Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

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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JANUARY 8, 2022

In January, The Metals Company published an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. TMC’s NORI-D nodule project is the first in the company’s project development pipeline. NORI), improving resource confidence from ‘inferred’ to ‘indicated’ status.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The company through its subsidiaries holds exploration and commercial rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga.

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Carbon Companies Nauru Kiribati 352

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MARCH 5, 2021

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. —Scott Leonard, CEO of SOAC.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2021

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to land-based mining ( earlier post ), announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2022

The Metals Company announced along with Allseas the successful results of a deep-water test of its polymetallic nodule collector vehicle in the Atlantic Ocean. The vehicle was tested at a depth of almost 2,500 meters. You may remember my previous articles about The Metals Company, and my two interviews with CEO Gerard Barron.

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