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    "name": "Rhyolite Ridge on-site lithium processing facilities",
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        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "Paragraphs 1–2: named project recipient, lithium-carbonate processing and Nevada site",
        "note": "Named project is integrated lithium-boron mine but financed portion is the on-site lithium processing plant and related infrastructure."
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        "locator": "Project summary paragraphs 1–2, DOE/EIS-0565",
        "note": "Loan financing scope includes lithium processing plant, sulfuric-acid unit and associated infrastructure, specifically excluding open-pit mine."
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        "evidence": "explicit",
        "locator": "June 2026 Quarterly Activities, project description and Engineering section",
        "note": "Pre-FID engineering for lithium-carbonate circuit; boron is a separate co-product of the wider Rhyolite Ridge venture, not allocated a known slice of the DOE guarantee."
      }
    ],
    "notes": "DOE-guaranteed finance supports on-site lithium processing and ancillary sulfuric-acid/support facilities, not open-pit mining. The broader Rhyolite Ridge project co-produces boron, which is not tracked as a material in this SMPT registry and receives no distinct allocated dollar amount here. As of 30 June 2026, issuer states no development or production activity this quarter, and FID/construction not yet achieved. Ioneer Ltd is the separately registered Australian-listed corporate developer; the loan guarantee names the U.S. project entity as direct recipient, not the parent."
  },
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    "date": null,
    "rowId": "fin-us-doe-rhyolite-ridge-guarantee-2025",
    "sourceId": "src-sec-ioneer-rhyolite-q2-2026"
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  "reviewedProjectMilestones": [],
  "reviewedMilestoneSources": [],
  "reviewedMilestoneEvidenceBasis": "human-reviewed original publisher claim; not independent on-site or financial verification",
  "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-doe-rhyolite-nepa-0565",
      "title": "DOE/EIS-0565 — Rhyolite Ridge mine processing loan scope",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Energy, NEPA",
      "url": "https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0565-rhyolite-ridge-lithium-boron-project-esmeralda-county-nevada",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": null,
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-08",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "DOE environmental summary explicitly confines contemplated federal loan to on-site lithium processing facilities, sulfuric acid plant and supporting infrastructure, NOT open-pit mine development/operation. The early NEPA synopsis calls the proposed borrower Rhyolite Ridge Holdings LLC; do not conflate that with the closing release's Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC without legal proof."
    },
    {
      "id": "src-sec-ioneer-rhyolite-q2-2026",
      "title": "Ioneer 30 July 2026 Quarterly Activities Report — Rhyolite Ridge remains pre-FID",
      "publisher": "Ioneer Ltd / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1896084/000114036126030118/ef20078896_ex99-1.htm",
      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-07-30",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-08",
      "sourceType": "other",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "June 2026 quarter update: strategic partner and Final Investment Decision still outstanding; pre-feasibility for battery-grade lithium carbonate completed, construction remains a future milestone; expressly confirms no production or development activity in quarter. Nonbinding Korea KIND/Hyundai MOUs are not cash or binding equity. Separate US Army Tooele land-lease possibility is not part of this ATVM guarantee."
    }
  ]
}