---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-024999"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMC"
cik: "0001798562"
company_name: "TMC the metals Co Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:05:17.417349+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NOAA finds TMC's consolidated deep-sea mining application in substantial compliance

## Summary
- Application covers ~65,000 km² in Clarion Clipperton Zone, up from ~25,000 km² in April 2025.
- Estimated resource of 619 million tonnes wet nodules; potential exploration upside of 200 Mt.
- First consolidated application under NOAA's new streamlined review process for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits.
- Public comment periods for TMC USA's exploration license applications are now completed.
- Chairman and CEO Gerard Barron called the determination a reflection of a decade of research and offshore trials.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-024999
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMC
- cik: 0001798562
- company_name: TMC the metals Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465926024999/0001104659-26-024999-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465926024999/tm268331d1_8k.htm

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