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  "commitment": {
    "id": "fin-ca-pdac-2026-wicheeda-flmf",
    "eventId": "evt-ca-nrcan-pdac-2026",
    "relationships": [],
    "instrument": "unspecified",
    "valueRole": "commitment",
    "capitalSource": "public",
    "amount": {
      "value": "1878250",
      "currency": "CAD",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "amountAsStated": "Funding amount: $1,878,250",
      "currencyBasis": "issuer_context"
    },
    "provider": "Natural Resources Canada (First and Last Mile Fund)",
    "providerJurisdiction": "canada",
    "providerOrgIds": [
      "org-ca-nrcan"
    ],
    "legalAuthority": null,
    "programmeId": null,
    "recipient": "Defense Metals Corp.",
    "recipientOrgIds": [
      "org-defense-metals"
    ],
    "project": "Wicheeda REE Clean Energy and Transportation Infrastructure Project",
    "projectId": "prj-ca-wicheeda",
    "facility": null,
    "locations": [],
    "stages": [
      "mining"
    ],
    "stageAllocation": "single_stage",
    "materialIds": [
      "rare-earth-elements"
    ],
    "materialAttribution": "tracked_only",
    "untrackedMaterialsAsStated": [],
    "financialStatusHistory": [
      {
        "status": "decided",
        "date": "2026-03-03",
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-pdac-2026",
        "note": "\"conditionally approved, pending final due diligence\"."
      }
    ],
    "implementationStatusHistory": [
      {
        "status": "feasibility",
        "date": "2026-07-13",
        "sourceId": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-update-20260713",
        "note": "The linked Wicheeda mine is undergoing feasibility work, with spring drilling completed and flotation pilot testing ongoing. This does not establish commencement or completion of the separately funded transmission-line and road-design deliverables; the date is the reporting date, not a stated start date."
      }
    ],
    "terms": [],
    "outcomes": [],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-pdac-2026",
        "supports": [
          "instrument",
          "value_role",
          "capital_source",
          "amount",
          "provider",
          "recipient",
          "status",
          "project",
          "materials"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "First and Last Mile Fund: Wicheeda entry",
        "note": null
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-nrcan-pdac-2026",
        "supports": [
          "stages"
        ],
        "evidence": "ambiguous",
        "locator": "First and Last Mile Fund: Wicheeda entry",
        "note": "Power and road infrastructure for a mine site, coded to mining."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-flmf-20260304",
        "supports": [
          "status",
          "project"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Pages 1–2: conditional approval and project scope",
        "note": "The infrastructure award remains subject to final due diligence; the 2026–2028 work schedule is prospective."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-update-20260713",
        "supports": [
          "status"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Pages 1–2: ongoing feasibility, pilot testing and conditional funding",
        "note": "Supports feasibility of the linked mine and continued conditional wording for infrastructure funding."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-proposal-20260812",
        "supports": [
          "status"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Page 1: invitation to submit a full project proposal",
        "note": "The separate processing-feasibility application is explicitly not a funding commitment and does not replace or advance this infrastructure award."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "A 60-km transmission line to the mine site and the design of road upgrades; the fund subsumed the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund. Lifecycle review on 2 October 2026: the July issuer update still describes the infrastructure funding as conditional. Reviewed primary sources did not establish execution or payment of this specific award. Feasibility describes the linked mine, not verified delivery of the funded infrastructure work. The August invitation concerning a separate processing-feasibility application is not a funding commitment and is not substituted for this award.",
    "lifecycleReview": {
      "financialStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-02",
      "implementationStatusCheckedAt": "2026-10-02"
    }
  },
  "event": {
    "id": "evt-ca-nrcan-pdac-2026",
    "date": "2026-03-03",
    "jurisdiction": "canada",
    "titleEn": "Government of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)"
  },
  "parents": [],
  "children": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-nrcan-pdac-2026",
      "title": "Backgrounder: Government of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2026/03/backgrounder-government-of-canada-invests-to-unlock-canadas-critical-minerals-advantage.html",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-03-03",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-09-23",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "NRCan backgrounder listing each of the 22 projects announced on 3 March 2026 at PDAC (up to $165.2 million across five programmes), with recipient, location, funding amount and description. Read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23. Only projects naming a tracked material are recorded; the $165.2 million total is not, because most of it funds untracked minerals."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-flmf-20260304",
      "title": "Defense Metals Receives Conditional Approval for up to C$1.88 Million in Funding for Wicheeda Rare Earth Elements Clean Energy and Transportation Infrastructure Project",
      "publisher": "Defense Metals Corp.",
      "url": "https://www.defensemetals.com/_files/ugd/433b25_e01dcb4f295240099185c495af3c4946.pdf",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-03-04",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Complete four-page issuer release reviewed. Conditional second-call CMIF/FLMF infrastructure award; scheduled activities are prospective."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-update-20260713",
      "title": "Defense Metals Provides Corporate Update Highlighting Continued Execution and Strategic Momentum",
      "publisher": "Defense Metals Corp.",
      "url": "https://www.defensemetals.com/_files/ugd/433b25_80ed8a13cf3c428e88968896c71ffb0f.pdf",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-07-13",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Complete issuer release reviewed. Ongoing mine feasibility work, completed spring drilling and pilot testing; infrastructure funding still described as conditional."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-defense-metals-wicheeda-proposal-20260812",
      "title": "Defense Metals Invited by Natural Resources Canada to Submit a Full Project Proposal for its Wicheeda Processing Feasibility Program",
      "publisher": "Defense Metals Corp.",
      "url": "https://www.defensemetals.com/_files/ugd/433b25_9ef7dd23603d48d5886e0562e19be517.pdf",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-08-12",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Complete issuer release reviewed. Separate CMRDD/GPI processing-feasibility application; explicitly not a funding commitment."
    }
  ]
}