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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The Metals Company is an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, on a dual mission: (1) supply metals for the clean energy transition with the least possible negative environmental and social impact and (2) accelerate the transition to a circular metal economy. Deep sea mining remains controversial.

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The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

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This transaction also offers TMC shareholders exposure to a royalty company that I am confident under Brian’s leadership will become a market leader. In the coming years, LCR has the potential to be an important additional source of capital to bring NORI-D and other TMC projects into production.

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The Metals Company completes latest deep-sea research campaign

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As countries invest in large-scale clean energy transition programs and begin to phase out internal combustion engines, hundreds of millions of tons of critical battery metals will be needed to decarbonize the world’s energy and transport systems, according to the International Energy Agency.

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Deep-sea battery metal developer DeepGreen going public with SPAC to become $2.9B (equity value) The Metals Company

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Sourcing battery metals is the biggest hurdle facing the clean energy transition, and the pipeline of new mining projects on land is insufficient to meet rising demand. The reality is that the clean energy transition is not possible without taking billions of tons of metal from the planet. DeepGreen Metals Inc., DeepGreen Metals Inc.

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