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    "notes": "Binding contribution agreement verified through the federal grants disclosure. The disclosure's Vancouver location is a recipient location and is not treated as the project site. No payment or disbursement timing is stated.",
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    "titleEn": "Canada unlocks 26 new investments and partnerships with 9 allied countries to secure critical minerals supply chains (G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance, first round)"
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      "id": "src-canada-grant-telescope-lipick-2024",
      "title": "Grants and Contributions — UKRI Critical Minerals – 10113987 - Li-PICK - Energy Efficient Battery Recycling Enabled by Recrystallization",
      "publisher": "Government of Canada Open Government",
      "url": "https://search.open.canada.ca/grants/record/nrc-cnrc%2C172-2024-2025-Q2-1022725%2Ccurrent",
      "language": "en",
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      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-07",
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      "notes": "Official federal grants-and-contributions disclosure for National Research Council Canada agreement 1022725 with Telescope Innovations Corp. Agreement value C$319,200; agreement period 2024-09-01 through 2026-03-31; contribution title Li-PICK - Energy Efficient Battery Recycling Enabled by Recrystallization. The description explicitly covers conversion of spent lithium-ion batteries into cathode active material and battery-grade lithium carbonate."
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    {
      "id": "src-nrcan-g7-cmpa-2025",
      "title": "Backgrounder: Canada unlocks 26 new investments and partnerships with 9 allied countries to secure critical minerals supply chains",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2025/10/backgrounder-canada-unlocks-25-new-investments-and-partnerships-with-9-allied-countries-to-secure-critical-minerals-supply-chains.html",
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      "notes": "NRCan backgrounder on the first round of projects under the G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance, announced on 31 October 2025 at the G7 Energy and Environment Ministers' Meeting in Toronto. Read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23 (canada.ca times out for automated clients). Figures without a currency are Canadian dollars, read from the issuing government; figures in US dollars are printed as US$."
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