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        "locator": "Saltworks investment paragraph",
        "note": "The source does not give a formal project title; the project name is a concise normalization of its stated purpose: concentration and conversion of Canadian lithium brine into lithium battery precursors. NRCan frames the two awards as midstream lithium processing in British Columbia."
      }
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    "sourceId": "src-nrcan-lithium-processing-2024"
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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-lithium-processing-2024",
      "title": "Government of Canada Invests Over $9 Million to Enable Made-in-Canada Lithium Battery Supply Chain in British Columbia",
      "publisher": "Natural Resources Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2024/07/government-of-canada-invests-over-9-million-to-enable-made-in-canada-lithium-battery-supply-chain-in-british-columbia.html",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2024-07-11",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-07",
      "sourceType": "official",
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      "notes": "Official NRCan release on CMRDD support for midstream lithium processing: C$4,937,500 to Saltworks for lithium-brine concentration/conversion and C$4,500,000 to NORAM Electrolysis Systems for industrial-scale lithium-hydroxide electrolysis demonstration. The two awards are coded in the lithium financing backfill; NORAM's binding agreement is separately verified through the federal grants disclosure."
    }
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}