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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-005629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMC"
cik: "0001798562"
company_name: "TMC the metals Co Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:52:13.265968+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TMC USA files first consolidated deep-seabed mining application with NOAA, expands area to 65,000 km²

## Summary
- Application covers ~65,000 km² (up from ~25,000 km²) in the Clarion Clipperton Zone with 619 Mt wet nodules resource plus 200 Mt upside.
- First consolidated exploration license and commercial recovery permit submitted under NOAA's new rule, expected to reduce permitting timelines.
- Supported by peer-reviewed research showing biodiversity and plume impacts confined to directly mined area from test mining data.
- Outlines phased development: commercial recovery in extensively characterized areas after 3,000-tonne nodule collection and processing tests.
- Estimated metal grades: ~3.2% nickel equivalent and ~7% copper equivalent from nodules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-005629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMC
- cik: 0001798562
- company_name: TMC the metals Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465926005629/0001104659-26-005629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465926005629/tm263828d1_8k.htm

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