lithium brine into lithium battery precursors",
    "projectId": "prj-ca-saltworks-lithium-brine",
    "facility": null,
    "locations": [],
    "stages": [
      "processing"
    ],
    "stageAllocation": "single_stage",
    "materialIds": [
      "lithium"
    ],
    "materialAttribution": "tracked_only",
    "untrackedMaterialsAsStated": [],
    "financialStatusHistory": [
      {
        "status": "announced",
        "date": "2024-07-11",
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
        "note": "The release published 11 July says the Minister announced the investments 'yesterday'. No matching CMRDD agreement record for this exact C$4,937,500 award was located in the reviewed public disclosures, so the row is not promoted beyond announced."
      }
    ],
    "implementationStatusHistory": [
      {
        "status": "announced",
        "date": "2024-07-11",
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
        "note": "The release states the investment will accelerate concentration and conversion of Canadian lithium brine using technologies already developed and tested by Saltworks; no construction/operational milestone is stated."
      }
    ],
    "terms": [],
    "outcomes": [],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024",
        "supports": [
          "instrument",
          "value_role",
          "capital_source",
          "amount",
          "provider",
          "recipient",
          "project",
          "stages",
          "materials",
          "status",
          "programme"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Opening paragraph; Saltworks investment paragraph",
        "note": "Currency is read from the Canadian federal issuer context."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "Exact announced amount from the NRCan release. The source establishes a government investment and project purpose but not a binding agreement or payment; absent a matching agreement disclosure, financial standing remains announced.",
    "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."
    }
  ]
}