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  "commitment": {
    "id": "fin-ca-g7-2025-telescope-lithium-sulphide",
    "eventId": "evt-ca-g7-cmpa-2025",
    "relationships": [],
    "instrument": "unspecified",
    "valueRole": "commitment",
    "capitalSource": "public",
    "amount": {
      "value": "3039344",
      "currency": "CAD",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "amountAsStated": "Amount funded: $3,039,344",
      "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": "Telescope Innovations Corp.",
    "recipientOrgIds": [
      "org-telescope-innovations"
    ],
    "project": "A Route to Establish a Canadian Lithium Sulphide Supply Chain for Solid-State Batteries",
    "projectId": "prj-ca-telescope-lithium-sulphide",
    "facility": null,
    "locations": [
      {
        "countryCode": "CA",
        "subnational": "British Columbia",
        "asStated": "Vancouver, British Columbia"
      }
    ],
    "stages": [
      "processing"
    ],
    "stageAllocation": "single_stage",
    "materialIds": [
      "lithium"
    ],
    "materialAttribution": "tracked_only",
    "untrackedMaterialsAsStated": [],
    "financialStatusHistory": [
      {
        "status": "decided",
        "date": "2025-10-31",
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-g7-cmpa-2025",
        "note": "The G7 backgrounder says Telescope was conditionally approved for up to C$3.04 million under CMRDD. NRCan's standing CMRDD register later gives the exact funded amount, but no binding agreement date is established in the reviewed sources."
      }
    ],
    "implementationStatusHistory": [],
    "terms": [],
    "outcomes": [],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-g7-cmpa-2025",
        "supports": [
          "instrument",
          "value_role",
          "capital_source",
          "provider",
          "recipient",
          "status",
          "project",
          "materials",
          "stages",
          "programme"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Research and development projects: Telescope Innovations Corp.",
        "note": "Establishes conditional approval under CMRDD for a pilot method to manufacture lithium sulphide."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-cmrdd-programme",
        "supports": [
          "amount",
          "recipient",
          "project",
          "materials",
          "stages",
          "programme",
          "location"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Funded Projects: \"A Route to Establish a Canadian Lithium Sulphide Supply Chain for Solid-State Batteries\"",
        "note": "Gives the exact C$3,039,344 amount funded, Telescope Innovations Corp., lithium, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the scale-up/pilot lithium-sulphide manufacturing purpose."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "NRCan's current project register says the project was launched in 2025 and is expected to be completed by 2028. No matching binding contribution agreement was located in the reviewed disclosure search, so the financial status remains decided rather than contracted; no payment or disbursement is inferred.",
    "lifecycleReview": {
      "financialStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-07",
      "implementationStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-07"
    }
  },
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-ca-g7-cmpa-2025",
    "date": "2025-10-31",
    "jurisdiction": "canada",
    "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)"
  },
  "parents": [],
  "children": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "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",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2025-10-31",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-09-23",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "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$."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-nrcan-cmrdd-programme",
      "title": "Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/critical-minerals-in-canada/federal-support-for-critical-mineral-projects-and-value-chains/critical-minerals-research-development-and-demonstration-program.html",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": null,
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-07",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "NRCan's standing programme page. States that CMRDD is administered through two funding streams (federal research and development projects, and contribution funding) and lists contribution-funded projects with organization, description, amount funded, status, critical minerals and location. Rechecked on 2026-10-07. The page is updated in place and carries no publication date; the project list is read as of the access date."
    }
  ]
}