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        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Critical Minerals Geoscience and Data initiative entries",
        "note": "A provincial department: its actor is Canada, the tracked government it sits within."
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  "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",
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