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      "id": "src-usar-8k-2026-06-03",
      "title": "USA Rare Earth, Inc. Form 8-K (June 3, 2026): Direct Funding Agreement and Loan Guarantee Agreement with the Department of Commerce",
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      "notes": "The recipient's binding filing, read in a browser on 2026-09-23. Item 1.01 describes the Direct Funding Agreement (up to $277.0 million in five project awards) and the Loan Guarantee Agreement (the DOC guarantees $1.3 billion of Federal Financing Bank advances in five project tranches), both entered into on 3 June 2026 under the \"CHIPS Incentives Program—Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment\"; milestone-based disbursement; equity-raise requirements; covenants; and the Securities Issuance Agreement (16,132,790 shares and a warrant for 17,600,584 shares at $17.17 to the DOC). Cover page: incorporated in Delaware. It supports contract and financing facts it states directly and is attributed to the company."
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      "id": "src-nist-chips-usar-2026",
      "title": "The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Announces a Letter of Intent with USA Rare Earth to Accelerate Its Domestic and Vertically Integrated \"Mine-to-Magnet\" Strategy",
      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS Program Office)",
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