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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=North-Western; past-year window",
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   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=North-Western; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=North-Western; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Haut-Katanga; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Haut-Katanga; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Ashanti; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Ashanti; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Gauteng; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Gauteng; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Limpopo; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Limpopo; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Limpopo; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Limpopo; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Cabo Delgado; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Cabo Delgado; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.ngualla-ree.event_count_12mo",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Mbeya; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Mbeya; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.sukari-au.event_count_12mo",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Red Sea; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
   "note": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Red Sea; past-year window (Explorer default). Operator-run credentialed query; value transcribed unrounded."
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Lualaba; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
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   "claim_id": "acled-2026-08-14-lualaba-kamoa-kakula-operating-supermajor",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Lualaba; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
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   "claim_id": "acled-2026-08-14-tanganyika-manono-disputed-tenure",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Tanganyika; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
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    "captured": "2026-05-12"
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   "note": "Re-verification of the migrated comparator value. Prior 44 (captured 2026-05-12) superseded and retained per the BI-1.0 material-change disclosure rule. Movement reflects the rolling trailing-12-month window rather than a restatement of past data."
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   "claim_id": "acled-2026-08-14-kagera-kabanga-pre-fid",
   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.kabanga-pre-fid.subnational_comparator",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Kagera; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
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    "captured": "2026-05-12"
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   "note": "Re-verification of the migrated comparator value. Prior 4 (captured 2026-05-12) superseded and retained per the BI-1.0 material-change disclosure rule. Movement reflects the rolling trailing-12-month window rather than a restatement of past data."
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   "claim_id": "acled-2026-08-14-kayes-loulo-gounkoto-post-settlement",
   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.loulo-gounkoto-post-settlement.subnational_comparator",
   "value": 246,
   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer query 14 Aug 2026; admin1=Kayes; past-year window",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session)",
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    "captured": "2026-05-12"
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   "note": "Re-verification of the migrated comparator value. Prior 302 (captured 2026-05-12) superseded and retained per the BI-1.0 material-change disclosure rule. Movement reflects the rolling trailing-12-month window rather than a restatement of past data."
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   "claim_id": "acled-2026-08-14-lobito-corridor-segments",
   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.lobito-corridor-infrastructure.subnational_comparator",
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   "source_artifact": "ACLED Explorer queries 14 Aug 2026; past-year window; corridor admin1 set Lualaba 33, North-Western 3, Moxico 3, Bié 13, Huambo 5, Benguela 5",
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   "verification_method": "primary-source query (ACLED Explorer, credentialed operator session), summed over the ruled corridor admin1 set",
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   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "AVZ Manono DFS = April 2020. VERIFIED against the primary: AVZ Minerals ASX/company announcement 'DFS Manono Lithium and Tin Project', dated 21 Apr 2020 (avzminerals.com.au, 20200421 announcement PDF). The deployed data layer already carries 'AVZ DFS 21 Apr 2020' (bankability.json) and 'AVZ Manono DFS (Apr 2020) + reserve upgrade (Jul 2021), JORC 2012' (deposits/manono-lithium-district.json) — CONFIRMED CORRECT, no restatement required. The queue note's concern that v1.0.59 cited 2023 does not apply to the deployed build. Secondary press varies (one outlet says 2021); the primary announcement date settles it."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "iea-class-1-nickel-cagr-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "bankability-v1-0-mapping.js.kabanga-pre-fid.C_demand_elasticity.long_term_demand_growth",
   "value": "confirmed as deployed",
   "source_artifact": "IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 (STEPS), Overview of outlook for key minerals",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "VERIFIED against the IEA primary. IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025, Overview of outlook for key minerals: under STEPS, graphite and nickel demand double to 2040. The deployed cell states 'IEA GCMO 2025 (STEPS): nickel demand ~doubles to 2040' with the prior 6-8% CAGR correctly reclassified as Inferred. Accurate as cited."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "iea-cu-cagr-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "bankability-v1-0-mapping.js.kamoa-kakula-operating-supermajor.C_demand_elasticity.long_term_demand_growth",
   "value": "confirmed as deployed",
   "source_artifact": "IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 (STEPS), Overview of outlook for key minerals",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "VERIFIED against the IEA primary. IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025: copper demand projected to grow by 30% to 2040 under STEPS. The deployed cell states 'Cu demand +30% cumulative to 2040' with the prior per-year CAGR correctly reclassified as Inferred. Accurate as cited."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "iea-li2o-cagr-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "bankability-v1-0-mapping.js.manono-disputed-tenure.C_demand_elasticity.long_term_demand_growth",
   "value": "confirmed as deployed",
   "source_artifact": "IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 (STEPS), Overview of outlook for key minerals",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "VERIFIED against the IEA primary. IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025: under STEPS lithium grows fivefold to 2040. The deployed cell states 'lithium demand ~5x to 2040' with the prior 7-10% CAGR correctly reclassified as Inferred. Accurate as cited."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "khoemacau-deal-value-post-acquisition-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "data.js.AFRICA_DEPOSITS[Khoemacau].deal_value + post-acquisition equity",
   "value": "resolved",
   "source_artifact": "MMG Limited announcements 21 Nov 2023 (SPA) and 25 Mar 2024 (completion), HK.1208",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "MMG / Khoemacau: SPA effective Enterprise Value US$1,875m (MMG announcement 21 Nov 2023, HK.1208); COMPLETION 22 Mar 2024 (announced 25 Mar 2024) with Aggregate Consideration ~US$1,734,657,000 to sellers plus ~US$348,580,000 advanced to settle target-group debt. Post-acquisition equity: MMG acquired the ENTIRE issued share capital of Cuprous Capital Ltd, so Khoemacau is 100% indirectly MMG-owned. Regulatory trail: Botswana Minister of Minerals and Energy approved the transfer of controlling interests 22 Dec 2023; Botswana CCA approved 29 Jan 2024. CORRECTION MADE: the deployed cells carried the rounded 'US$1.88bn - completed 2024', which conflates EV with consideration and omits the debt settlement. EV and Aggregate Consideration are different measures and are not interchangeable; both are now stated with the completion date."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "sentinel-zccm-ih-equity-acquisition-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "exports-intelligence-grade-csv.js.Sentinel.operator",
   "value": "resolved",
   "source_artifact": "First Quantum Minerals corporate record (at-a-glance) + CEO statement 22 Aug 2025",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read",
   "note": "CONFIRMED CORRECT AS DEPLOYED - no ZCCM-IH equity acquisition in Sentinel occurred. First Quantum's own corporate record (first-quantum.com/about-us/at-a-glance) confirms FQM acquired 100% of Kiwara PLC in Jan 2010, carrying the Trident licence (Sentinel copper + Enterprise nickel). Sentinel is wholly FQM-owned via FQM Trident Ltd, as the deployed feed states; ZCCM-IH's 20% is in KANSANSHI (FQM 80% via Kansanshi Mining PLC), also as deployed. MATERIAL CONTEXT for why this item was queued: FQM explored selling minority interests in the Zambian assets during 2024-25 (talks reported with Jiangxi Copper, Mitsui, Manara Minerals), but CEO Tristan Pascall stated on 22 Aug 2025 that FQM is not pursuing a Zambian minority-stake sale, following the Royal Gold streaming transaction. No ownership change to record."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "kabanga-lifezone-form-6k-filing-date-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "safeguards-framework-mapping.js.kabanga-pre-fid.ifc_ps.PS1",
   "value": "resolved",
   "source_artifact": "Lifezone Metals Form 6-K filings, SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001958217)",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read (SEC EDGAR)",
   "note": "Lifezone Metals 6-K filing sequence established on EDGAR: 7 Mar 2026 (Taurus bridge-loan waiver), 30 Apr 2026 (Q1 2026 results), 22 Apr 2026 (registered direct offering pricing), 9 Jul 2026 (2025 Sustainability Report), 29 Jul 2026 (H1 2026 interim results). PS1 EVIDENCE LOCATED: the 2025 Sustainability Report (6-K, EDGAR 9 Jul 2026) is the primary artefact for the Kabanga PS1 cell — it details resettlement compensation (US$12m cash paid to project-affected households by 31 Dec 2025), community investment, and explicit alignment with the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles. That is a stronger PS1 basis than the filing-date check the queue item originally specified."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "loulo-gounkoto-permit-renewal-date-verified-2026-08-14",
   "subject": "safeguards-framework-mapping.js.loulo-gounkoto-post-settlement.ifc_ps.PS1",
   "value": "February 2026",
   "source_artifact": "Barrick Mining Corp Form 6-K and Form 40-F, SEC EDGAR (CIK 756894)",
   "verification_date": "2026-08-14",
   "verification_method": "primary-source read (SEC EDGAR)",
   "note": "SOURCED to Barrick's own filing: 'The Loulo and Gounkoto permits each have a 30 year term from their date of grant, after which they are renewable if production is still taking place. The Loulo permit renewal date is February 2026 and a renewal application was submitted on February 13, 2025.' Dispute and settlement chronology also established from Barrick filings: ICSID arbitration requested 18 Dec 2024; operations suspended 14 Jan 2025 on gold-shipment restrictions; Bamako Commercial Tribunal placed the complex under temporary provisional administration 16 Jun 2025 (Barrick retained 80% legal ownership but lost operational control, triggering deconsolidation in Q2 2025); comprehensive settlement reached Nov 2025 (~US$430m paid, arbitration withdrawn, Mali's 2023 mining code accepted, provisional administration terminated, operational control restored Dec 2025). PARTIAL — ONE ELEMENT REMAINS SECONDARY: the reported TEN-YEAR renewal term is carried by Reuters and trade press citing an announcement by Mali's head of state, not by a Barrick filing or a published Malian decree in hand. The renewal DATE (Feb 2026) is Sourced; the ten-year TERM is not yet primary-read and must not be published as Sourced until the decree or a Barrick filing confirms it."
  }
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  {
   "claim_id": "cote-divoire-west-africa-birimian-editorial-decision",
   "subject": "Methodology PROV table: Côte d'Ivoire inclusion + composite weighting",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-05-27",
   "verification_method_planned": "Editorial decision per Methodology v1.2 substrate work",
   "verification_status": "Pending"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "guinea-west-african-craton-editorial-decision",
   "subject": "Methodology PROV table: Guinea inclusion + composite weighting",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-05-27",
   "verification_method_planned": "Editorial decision per Methodology v1.2 substrate work",
   "verification_status": "Pending"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "kamoa-kakula-ps3-ps4-evidence",
   "subject": "safeguards-framework-mapping.js.kamoa-kakula-operating-supermajor.ifc_ps.{PS3, PS4}",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-07-18",
   "verification_method_planned": "Cross-check against Ivanhoe NI 43-101 effective 31 Dec 2025 (released 31 Mar 2026) at next quarterly Kamoa audit",
   "verification_status": "Inferred-propagated",
   "note": " || DOCUMENT LOCATED 2026-08-14, not yet read. Same governing primary as the NPV anchors: Kamoa-Kakula Technical Report dated 31 Mar 2026 (ivanhoemines.com/wp-content/uploads/20260331-Kamoa-Kakula-Technical-Report-ABF.pdf; SEDAR+). The IFC PS3 and PS4 evidence requires the environmental and community sections of that report. Not closed on secondary summaries.",
   "document_located": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "methodology-section-10-n3-discount-rate-sample",
   "subject": "methodology/section-10-bankability.html §10.5 operator-discretion variance sample",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-07-18",
   "verification_method_planned": "Cross-check Ivanhoe Kakula DFS, Lifezone Kabanga FS, AVZ Manono DFS discount rate citations against primary technical reports",
   "verification_status": "Inferred-propagated",
   "note": " || PARTIALLY ADVANCED 2026-08-14. The three technical reports in the n=3 discount-rate sample are now individually identified with dates: (1) Ivanhoe Kamoa-Kakula Technical Report, 31 Mar 2026, reserves/resources as at 31 Dec 2025 (ivanhoemines.com/wp-content/uploads/20260331-Kamoa-Kakula-Technical-Report-ABF.pdf); (2) Lifezone Kabanga Feasibility Study, completed July 2025 (FS-TRS 18 Jul 2025); (3) AVZ Manono DFS, 21 Apr 2020 (verified this session; NOT 2023 as an earlier internal version had it). The discount-rate citation in each still requires reading the economic-analysis section of each report. The sample's VINTAGE SPREAD is now visible and is itself material: 2020, 2025 and 2026 studies. An operator-discretion variance sample drawn across a six-year span mixes different rate environments, which should be disclosed alongside the variance figure or the sample re-scoped.",
   "document_located": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "kamoa-kakula-five-npv-anchors",
   "subject": "bankability-v1-0-mapping.js.kamoa-kakula-operating-supermajor.A_npv_reconciliation.published_npv_anchors",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-07-18",
   "verification_method_planned": "Primary-source read of Ivanhoe NI 43-101 effective 31 Dec 2025 LoM scenario tables to confirm $5.5bn / $6.6bn / $11.1bn / $19.1bn / $20.2bn anchor values referenced from prior-cycle DCF reconciliation work",
   "verification_status": "Inferred-propagated",
   "note": " || DOCUMENT LOCATED 2026-08-14, not yet read. The governing primary is the Kamoa-Kakula Technical Report dated 31 Mar 2026 (Ivanhoe Mines, Mineral Reserves and Resources estimated as at 31 Dec 2025 under NI 43-101), published at ivanhoemines.com/wp-content/uploads/20260331-Kamoa-Kakula-Technical-Report-ABF.pdf and on SEDAR+. Confirmed parameters from the accompanying release: long-term copper price $4.50/lb for Mineral Reserves and economic mine-plan analysis, $6.00/lb for Mineral Resources; reserve cut-offs 2.0%-1.5% TCu; resource cut-off 1% TCu; Indicated Mineral Resource 1.3 Bt @ 2.65% TCu for 34 Mt contained copper. The five NPV anchors ($5.5bn / $6.6bn / $11.1bn / $19.1bn) sit in the LoM scenario tables INSIDE that report and require a full read of the PDF, which could not be completed in this session. NOT closed on the accompanying press release: a scenario NPV must be read from the scenario table, not inferred from a summary. Next session or operator: open the PDF above and read the LoM scenario table.",
   "document_located": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "tnfd-tools-catalogue-authority-attributions",
   "subject": "methodology/tnfd-tools-catalogue.html per-tool Authority + Access claims",
   "target_verification_date": "TBD-v1.0.61+",
   "verification_method_planned": "Primary-source read of each tool's public documentation to verify organizational composition (e.g., DEG as WWF Water Risk Filter co-developer; specific Alliance rosters; subscription tier framings)",
   "verification_status": "Inferred"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "hardware-suppliers-matrix-cell-values",
   "subject": "hardware-suppliers/index.html method × province compatibility matrix cells",
   "target_verification_date": "TBD-v1.0.58+",
   "verification_method_planned": "Documented compilation against Reynolds, Sharma, CGG, BGS, USGS substrate. v1.0.58 replaced specific numeric scores with directional categories pending compilation. If compilation completes, restore numeric scores with Derived state.",
   "verification_status": "Inferred"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "acled-subevent-breakdowns-deferred",
   "subject": "ACLED_ADMIN1_SUBSTRATE.*.sub_event_breakdown",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-06-13",
   "verification_method_planned": "ACLED Explorer sub-event taxonomy queries per dossier admin1, trailing 12mo. Re-capture cleanly; add to the data layer only if the breakdown reconciles to the verified headline count.",
   "note": "Sub-event breakdowns from the removed v0.1 ACLED panels are NOT shipped in v1.0.64. The Kamoa-Kakula v0.1 breakdown was internally contradictory (Political violence 15 + Insurgency 15 + Repression 7 + Terrorist 2 = 39 against a headline of 34). Loulo's reconciled (302=302), Manono's was not retrieved, Kabanga/Lobito were low-count partials. The canonical v1.0.55+ panel carries no sub-event breakdowns; all deferred to 13 June for consistency and clean re-capture.",
   "verification_status": "Pending"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "crossfeed-reserve-divergence-mogalakwena",
   "subject": "RESERVE.mogalakwena.tonnage_grade",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-11-14",
   "verification_method_planned": "primary-source-document-read of the operator's current Ore Reserves / Mineral Reserve statement, then restate both surfaces to the settling figure retaining and dating the superseded value",
   "note": "Same-field divergence disclosed on both surfaces, neither preferred: terrain 1,084.2 Mt @2.65 g/t 4E = 92 Moz vs deposits feed 1,195.3 Mt @3.07 g/t 4E = 115.3 Moz (Optiro MRE basis). Guarded by contract-suite check-48 (added v2.137.51), which fails the build on any undisclosed same-asset reserve divergence. || ADJUDICATION ATTEMPTED 2026-08-14, NOT RESOLVED. Valterra's primary Ore Reserves & Mineral Resources report (reports.valterraplatinum.com/25/downloads/vp-iar-2025-ore-reserves-mineral-resources.pdf) is robots-disallowed to automated retrieval; it must be opened in a browser. LEAD FOR THE OPERATOR, material: this may be a METRIC MISMATCH rather than a vintage divergence. Valterra reports Mogalakwena's 2025 4E built-up HEAD grade at 2.53 g/t (Q4 2.71 g/t), and this record's own res_source already states 'built-up head grade ~2.7-2.9 g/t'. The terrain figure's 2.65 g/t sits in head-grade territory, not reserve-grade territory (3.07 g/t). If confirmed, the terrain line is a head-grade restatement mislabelled as a reserve grade — which would mean the correct action is withdrawal of the terrain figure, not reconciliation of two reserves. Verify against Table of Ore Reserves, Mogalakwena row, in the PDF above.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "adjudication_attempted": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "crossfeed-reserve-divergence-kansanshi",
   "subject": "RESERVE.kansanshi.tonnage_grade",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-11-14",
   "verification_method_planned": "primary-source-document-read of the operator's current Ore Reserves / Mineral Reserve statement, then restate both surfaces to the settling figure retaining and dating the superseded value",
   "note": "Same-field divergence disclosed on both surfaces, neither preferred: terrain 838.4 Mt @0.64% Cu = 5.4 Mt contained vs deposits feed P&P 1,070 Mt @0.52% Cu, 0.10 g/t Au (31 Dec 2024, $3.50/lb Cu basis). Guarded by contract-suite check-48 (added v2.137.51), which fails the build on any undisclosed same-asset reserve divergence. || ADJUDICATION ATTEMPTED 2026-08-14, NOT RESOLVED — but PROVENANCE IS ASYMMETRIC and recorded: the feed figure carries a named vintage and basis (P&P 1,070 Mt @0.52% Cu, 0.10 g/t Au, 31 Dec 2024, $3.50/lb Cu basis); the terrain figure (838.4 Mt @0.64% Cu) carries no cited source on the page. The feed figure is the better-evidenced of the two. Not restated here: preferring a figure on provenance inference alone is below the sourcing bar. Resolve by reading First Quantum's current Mineral Reserve statement to primary.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "adjudication_attempted": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "crossfeed-reserve-divergence-sentinel",
   "subject": "RESERVE.sentinel.tonnage_grade",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-11-14",
   "verification_method_planned": "primary-source-document-read of the operator's current Ore Reserves / Mineral Reserve statement, then restate both surfaces to the settling figure retaining and dating the superseded value",
   "note": "Same-field divergence disclosed on both surfaces, neither preferred: terrain 741.2 Mt @0.46% Cu = 3.4 Mt contained vs deposits feed P&P ~1,030 Mt @~0.51% Cu (feed itself flags secondary sourcing). Guarded by contract-suite check-48 (added v2.137.51), which fails the build on any undisclosed same-asset reserve divergence. || ADJUDICATION ATTEMPTED 2026-08-14, NOT RESOLVED. NEITHER figure qualifies as primary-read: the feed's own text states it is '~1,030 Mt @ ~0.51% Cu ... per secondary sources citing the FQM Trident NI 43-101', and the terrain figure (741.2 Mt @0.46% Cu) carries no cited source. This is the weakest of the four and should be treated as such by any reader. Resolve by obtaining the FQM Trident NI 43-101 itself.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "adjudication_attempted": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "crossfeed-reserve-divergence-obuasi",
   "subject": "RESERVE.obuasi.tonnage_grade",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-11-14",
   "verification_method_planned": "primary-source-document-read of the operator's current Ore Reserves / Mineral Reserve statement, then restate both surfaces to the settling figure retaining and dating the superseded value",
   "note": "Same-field divergence disclosed on both surfaces, neither preferred: terrain 26.1 Mt @7.62 g/t Au = 6.4 Moz vs deposits feed 22.83 Mt @9.68 g/t = 7.11 Moz (31 Dec 2023, AngloGold S-K 1300 TRS). Guarded by contract-suite check-48 (added v2.137.51), which fails the build on any undisclosed same-asset reserve divergence. || ADJUDICATION ATTEMPTED 2026-08-14, NOT RESOLVED — but PROVENANCE IS ASYMMETRIC and recorded: the feed figure is explicitly marked '[Sourced - primary filing]' from the AngloGold S-K 1300 TRS effective 31 Dec 2023 (22.83 Mt @9.68 g/t = 7.11 Moz, 1.23 Proven + 5.87 Probable); the terrain figure (26.1 Mt @7.62 g/t = 6.4 Moz) carries no cited source on the page. The feed figure is the better-evidenced. Not restated here on provenance inference alone. Resolve by confirming whether a newer AngloGold TRS supersedes the 31 Dec 2023 statement.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "adjudication_attempted": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "iea-gcmo-vintage-supersession-check",
   "subject": "bankability-v1-0-mapping.js.*.C_demand_elasticity.long_term_demand_growth (all three IEA-cited cells)",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-09-15",
   "verification_method_planned": "Primary-source read of the IEA critical-minerals outlook edition published c. late July 2026 to establish whether it supersedes GCMO 2025 for these cells, and if so restate all three with the prior GCMO 2025 values retained and dated per the BI-1.0 material-change disclosure rule.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "note": "VINTAGE FLAG RAISED 2026-08-14 during verification of the three IEA cells. The deployed figures are accurate to IEA GCMO 2025 (nickel ~2x, Cu +30%, Li ~5x to 2040 under STEPS) — that is confirmed. HOWEVER press coverage dated 1 Aug 2026 reports an IEA outlook carrying materially different STEPS projections to 2040: lithium 'more than triple' (vs fivefold), nickel +65% (vs double), copper >25% / ~+7 Mt (vs 30%), with >US$750bn mining and refining investment required. If that reporting reflects a newer IEA edition, all three deployed cells are correctly sourced but SUPERSEDED — the same vintage-divergence class as the Assafou capex and Venetia status defects. Not restated on press reporting: the register bar requires the IEA publication itself, not secondary coverage of it. Raised as a new Pending item with a target date rather than left unrecorded."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "loulo-permit-ten-year-term-primary-confirmation",
   "subject": "safeguards-framework-mapping.js.loulo-gounkoto-post-settlement.ifc_ps.PS1 — renewal TERM",
   "target_verification_date": "2026-10-15",
   "verification_method_planned": "Primary-source read of the Malian renewal decree or a Barrick filing stating the renewal term, to confirm or correct the reported ten-year extension.",
   "verification_status": "Pending",
   "note": "Raised 2026-08-14 when the renewal DATE was closed to primary. The ten-year term is reported by Reuters and trade press citing Mali's head of state; no decree or Barrick filing carrying the term has been read. Recorded as Pending rather than published as Sourced."
  }
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  {
   "version": "v1.0.58",
   "date": "2026-05-13",
   "change": "Initial creation of sources-verification-log.json structure. 6 verified_sourced_claims + 21 pending_verification_queue entries. CHECK 29 updated to cross-reference this file at pre-deploy audit."
  },
  {
   "version": "v1.0.67",
   "date": "2026-05-14",
   "change": "Item 5 of the 27 May forcing-function scaffold, pulled forward (primary sources all already public). Resolved lobito-corridor-cofinancier-attributions: the $753M LAR rail financing is $553M DFC + $200M DBSA (not all-DFC) -- verified against DFC Board Resolution BDR(24)31, LAR/Trafigura press release 17 Dec 2025, AFC press release; the Kamoa-Kakula dossier was correct, the Lobito Corridor dossier was wrong (3 locations) and is fixed. bankability-v1-0-mapping.js Lobito E_counterparty_eligibility: 6 entries promoted Inferred-propagated to Sourced (us_dfc, dbsa, afdb, afc, eu_global_gateway, equity_consortium) with primary sources named; DBSA and AFC added (prior cycles omitted both -- AFC being the most central institution); Afreximbank removed from the peer cofinancier list (primary-source check found its role indirect -- a term loan to sponsor Mota-Engil Africa, not a direct LAR rail cofinancier) and recorded in a new indirect_financiers_note. 6 verified_sourced_claims entries added. NOTE: these 6 were verified via in-session primary-source web research; editorial confirmation pending Nikesh's deploy review. Italy ~$320M and LAR-consortium $800M lifetime figures could not be verified this session -- left in the dossier with explicit pending-verification caveats. 1 claim_id removed from pending_verification_queue. HALLUCINATION CHECK (same build cycle, pre-deploy): hostile self-audit of the v1.0.67 work surfaced four findings, all corrected in place before deploy. (1) AfDB commitment date said 'Nov 2023' in the data layer / audit-log but '27 Oct 2023' in this log -- internal contradiction; AfDB's own press release is 27 October 2023, 'November' traces only to US PGI fact sheets; standardised on the October primary-source date. (2) The afc note asserted a '$150M loan to Kamoa-Kakula' on a single secondary source (lobitocorridor.org) -- removed, not needed for cofinancier verification. (3) The equity_consortium entry claimed the 49.5/49.5/1 split was 'verified v1.0.67' on a vague source_artifact -- a 4th web search confirmed the split against Trafigura's own 9 Nov 2022 concession press release plus corroborating coverage; source_artifact rewritten to name those documents; the split stays Sourced because it is now genuinely verified. (4) The indirect_financiers_note claimed 'primary-source verification found' Afreximbank's role is indirect -- the supporting Mota-Engil-loan detail is from The Africa Report (secondary) and Afripoli lists Afreximbank among 'key financiers'; reworded as an editorial call based on the absence of a direct-cofinancier primary source. Bonus catch from the 4th search: the LAR-consortium '>$800M lifetime' figure, previously caveated as pending, is verified by Trafigura's own case-study page -- caveat removed, entry added here. Italy ~$320M remains genuinely unverified and keeps its pending caveat."
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   "version": "v1.0.67",
   "date": "2026-05-14",
   "change": "HOSTILE CONTRARIAN AUDIT (same build cycle, pre-deploy) -- adversarial review of the v1.0.67 judgement, not just its facts. Three unambiguous defects corrected here: (1) VERIFIER ATTRIBUTION -- the 6 cofinancier verified_sourced_claims entries said verifier 'Nikesh Patel' for verification actually performed by in-session AI web research; corrected to 'In-session primary-source web research, pending editorial sign-off (Nikesh Patel)' so the attribution is honest in the entry itself, not just the change log. The state stays Sourced -- named authoritative documents exist and support the claims, which meets the Quality Standard definition; the fix is to who-verified honesty, not the state. (2) THE $800M 'BONUS CATCH' WALKED BACK -- the hallucination check had removed the LAR-consortium >$800M pending caveat on the strength of a string match on Trafigura's case-study page, without establishing the page's date or what the figure denotes relative to the $753M financing. That repeats the very error class (overclaimed verification scope) the hallucination check was meant to catch. The verified_sourced_claims entry for it is removed and the dossier caveat is reinstated. (3) AFDB DATE -- 'fixed' from Nov 2023 to '27 October 2023', but AfDB's release dates the MoU signing 27 October and AFC's dates it 26 October; the contested day is dropped (October 2023, day not pinned). Four further findings are flagged to editorial as judgement calls or process issues, not unilaterally actioned: scope creep beyond the minimal 3-line fix (all 4 hallucination-check findings were in the added scope); the Afreximbank removal arguably over-corrects given Afripoli lists it among corridor financiers; CHECK 29's cross-reference regex does not actually match bankability-mapping.js entries so the INFO is not genuinely 'satisfied'; and the meta-question of whether the forward-build error rate undermines the pull-forward strategy itself."
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-03",
   "version": "v1.8.0",
   "change": "Added source expansion registry: 35 free/public-authority sources queued Pending (no figures) to broaden the platform; manifest in js/source-registry.js, surfaced on /data-sources/. Headline verified-source count unchanged (Pending = no vanity increase)."
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-03",
   "version": "v1.8.1",
   "change": "Verification sweep batch 1 (price bands): Cu/Ni/Au spot prices flipped Pending->Sourced (WB Pink Sheet x IMF PCPS / LBMA). Gold corrected 2300->4721 (~2x). REE flagged Pending (data-integrity). Co/Li/Graphite/Mn remain Pending."
  }
 ],
 "source_expansion_registry": {
  "added": "2026-06-03",
  "platform_version": "v1.8.0",
  "manifest": "js/source-registry.js (SOURCE_EXPANSION_REGISTRY)",
  "count_queued": 35,
  "state": "Pending",
  "figures_embedded": 0,
  "scope": "free / public-authority / Easy-Moderate only; paywalled, licensed, Counterparty-competitor, compute-heavy, and v3 stock-exchange aggregation EXCLUDED",
  "discipline": "No figures embedded. Network disabled in build environment; each value flips Pending->Sourced/Derived only after a networked dual-source verification sweep with explicit date, at which point a verified_sourced_claims entry is created and the headline source count is reconciled across all surfaces.",
  "counterparty": "Every named body is a cited public-source authority under its published terms; no partnership implied."
 }
}