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    "name": "Graphite in Support of Battery Value Chains",
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        "locator": "Critical Minerals Geoscience and Data initiative: Graphite in Support of Battery Value Chains",
        "note": "NRCan explicitly labels this a project, names the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources as recipient, gives Halifax as the project location, and identifies graphite as the mineral focus."
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        "note": "Geological mapping, three-dimensional modelling and laboratory analysis to identify areas for future exploration and development are read as exploration."
      }
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                "summed": false,
                "reason": "instrument_not_stated",
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          }
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  "reviewedProjectMilestones": [],
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  "reviewedMilestoneEvidenceBasis": "human-reviewed original publisher claim; not independent on-site or financial verification",
  "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."
    }
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}