[
  {
    "claim": "Expansion approved",
    "status": "Confirmed",
    "finding": "M-29 amendment February 19; official announcement February 23, 2026",
    "source_ids": [
      1,
      10
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "35% for each band",
    "status": "Not the published formula",
    "finding": "2013 ECDA provides combined 35% of net mineral-tax revenue and two equal payments",
    "source_ids": [
      8,
      9
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "$7 million per band every year",
    "status": "Not verified",
    "finding": "Revenue varies; bands and minister disputed fixed dollar forecast in March 5 reporting",
    "source_ids": [
      2,
      8
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "New agreements provide advance consent",
    "status": "Contradicted by reported terms and public statements",
    "finding": "Participation agreements did not provide advance consent; bands objected to permit approval",
    "source_ids": [
      3,
      7
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "22 groups shut the mine in 2023",
    "status": "Not supported by retrieved primary record",
    "finding": "Letter requested environmental assessment; EAO declined designation, not an operating-mine closure",
    "source_ids": [
      4,
      5
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "Environmental concerns disappeared",
    "status": "Not established",
    "finding": "Continuing band concerns and detailed February permit conditions",
    "source_ids": [
      3,
      10
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "Chiefs personally receive bribes",
    "status": "Not established",
    "finding": "Band accounts/signature requirements are not proof of personal enrichment",
    "source_ids": [
      8
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "Full security paid",
    "status": "Not verified",
    "finding": "February schedule lists held amount plus September 30 instalment; receipt not checked",
    "source_ids": [
      10
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "February permit is current consolidated permit",
    "status": "Not established",
    "finding": "Registry lists September 21 amendment whose substance was not retrieved",
    "source_ids": [
      12
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "Both bands always take identical positions",
    "status": "Not assumed",
    "finding": "June company release reports Upper Similkameen at groundbreaking; February statements are historical",
    "source_ids": [
      11
    ]
  },
  {
    "claim": "Consultation costs, roughly 1000 people, all land Crown-owned",
    "status": "Unverified in this review",
    "finding": "No reliable quantified accounting, population denominator or full title/tenure review completed",
    "source_ids": []
  }
]