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  "organization": {
    "id": "org-ioneer-rhyolite-ridge-llc",
    "name": "Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC",
    "nameOriginal": null,
    "aliases": [
      "ioneer Rhyolite Ridge, LLC"
    ],
    "kind": "company",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "actor": null,
    "parents": [],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "sourceId": "src-doe-ioneer-rhyolite-2025-close",
        "supports": [
          "name",
          "kind",
          "country"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Opening paragraph: closing of a loan guarantee to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC in Nevada",
        "note": "Federal lender's closing announcement controls the financing counterparty; the earlier NEPA draft names Rhyolite Ridge Holdings LLC as proposed borrower and is not used as an alias."
      },
      {
        "sourceId": "src-sec-ioneer-rhyolite-close-2025",
        "supports": [
          "name",
          "kind"
        ],
        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Issuer's Rhyolite Ridge loan closing announcement",
        "note": "Project subsidiary in Nevada, distinguish from listed parent Ioneer Ltd."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "Direct borrower/loan-guarantee recipient as named in DOE's 17 Jan 2025 closing announcement. DOE's older NEPA project page refers to a proposed Rhyolite Ridge Holdings LLC; no verified corporate continuity is inferred."
  },
  "rolledUpOrganizationIds": [
    "org-ioneer-rhyolite-ridge-llc"
  ],
  "providedRowIds": [],
  "receivedRowIds": [
    "fin-us-doe-rhyolite-ridge-guarantee-2025"
  ],
  "sponsoredProjectIds": [
    "prj-us-rhyolite-ridge-processing"
  ],
  "administeredProgrammeIds": [],
  "heldDesignationIds": [],
  "children": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-doe-ioneer-rhyolite-2025-close",
      "title": "DOE closes $996 million loan guarantee for Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office",
      "url": "https://www.energy.gov/edf/articles/doe-announces-996-million-loan-guarantee-ioneer-rhyolite-ridge-advance-domestic",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2025-01-17",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-08",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Closing announcement: $996M guarantee, $968M principal plus $28M capitalized interest, to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC under ATVM. DOE specifies on-site lithium-carbonate processing and identified ioneer Ltd as developer; Jan 2025 closing is not evidence of cash advanced, operating production or mine financing."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-sec-ioneer-rhyolite-close-2025",
      "title": "Ioneer January 2025 SEC exhibit — $996 million DOE loan closing",
      "publisher": "Ioneer Ltd / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1896084/000114036125001367/ef20041815_ex99-1.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2025-01-17",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-08",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Issuer's 17 January 2025 closing announcement confirms the $996M ATVM facility, principal/interest split and earlier January 2023 conditional offer, including $268M principal increase. This is the same loan, not a second 2023 commitment or $996M immediately paid."
    }
  ]
}