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        "note": "\"Funding for these projects comes from NRCan’s Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program (CMRDD). The CMRDD is part of the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy\""
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        "locator": "\"CMRDD is administered through 2 funding streams\"",
        "note": "One stream funds federal laboratories' research and development, the other is contribution funding to outside projects. The page does not say here whether contributions are repayable."
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    {
      "id": "src-nrcan-cmrdd-2024",
      "title": "Government of Canada Supporting Critical Minerals Processing in Kingston",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2024/09/government-of-canada-supporting-critical-minerals-processing-in-kingston.html",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2024-09-04",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-09-23",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "NRCan's own press release announcing $8.4 million under the Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration (CMRDD) program, split between Cyclic Materials Incorporated ($4.9 million, rare-earth permanent-magnet recycling) and Green Graphite Technologies Inc. ($3.5 million, battery-grade graphite). States the Budget 2022 / $3.8 billion Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy funding lineage directly. Re-read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23 (canada.ca times out for automated clients); every amount and quotation in the Capital & Control rows that cite it was checked against that text."
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    {
      "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",
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      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-07",
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      "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."
    }
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