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  "retrieved": "2026-10-16T05:50:24Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
  "access_notice": "On 15 November 2026, automated access to assay-systems.com closes. After that date, access is available only under a paid annual subscription contract. Contact: contact@assay-systems.com",
  "data": {
    "id": "ASY-CA-1IUNCO21GG",
    "type": "grant",
    "country": "ca",
    "name": "Search Minerals Inc.: federal grants and contributions",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/search-minerals-inc/",
    "summary": "10 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $1.2M with Search Minerals Inc., 2013–2023.",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "agreements",
        "value": 10,
        "unit": "count"
      },
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        "value": 1200000,
        "unit": "money",
        "currency": "CAD",
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        "display": "$1.2M"
      },
      {
        "label": "departments",
        "value": 2,
        "unit": "count"
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      {
        "label": "programs",
        "value": 6,
        "unit": "count"
      }
    ],
    "text": [
      "Design and build a demonstration pilot plant",
      "Undertake optimization testing of proprietary rare earth elements processing technologies",
      "Develop innovative technologies for the recovery and refining of rare earth elements",
      "Undertake operational improvements through the adoption of digital technologies",
      "Hire a consultant to complete a conceptual study for a processing facility",
      "Hire a consultant to update and complete a preliminary economic assessment",
      "Hire technical expertise to update project economics to proceed to demonstration plant",
      "Enhance expertise to undertake digitization of geoscience data",
      "Undertake demonstration testing of rare earth elements hydromet processing technologies",
      "The purpose of this agreement is to support the development of Canadian critical minerals value chains."
    ],
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "grants and contributions register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/atlantic-canada-opportunities-agency/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Natural Resources Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/natural-resources-canada/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-1IUNCO21GG",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Search Minerals Inc.: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/search-minerals-inc/"
  }
}