[10-Q] TMC the metals Co Inc. Quarterly Earnings Report
TMC the metals company Inc. reported a larger quarterly loss as it ramped financing and recorded non-cash fair value changes. For the quarter ended September 30, 2025, net loss was $184.5 million, driven by a $131.0 million increase in the fair value of its royalty liability and higher share-based compensation. Operating expenses included exploration and evaluation of $9.6 million and general and administrative of $45.7 million.
Liquidity improved: cash was $115.6 million and total assets $175.6 million, supported by an $85.2 million investment from Korea Zinc and a $37.0 million registered direct offering, plus $14.8 million from ATM sales. Total liabilities were $216.2 million, with equity at $(40.6) million. Year to date, the company expensed $38.1 million related to Nauru and Tonga warrants and recognized $62.3 million of share-based compensation.
Shares outstanding were 408,855,173 as of September 30, 2025, and 413,492,045 as of November 12, 2025. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities were $46.8 million, including $32.9 million owed to Allseas and affiliates. Net cash provided by financing activities was $143.5 million, lifting period-end cash balances.
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Insights
Cash strengthened via equity deals; losses mostly non-cash.
TMC ended the quarter with
The headline net loss of
Leverage to external partners remains notable: accrued amounts to Allseas were
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TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC.
FORM 10-Q
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
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| | Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | | 3 |
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Part I | | Financial Information | | 5 |
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Item 1. | | Financial Statements | | 5 |
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| | Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | | 5 |
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| | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (Unaudited) | | 6 |
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| | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (Unaudited) | | 7 |
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| | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (Unaudited) | | 9 |
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| | Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | 10 |
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Item 2. | | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | | 30 |
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Item 3. | | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | | 49 |
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Item 4. | | Controls and Procedures | | 50 |
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Part II | | Other Information | | 52 |
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Item 1. | | Legal Proceedings | | 52 |
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Item 1A. | | Risk Factors | | 53 |
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Item 2. | | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | | 54 |
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Item 3. | | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | | 54 |
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Item 4. | | Mine Safety Disclosures | | 54 |
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Item 5. | | Other Information | | 54 |
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Item 6. | | Exhibits | | 55 |
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Signatures | | | | 57 |
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In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “TMC” mean TMC the metals company Inc. and our subsidiaries. TMC is incorporated under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s common shares and public warrants to purchase common shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”), under the symbols “TMC” and “TMCWW,” respectively.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that relate to future events, our future operations or financial performance, or our plans, strategies and prospects. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management team. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or performance, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates” or “intends” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The forward-looking statements are based on projections prepared by, and are the responsibility of, our management. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:
| ● | the commercial and technical feasibility of seafloor polymetallic nodule collection and processing; |
| ● | our and our partners’ development and operational plans, including with respect to the planned uses of polymetallic nodules, where and how nodules will be obtained and processed, the expected environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) impacts thereof and our plans to assess these impacts and the timing and scope of these plans, including the timing and expectations with respect to our receipt of exploitation contracts and our commercialization plans; |
| ● | the supply and demand for nickel and cobalt (including critical metals and battery cathode feedstocks), copper, manganese ores and other steel-making feedstocks; |
| ● | the future prices of nickel and cobalt (including critical metals and battery cathode feedstocks), copper, manganese ores and other steel-making feedstocks; |
| ● | the timing of the exploration license and commercial recovery permit application review by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) of the United States under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act of 1980 (“DSHMRA”); |
| ● | government regulation of mineral extraction from the deep seafloor and changes in mining laws and regulations; |
| ● | technical, operational, environmental, social and governance risks of developing and deploying equipment to collect and ship polymetallic nodules at sea, and to process such nodules on land; |
| ● | the sources and timing of potential revenue as well as the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, other expenses, capital expenditures and requirements for additional capital; |
| ● | cash flow provided by operating activities; |
| ● | the expected activities of our partners under our key strategic relationships; |
| ● | the sufficiency of our cash on hand to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, the need for additional financing and our ability to continue as a going concern; |
| ● | our ability to raise financing in the future, the nature of any such financing and our plans with respect thereto; |
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| ● | any litigation to which we are a party; |
| ● | claims and limitations on insurance coverage; |
| ● | our plans to mitigate our material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting; |
| ● | geological, metallurgical and geotechnical studies and opinions; |
| ● | uncertainties inherent in preliminary feasibility level estimates, including costs, production profiles and project economics, particularly given that the proposed nodule collection method has not yet been implemented at commercial scale and involves significant estimation uncertainty; |
| ● | mineral reserve and resource estimates and our ability to define and declare further reserve estimates; |
| ● | our status as an emerging growth company, non-reporting Canadian issuer and passive foreign investment company; |
| ● | our expected financial performance. |
These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Important factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements such as those described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 27, 2025 (“2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K”), Item 1A of Part II of our Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on May 14, 2025 and Item 1A of Part II of our Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 as filed with the SEC on August 14, 2025. Such risks are not exhaustive. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements
TMC the metals company Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share amounts)
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | | | | $ | |
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Nature of Operations (Note 1)
Contingent Liabilities (Note 17)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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TMC the metals company Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Equity-accounted investment loss | | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gain on dilution of investment | | 7 | | | ( | | | — | | | ( | | | — |
Change in fair value of royalty liability | | 7 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | | 13 | | | ( | | | ( | | | | | | ( |
Foreign exchange loss |
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Fees and interest on borrowings and credit facilities | | 6, 16 | | | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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TMC the metals company Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
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Exercise of stock options (Note 14) | | | | | | | | — |
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Issuance of shares and warrants under 2025 Registered Direct Offering, net of expenses (Notes 11, 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Exercise of Class A warrants (Note 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of Class B warrants (Note 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | |
Nauru and Tonga Warrant cost (Note 13) | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Conversion of restricted share units, net of shares withheld for taxes (Note 14) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Share-based compensation and expenses settled with equity (Note 14) | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Loss for the period | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
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TMC the metals company Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
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Nine months ended September 30, 2025 |
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Issuance of shares and warrants to Korea Zinc, net of expenses (Notes 11, 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Issuance of shares and warrants under 2025 Registered Direct Offering, net of expenses (Notes 11, 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Issuance of shares and warrants under 2024 Registered Direct Offering, net of expenses (Notes 11, 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Shares issued from ATM (Note 12) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | |
Exercise of Class A warrants (Note 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | |
Exercise of Class B warrants (Note 13) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | |
Conversion of restricted share units, net of shares withheld for taxes (Note 14) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of stock options (Note 14) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | |
Share purchase under Employee Share Purchase Plan (Note 14) | | | | | | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | — | | | — | | | |
Nauru and Tonga Warrant Cost (Note 13) | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
Share-based compensation and expenses settled with equity (Note 14) | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | — | | | — | | | |
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Loss for the period | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | ( | | | ( |
September 30, 2024 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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TMC the metals company Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Loss for the period |
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Items not affecting cash: |
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Nauru and Tonga Warrant Costs | | 13 | | | | | | — |
Amortization | | | | | | | | |
Accrued interest on credit facilities | | | | | — | | | |
Lease expense | | 6 | | | | | | |
Share-based compensation and expenses settled with equity | | 14 | | | | | | |
Equity-accounted investment loss |
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Gain on dilution of investment | | 7 | | | ( | | | — |
Change in fair value of royalty liability | | 7 | | | | | | — |
Change in fair value of warrants liability |
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Unrealized foreign exchange movement | | | | | | | | ( |
Interest paid on amounts drawn from credit facilities and short-term Debt | | 6,16 | | | ( | | | ( |
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Acquisition of equipment and software | | | | | ( | | | ( |
Proceeds from Low Carbon Royalties distribution | | 7 | | | | | | — |
Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities | | | | | |
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Financing activities |
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Proceeds from Korea Zinc Private Placement | | 11 | | | | | | — |
Proceeds from Registered Direct Offerings |
| 11 | | | |
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Expenses paid for Registered Direct Offerings | | 11 | | | ( | | | ( |
Proceeds from shares issued from ATM |
| 12 | | | |
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Proceeds from exercise of Class A warrants | | 13 | | | | | | — |
Proceeds from exercise of Class B warrants | | 13 | | | | | | — |
Repayment of drawn amount on credit facilities | | 16 | | | ( | | | — |
Repayment of Allseas Working Capital Loan | | 6 | | | ( | | | ( |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | | 14 | | | | | | |
Proceeds from drawdown of credit facilities | | 6, 16 | | | — | | | |
Proceeds from drawdown of Allseas Debt Agreement | | 6 | | | — | | | |
Proceeds from Employee Share Purchase Plan | | 14 | | | | | | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | | | | | | |
Increase (Decrease) in cash |
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| $ | ( |
Impact of exchange rate changes on cash |
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Cash - beginning of period |
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Cash - end of period |
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| $ | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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(Unaudited)
1.Nature of Operations
TMC the metals company Inc. (“TMC” or the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares on December 18, 2019. On September 9, 2021, the Company completed its business combination with DeepGreen Metals Inc. (“DeepGreen”), a Canadian - registered company founded in 2011, after which DeepGreen became a wholly - owned subsidiary and the combined company began operating as TMC the metals company Inc. and continued as a corporation under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada on September 9, 2021. The Company’s corporate office, registered address and records office is located at 10th floor, 1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2J3. The Company’s common shares and warrants to purchase common shares are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under tickers “TMC” and “TMCWW”, respectively.
The Company is a deep-sea minerals exploration and development company focused on the collection and processing of polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor in international waters of the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean (“CCZ”), with NORI Area D located approximately 1,500 miles southwest of San Diego, California. These nodules contain high grades of four metals (nickel, copper, cobalt, manganese) which can be used as (i) feedstock for battery cathode precursors (nickel, cobalt and manganese sulfates, or intermediate nickel-copper-cobalt matte or nickel-copper-cobalt alloy) for nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries, (ii) copper cathode for electric wiring, energy transmission and other applications and (iii) feedstock for steel manufacturing (nickel metal for stainless and other specialty steels, manganese silicate for manganese alloy production cobalt metal for high - performance steel alloys).
On April 28, 2025, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, The Metals Company USA, LLC (“TMC USA”), formally submitted applications for
Two of the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI) and Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOML) continue to hold and comply with the terms of their exploration contracts granted by the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
The realization of the Company’s assets and attainment of profitable operations is dependent upon many factors including, among other things: financing being arranged by the Company to continue the scaling of the nodule collection system for the recovery of polymetallic nodules from the seafloor and the processing technology for the treatment of polymetallic nodules at commercial scale, the continued establishment of mineable reserves, the commercial and technical feasibility of seafloor polymetallic nodule collection and processing, metal prices, and regulatory approvals and permitting for commercial operations. The outcome of these matters cannot presently be determined because they are contingent on future events and may not be fully under the Company’s control.
2.Basis of Presentation
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial statements. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required by U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements pursuant to such rules and regulation. In management’s opinion, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s statement of financial position, operating results for the periods presented, comprehensive loss, shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2025 or for any other period. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company has applied the same accounting policies as in the prior year.
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3.Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements include, but are not limited to, the evaluation of going concern, the valuation of share-based payments, including valuation of stock options (Note 14), valuation of warrants (Note 13), the valuation of the Royalty liability (Note 7) and the valuation of leases (Note 6). Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
4.Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value estimates of financial instruments are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant information about financial markets and specific financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature, involving uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect estimated fair value.
The Company measures fair value at the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. In accordance with US GAAP, the Company utilizes a three-tier hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:
| ● | Level 1 - Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access. |
| ● | Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
There were
As at September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the carrying values of cash, receivables, short-term debt, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The financial instruments also include royalty liability, accrued liabilities and warrants which are recorded at fair value as disclosed in Note 7, Note 10 and Note 13, respectively.
5.Recent Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted
There were no recent accounting pronouncements issued and adopted by the Company during the period.
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6.Strategic Alliance with Allseas and Affiliates
Development of Project Zero Offshore Nodule Collection System
On March 16, 2022, NORI and Allseas Group S.A. (“Allseas”) entered into a non-binding term sheet for the development and operation of a commercial nodule collection system. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, Allseas provided the Company with engineering, project management and vessel use services consisting of lay-up and transit costs totaling $
Exclusive Vessel Use Agreement with Allseas
On August 1, 2023, the Company entered into an Exclusive Vessel Use Agreement with Allseas pursuant to which Allseas will give exclusive use of the vessel (“Hidden Gem”) to the Company in support of the development of the Project Zero Offshore Nodule Collection System until the system is completed or December 31, 2026, whichever is earlier. Allseas can terminate the agreement if the Company ceases normal operations, assigns assets to creditors, initiates bankruptcy proceedings, or faces unresolved bankruptcy-related actions.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company has recognized $
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Lease expense during the year | | | ( |
Balance as at December 31, 2024 | | $ | |
Lease expense during the period | | | ( |
Balance as at September 30, 2025 | | $ | |
2023 Credit Facility and Loan Agreements with Company Related to Allseas
On March 22, 2023, the Company entered into an Unsecured Credit Facility Agreement, which was amended on July 31, 2023 (“2023 Credit Facility”), with Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV (the “Lender”), the parent of Allseas Investments S.A. (“Allseas Investments”) and an affiliate of Allseas, pursuant to which, the Company may borrow from the Lender up to $
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(Unaudited)
On September 9, 2024, the Company entered into a working capital loan agreement (the “Working Capital Loan Agreement”) with Allseas Investments, a company related to Allseas. In accordance with the Working Capital Loan Agreement, Allseas Investments provided a loan to the Company of $
Other Activity
On May 12, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Allseas (Note 11) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue,
As at September 30, 2025, the total amount payable to Allseas and its affiliates was $
7.Investment in Low Carbon Royalties
On February 21, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NORI, entered into an investment agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Low Carbon Royalties Inc. (“Low Carbon Royalties”), which was renamed The Metals Royalty Company Inc. in September 2025. In connection with the Royalty Agreement, NORI contributed a
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, Low Carbon Royalties issued
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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company’s share of the net loss generated by Low Carbon Royalties was $
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Investment as at December 31, 2023 | | $ | |
Equity-accounted investment loss for the 2024 year | | | ( |
Investment as at December 31, 2024 | | $ | |
Return of Capital | | | ( |
Dilution gain | | | |
Equity-accounted investment loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 | | | ( |
Investment as at September 30, 2025 | | $ | |
The NORI Royalty (including Areas A to D) was recorded as a royalty liability in the consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with ASC 470, Debt (“ASC 470”). The Company elected to account for the royalty liability at fair value through profit and loss. The fair value of Areas A to C was determined using a market approach which entails examining recent royalty transactions prior to the reporting date, focusing on those transactions that involve similar metals as contained in NORI’s polymetallic nodules. The Company compared the specific characteristics of these transactions and estimated the fair value for Areas A to C at $
The following table presents the changes in the fair value of the royalty liability:
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Royalty liability as at December 31, 2024 | | $ | |
Increase in fair value of royalty liability | |
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Royalty liability as at September 30, 2025 | | $ | |
Financial results of Low Carbon Royalties as at and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024 are summarized below:
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Current Assets | | $ | |
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Royalty Income | | $ | |
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Total Revenue | |
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Comprehensive Loss for the period | | $ | |
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8.Exploration and Evaluation Expenses
The detail of exploration and evaluation expenses is as follows:
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Environmental Studies | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | |
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Share-Based Compensation (Note 14) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mining, Technological and Process Development | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prefeasibility Studies | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sponsorship, Training and Stakeholder Engagement | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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9.General and Administrative Expenses
The detail of general and administrative expenses is as follows:
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10.Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities outstanding at September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024 are as follows:
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Accounts Payable | | $ | | | $ | |
Accrued Liabilities (1)(2) | |
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(1)As at September 30, 2025, accrued liabilities included $
(2) | As of September 30, 2025, accrued liabilities included $ |
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11.Financing Activity
2024 Registered Direct Offering
In the last quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue, in a registered direct offering (the “2024 Registered Direct Offering”)
2025 Registered Direct Offering
On May 12, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain new and existing investors pursuant to which the Company in consideration of gross proceeds of $
As of June 30, 2025, the Company received gross proceeds of $
Agreement with Korea Zinc
On June 16, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Korea Zinc Agreement”) with Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. (“Korea Zinc”), pursuant to which the Company in consideration of gross cash receipt of $
Pursuant to the Korea Zinc Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, Korea Zinc will have a right to participate in any public offering or private placement of any common shares or common share equivalents of the Company primarily for capital raising purposes (each a “Proposed Offering”) up to such amount of securities to maintain its percentage ownership in the Company at the time of such Proposed Offering. Such right to participate in future financings will expire upon the earlier to occur of (i) June 16, 2030, (ii) the date on which Korea Zinc owns less than all of the common shares it purchased and subscribed pursuant to the Korea Zinc Agreement and (iii) immediately after a closing of a Proposed Offering where Korea Zinc does not exercise its participation right in full. Additionally, the Korea Zinc Agreement provides that a representative of Korea Zinc may serve as a non-voting observer to the Company’s board of directors, which representative may have access to certain information and attend and provide input at meetings of the Company’s board of directors, subject to certain limitations.
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12.Shares issued as per At-the-Market Equity Distribution Agreement (“ATM”)
In December 2022, the Company filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $
13.Warrants
Public Warrants
As at September 30, 2025,
As at September 30, 2025, the value of outstanding Public Warrants of $
Private Warrants
As at September 30, 2025,
As at September 30, 2025, the fair value of outstanding Private Warrants of approximately $
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Warrants liability as at December 31, 2024 | | $ | |
Increase in fair value of warrants liability | |
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Warrants liability as at September 30, 2025 | | $ | |
As at September 30, 2025, the fair value of the Private Warrants was estimated using the following assumptions:
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Exercise price | | $ | | | $ | | |
Share price | | $ | | | $ | | |
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Class A Warrants
The exercise price for the Class A Warrants is $
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Outstanding – December 31, 2024 |
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Exercised (1) |
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Outstanding – September 30, 2025 |
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1. | During the third quarter of 2025, |
As at September 30, 2025, the value of the outstanding
Class B Warrants
As a part of the 2024 Registered Direct Offering (Note 11), the Company issued
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Outstanding – December 31, 2024 |
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Issued |
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Exercised (1) |
| ( |
Outstanding – September 30, 2025 |
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| (1) | Of the total |
On June 17, 2025, the Company waived the limitation set forth in the Class B Warrants with respect to the cashless exercise thereof so that the holders of the Class B Warrants may now exercise the Class B Warrants through a cashless exercise, whether or not a registration statement registering the issuance of the common shares underlying the Class B Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is then effective or available. As a result of the waiver, each Class B Warrant may now be immediately exercised by way of a cashless exercise, meaning that the holder may elect to not pay a cash purchase price upon exercise and instead receive upon such exercise the net number of common shares determined according to the formula set forth in the Class B Warrants, subject to the other terms and conditions of the Class B Warrants.
During the third quarter of 2025,
As at September 30, 2025, the value outstanding of
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Class C Warrants
In the second quarter of 2025, as a part of the 2025 Registered Direct Offering (Note 11), the Company issued
On July 1, 2025, the Company received the final balance of committed funding of approximately $
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Exercise price | | $ | | |
Share price | | $ | | |
Volatility | | | | % |
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Risk-free rate | | | | % |
Dividend yield | | | | % |
The Class C Warrants contain a call provision under which if the Volume Weighted Average Price “VWAP” for
Similar to issuance in the second quarter of 2025, the Company classified the Class C Warrants issued in the third quarter of 2025 as equity (per ASC 815) and recorded the value amounting to $
A continuity schedule summarizing the movement in Class C Warrants is below:
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Outstanding – December 31, 2024 | | — |
Issued |
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Exercised (1) |
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Outstanding – September 30, 2025 |
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As at September 30, 2025, the outstanding
Warrants issued to Korea Zinc
As part of the Korea Zinc Agreement (Note 11), the Company on June 25, 2025 issued
The fair value of the warrants issued to Korea Zinc was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation on June 25, 2025, resulting with a fair value of $
Similar to the Class A, Class B and Class C Warrants, the Company classified the warrants issued to Korea Zinc as equity (per ASC 815) and, recorded the value of the warrants issued during the second quarter of 2025 amounting to $
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A continuity schedule summarizing the movement in Warrants issued to Korea Zinc is below:
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Outstanding – December 31, 2024 | | — |
Issued |
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Exercised (1) |
| — |
Outstanding – September 30, 2025 |
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Warrants issued to Republic of Nauru
In accordance with the revised sponsorship agreement dated May 29, 2025, between the Nauru Seabed Minerals Authority, the Republic of Nauru (the “Republic”) and NORI, the Company on May 30, 2025 issued
The fair value of the Nauru Warrants was calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation on May 30, 2025, resulting with a fair value of $
The Nauru Warrants cannot be exercised until the following conditions have been met:
| ● | A subsidiary of the Company other than NORI obtains a permit, license or other authorization from the US for the conduct of deep seabed mineral activities; and |
| ● | The subsidiary other than NORI commences commercial recovery activities of deep seabed minerals pursuant to that permit, license or other authorization. |
During the second quarter of 2025, the Company recorded the fair value of the Nauru Warrants amounting to $
Warrants issued to the Kingdom of Tonga
In accordance with the revised sponsorship agreement dated August 4, 2025, between the Tonga Seabed Minerals Authority (the “State”) and TOML, the Company issued on August 4, 2025
The fair value of the Tonga Warrants was calculated on issuance using a Black-Scholes valuation, 2025, resulting with a fair value of $
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The Tonga Warrants cannot be exercised until the following conditions have been met:
| ● | A subsidiary of the Company other than TOML obtains a permit, license or other authorization from the US for the conduct of deep seabed mineral activities; and |
| ● | The subsidiary other than TOML commences commercial recovery activities of deep seabed minerals pursuant to that permit, license or other authorization. |
The Tonga Warrants were not determined to be liabilities under ASC 480 as they were not mandatorily redeemable. The Company classified the Tonga Warrants as equity (per ASC 815), as the warrants require physical settlement and were also considered to be indexed to the Company’s share, wherein, upon exercise, a fixed number of common shares would be issued on payment of a fixed exercise price. As at September 30 2025, the Company recorded the fair value of the Tonga Warrants amounting to $
14.Share-Based Compensation
The Company’s 2021 Incentive Equity Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) provides an aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance under the Incentive Plan. As at September 30, 2025, there were a total of
Share-based awards consisting of Restricted Share Units (“RSU”) and options under the Short-Term Incentives Plan (“STIP”) and Long-Term Incentives Plan (“LTIP”) have been issued under the 2021 Incentive Equity Plan.
Prior to the 2021 Incentive Plan, the Company had granted share-based awards under the 2018 Stock Option Plan (“2018 Plan”).
In the special shareholders meeting held on August 28, 2025, the shareholders approved the addition of
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Stock options
A continuity schedule summarizing the movements in the Company’s stock options under the various plans is as follows:
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Outstanding – December 31, 2023 |
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Granted | | — | | — | | |
Expired |
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Exercised |
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Outstanding – December 31, 2024 |
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From the
Tranche 1:
Tranche 2:
These options were determined to be market-based awards and the grant date fair value of both the tranches was calculated as $
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As the vesting conditions were met as of the date of the grant, the Company amortized the entire fair value of the options amounting to $
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized $
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Restricted Share Units (“RSU”)
The Company may, from time to time, grant RSUs to directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries under the Plan. On each vesting date, RSU holders are issued common shares equivalent to the number of RSUs held provided that the holder is providing service to the Company on such vesting date.
A continuity schedule summarizing the RSU activity is as follows:
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Outstanding – December 31, 2023 |
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Forfeited |
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Outstanding - December 31, 2024 | | |
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Forfeited | | ( |
Exercised | | ( |
Outstanding - September 30, 2025 |
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The details of RSUs granted by the Company during the period are as follows:
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| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| 2025 |
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Vesting fully within and on first anniversary of the grant date |
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Vesting in thirds on each anniversary of the grant date (2) |
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Vesting in fourths on each anniversary of the grant date |
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Vesting three years from grant date | | — | | — | | | | — |
Vesting four years from grant date (3) | | | | — | | | | — |
Vesting based on performance conditions | | — | | — | | | | — |
Vesting based on market conditions (4) | | | | — | | | | |
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| (2) | The |
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
The Company calculated the fair value of the Retention Grants using Monte Carlo simulation and below assumptions. The fair value of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 was calculated as $
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The remaining
Tranche 1: Vesting upon share price reaching or exceeding $
Tranche 2: Vesting upon share price reaching or exceeding $
Tranche 3: Vesting upon share price reaching or exceeding $
The Company determined the fair value of the RSUs using a Monte-Carlo valuation method and below assumptions.
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The grant date fair value of all RSUs granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, apart from the RSUs mentioned in footnote 4 above, is equivalent to the closing share price of the Company’s common shares on the date of grant. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, a total of $
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
As at September 30, 2025, an aggregate of
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
On May 31, 2022, TMC’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) was approved at the Company’s 2022 annual shareholders meeting. As at September 30, 2025, there were
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, a total of $
15.Loss per Share
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the loss by the weighted-average number of common shares of the Company outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed by giving effect to all common share equivalents of the Company, including outstanding stock options, RSUs, warrants, Special Shares and options to purchase Special Shares, to the extent these are dilutive. Basic and diluted loss per share was the same for each period presented as the inclusion of all common share equivalents would have been anti-dilutive.
Anti-dilutive equivalent common shares were as follows:
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Outstanding options to purchase common shares | | |
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Outstanding shares under ESPP | | | | |
Outstanding warrants | | | | |
Outstanding Special Shares and options to purchase Special Shares | | | | |
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
16.Related Party Transactions
On March 22, 2024, the Company entered into an Unsecured Credit Facility (the “2024 Credit Facility”) with Gerard Barron, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and ERAS Capital LLC, the family fund of one of the Company’s directors, (collectively, the “2024 Lenders”), pursuant to which, the Company may borrow from the 2024 Lenders up to $
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company repaid $
One of the Company’s directors is the Chairman of Robertsbridge Consultants Limited, which previously provided the Company with consulting services. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, Robertsbridge Consultants Limited, provided consulting services amounting to $nil and $
The 2025 Registered Direct Offering included $
During the second quarter of 2025, the Company entered into consulting agreements with two individuals who subsequently became directors. The consideration for the consulting services provided by the directors was in the form of RSUs and stock options and was approved by the shareholders in the special meeting of shareholders held on August 28, 2025 (Note 14).
Apart from the above-mentioned transactions, the Company had transactions with Allseas which are detailed in Note 6.
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
17.Contingent Liabilities
On January 23, 2023, investors in the 2021 private placement from the Business Combination filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Commercial Division of New York Supreme Court, New York County, captioned Atalaya Special Purpose Investment Fund II LP et al. v. Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp. n/k/a TMC The Metals Company Inc., Index No. 650449/2023 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.). The Company filed a motion to dismiss on March 31, 2023, after which the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on June 5, 2023. The amended complaint alleges that the Company breached the representations and warranties in the plaintiffs’ private placement Subscription Agreements and breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Plaintiffs are seeking to recover compensable damages caused by the alleged wrongdoings. The Company denies any allegations of wrongdoing and filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on July 28, 2023. On December 7, 2023, the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss the claim for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and denied the Company’s motion to dismiss the breach of the Subscription Agreement claim. The Company filed a notice of appeal regarding the Court’s denial of our motion to dismiss the breach of the Subscription Agreement claim. The appeal was heard on November 8, 2024. The NY Appellate Division upheld the lower court’s ruling in December 2024, moving the case into the discovery phase. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in our defense of this lawsuit or that insurance will be available or adequate to fund any settlement or judgment or the litigation costs of this action. Such losses or range of possible losses cannot be reliably estimated.
On November 8, 2024, a shareholder filed a putative class action against the Company and certain of its executives in federal district court for the Central District of California, captioned Lin v. TMC The Metals Company Inc., Gerard Barron, and Craig Shesky. The complaint alleges that all defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and Messrs. Barron and Shesky violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose information regarding the classification of the non-financial asset received from our partnership with Low Carbon Royalties Inc. and the derecognition of the capitalized exploration contract related to NORI. The alleged misstatements and omissions pertain to the Company’s initial classification of this non-financial asset as a gain on disposition (being a sale of future revenue) and subsequent reclassification thereof as a royalty liability (and re-capitalization of the exploration contract) and the restatement of our previously issued financial statements as a result thereof for the three months ended March 31, 2023, the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 in March 2024. The complaint purports to represent a class of shareholders who acquired the Company’s securities between May 12, 2023, and March 25, 2024, and seeks to recover compensable damages caused by the alleged wrongdoings. On February 6, 2025, the Court appointed a lead plaintiff. An amended complaint was filed on March 6, 2025. Pursuant to court-approved scheduling, the Company filed a motion to dismiss on April 10, 2025. The lead plaintiff filed an opposition on May 15, 2025, and the Company filed a reply on June 5, 2025. On June 18, 2025, the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss in full but granted plaintiffs leave to amend. The plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint on July 2, 2025. The Company’s motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint was filed on August 6, 2025, the plaintiff’s opposition was filed on September 9, 2025, and the Company's reply was filed by September 23, 2025. The Company intends to continue defending against the lawsuit. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in its defense, or that insurance will be available or adequate to fund any settlement or judgment or the litigation costs of this action. Due to the early stage of this litigation, such losses or range of possible losses cannot be reliably estimated.
Revised Sponsorship Agreement with Republic of Nauru
On May 29, 2025, NORI entered into a Revised Sponsorship Agreement with the Republic of Nauru which provides NORI with exclusive right to explore for polymetallic nodules in the ISA contract area, pursuant to its ISA Exploration Contract. The Republic of Nauru will continue to sponsor NORI’s seabed mineral activities in the area as per the terms of this Sponsorship Agreement. In exchange for the Republic of Nauru’s sponsorship, NORI will make cash payments (“Continuity Benefits”) to the Republic of Nauru for its continued sponsorship. The Continuity Benefits would only be payable if (i) a subsidiary of the Company other than NORI obtains a permit, license or other authorization from the US for the conduct of deep seabed mineral activities; (ii) and that Subsidiary commences commercial recovery activities of deep seabed minerals pursuant to that permit, license or other authorization (“Continuity Conditions”) and the range of the Continuity Benefits to the Republic of Nauru will be between $
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
Revised Sponsorship Agreement with the Kingdom of Tonga
On August 4, 2025, TOML entered into a revised sponsorship agreement (the “Sponsorship Agreement”) with the Kingdom of Tonga, acting through the Tonga Seabed Minerals Authority (“the State”), which provides TOML with exclusive right to explore for polymetallic nodules in the ISA contract area, pursuant to its ISA Exploration Contract. The State will continue to sponsor TOML’s seabed mineral activities in the area as per the terms of this Sponsorship Agreement. In exchange for the State’s sponsorship, TOML will make cash payments (“Continuity Benefits”) to the State for its continued sponsorship. The Continuity Benefits would only be payable if (i) a subsidiary of the Company other than TOML obtains a permit, license or other authorization from the US for the conduct of deep seabed mineral activities in TOML’s ISA Contract Area; (ii) and that Subsidiary commences commercial recovery activities of deep seabed minerals pursuant to that permit, license or other authorization TOML’s ISA Contract Area (“Continuity Conditions”). The range of the Continuity Benefits to the State will be between $
18.Fair Value Accounting
The following tables set forth the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value (Note 4):
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Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(in thousands of US Dollars, except share, per share amounts and unless otherwise stated)
(Unaudited)
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19.Segmented Information
The Company’s business consists of only
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis provide information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our condensed consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 contained in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as updated and/or supplemented in subsequent filings with the SEC, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us”, “our”, “TMC” and “the Company” are intended to mean the business and operations of TMC the metals company Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, present the financial position and results of operations of TMC the metals company Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Overview
We are a deep-sea minerals exploration and development company focused on the collection, processing and refining of polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor in international waters of the CCZ, with NORI Area D located approximately1,500 miles south-west of San Diego, California. The CCZ is a geological submarine fracture zone of abyssal plains and other formations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, with a length of around 7,240 kilometers (4,500 miles) that spans approximately 4,500,000 square kilometers (1,737,000 square miles). Polymetallic nodules are discrete rocks that sit unattached to the seafloor, occur in significant quantities in the CCZ and have high concentrations of nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese in a single rock.
These four metals contained in the polymetallic nodules are critical for energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure. Our resource definition work to date shows that nodules in our contract areas represent the world’s largest undeveloped resource of the four critical metals contained in nodules. If we are able to collect polymetallic nodules from the seafloor on a commercial scale, we plan to use such nodules to produce three types of metal products: (i) feedstock for battery cathode precursors (nickel, cobalt and manganese sulfates, or intermediate nickel-copper-cobalt matte or nickel-copper-cobalt alloy) for nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries, (ii) copper cathode for electric wiring, energy transmission and other applications and (iii) feedstock for steel manufacturing (nickel metal for stainless and other specialty steels, manganese silicate for manganese alloy production cobalt metal for high-performance steel alloys). Our mission is to build a carefully managed shared stock of metal (a “metal commons”) that can be used, recovered and reused for generations to come. Significant quantities of newly mined metal are required because existing metal stocks are insufficient to meet rapidly rising demand.
We are now in the evaluation stage following the release of S-K 1300 NORI Area D Technical Report on August 4, 2025 where the Company declared mining reserves for a seafloor polymetallic nodule project. We have not yet obtained an exploitation license, a commercial recovery permit and all other related offshore and onshore permits from the regulators. Additionally, we do not yet hold the environmental or other permits required to construct and operate commercial-scale polymetallic nodule processing and refining facilities on land.
The International Seabed Authority (“ISA”), comprised of 170 countries and the European Union, established regulations over deep-sea exploration activities of their nationals, pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”). The ISA has adopted exploration regulations and issued 19 polymetallic nodule exploration contracts (17 of which located in the CCZ) but has been unable to adopt the final exploitation regulations, standards and guidelines despite initiating work in 2014. Almost 30 countries, including the United States, have not ratified UNCLOS and are not member states of the ISA. To regulate deep-sea mining activities of its citizens in the high seas, the United States adopted the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act of 1980, a U.S. domestic statute administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. NOAA implemented regulations for exploration licenses in 1981 and for commercial recovery permits in 1989.
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We continue to be focused on advancing our commercial production strategy under the U.S.-based DSHMRA regime. In April 2025, our wholly owned subsidiary, The Metals Company USA, LLC, or TMC USA, submitted two exploration license applications (covering 187,017 square kilometers in the CCZ referred to as TMC USA-A and TMC USA-B) and one commercial recovery permit application (covering 25,160 square kilometers in the CCZ referred to as TMC USA-A_2) to NOAA. These applications are estimated to hold approximately 1.639 billion wet tonnes of measured, indicated and inferred mineral resources. Together, the resources are estimated to contain approximately 15.5 million tonnes of nickel, 12.8 million tonnes of copper, 2.0 million tonnes of cobalt, and 345 million tonnes of manganese.
These applications reflect our belief that DSHMRA provides a viable and robust regulatory path to commercial production, distinct from the ISA regime under UNCLOS, which despite expectations to the contrary, has repeatedly delayed the adoption of the Regulations on the Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Area. On April 24, 2025, the Executive Order, titled “Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources”, was signed, which directs the Commerce Secretary to implement an expedited permitting process under DSHMRA. In addition to directing the International Development Finance Corporation, Export-Import Bank and Trade and Development Agency to identify tools to support this new industry, the Executive Order instructs the Departments of Defense and Energy to assess the use of the National Defense Stockpile for nodule-derived minerals and of entering into offtake agreements for the procurement of these minerals. In addition, these departments are also directed to review and revise domestic processing capabilities for seabed mineral resources.
At the same time as we pursue the U.S. regulatory pathway, we continue to preserve our rights and comply with all our contractual obligations under the ISA system. While the ISA does not have jurisdiction over activities conducted under the regulatory authority of the United States, we maintain two ISA exploration contracts in the CCZ, one held by our subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc., or NORI, sponsored by the Republic of Nauru (“Nauru”), and one held by Tonga Offshore Mining Limited, or TOML, sponsored by the Kingdom of Tonga (“Tonga”). We are increasingly focused on pursuing commercial production through the U.S. regulatory pathway under DSHMRA, following the April 2025 submission of TMC USA’s exploration license and commercial recovery permit applications to NOAA. We believe that the pursuit of licenses and permits with NOAA under DSHMRA by TMC USA should not adversely affect the ISA exploration contracts held by NORI and TOML.
We have key strategic partnerships with (i) Allseas, a leading global offshore engineering contractor, which developed and tested a pilot collection system, and is now working to modify it into the first commercial production system, (ii) Pacific Metals Co. Ltd. (“PAMCO”), an experienced Japanese ferronickel producer, which is responsible for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies on nodule processing, (iii) Korea Zinc, a world leader in non-ferrous metal refining and precursor Cathode Active Material technology, partnering to advance development in the U.S. and (iv) Glencore International AG (“Glencore”) which holds offtake rights to 50% of the NORI nickel and copper production if produced from the our subsidiary DeepGreen Engineering Pte Ltd.’s (“DGE”) owned or controlled facility. In addition, we have worked with engineering firm Hatch Ltd. (“Hatch”) and consultants Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. (“KPM”) to develop a near-zero solid waste flowsheet. The primary processing stages of the flowsheet from nodule to NiCuCo matte intermediate were demonstrated as part of our pilot plant program at FLSmidth and XPS’ (Glencore subsidiary) facilities. The matte refining stages have been tested at SGS facility in Lakefield Canada with positive results. The near-zero solid waste flowsheet provides a design that is expected to serve as the basis for our onshore processing facilities. We expect this partnership to progress to a definitive tolling agreement in 2025, subject to successful evaluation study outcomes and agreement to mutually acceptable commercial terms.
To reach our objective and initiate commercial production, we are working to: (i) define our resource and project economics, (ii) develop a commercial offshore nodule collection system, (iii) assess the environmental and social impacts of offshore nodule collection, and (iv) develop onshore technology to process collected polymetallic nodules into a manganese silicate product, and an intermediate nickel-copper-cobalt alloy or matte product and/or end-products like nickel and cobalt sulfates, and copper cathode.
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Developments in the Third Quarter 2025
Below are some of the major developments that occurred in the third quarter of 2025:
Publication of Technical Reports Prepared under Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K
On August 4, 2025, the Company announced the publication of two technical economic studies prepared in accordance with Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K: (i) a pre-feasibility study included in the technical report entitled “S-K 1300 NORI Area D Technical Report”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI TRS”), prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, and (ii) an initial assessment included in the technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary—Initial Assessment of TOML and NORI Properties, Clarion-Clipperton Zone”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI AND TOML Initial Assessment”), prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons relating to its polymetallic nodule projects in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. The NORI TRS covers NORI Area D for which the Company has applied for an exploration license and a commercial recovery permit under DSHMRA and was filed as Exhibit 96.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2025 (the “August Form 8-K”).
The NORI and TOML Initial Assessment covers the remaining NORI and TOML areas where the Company is applying for an exploration license under DSHMRA and was filed as Exhibit 96.2 to the August 4, 2025 Form 8-K.
TMC and Tonga Announce Updated Sponsorship Agreement for Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. (TOML)
On August 4, 2025, the Company and the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga jointly announced the signing of a revised Sponsorship Agreement (Agreement), updating the terms of the Agreement signed between the parties in 2021. The Agreement guarantees that the Kingdom of Tonga will continue to receive existing financial benefits, training and capacity building programs and in-country community and social programs it receives today, while ensuring that, in consideration for its continued sponsorship of TOML, the Kingdom of Tonga will receive continuity benefits upon the commencement of commercial production by any subsidiary of TMC, other than TOML, under the U.S. regulatory regime.
NOAA Confirms Full Compliance of TMC USA’s Exploration License Applications
On August 11, 2025, TMC USA received notice of full compliance from NOAA on its exploration applications, and confirmation that TMC USA has priority right over both exploration areas. This notice follows earlier determinations of substantial compliance in May 2025. The Company currently anticipates a potential production start in the fourth quarter of 2027, subject to required regulatory approvals.
Developments Subsequent to September 30, 2025
TMC Pioneers Process to Produce High-Purity Manganese Sulfate from Seafloor Nodules
In November 2025, we announced that we had successfully produced battery-grade, high-purity manganese sulfate from our nodule-derived intermediate manganese silicate product during bench scale trials at our partner KPM’s operating facility in Ontario. North America is largely reliant on foreign sources of manganese. As the planet's largest source of manganese, nodules hold significant potential to supply a range of key industries from steelmaking and infrastructure to energy, defense and automotive manufacturing, with automakers increasingly turning toward manganese-rich cathode chemistries for their next-generation electric vehicles.
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Regulation of Mining of Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodules by the United States
The Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act
The Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act of 1980, or DSHMRA, establishes a domestic legal regime for U.S. citizens to explore for and commercially recover hard mineral resources from the seabed in areas beyond U.S. national jurisdiction. DSHMRA affirms that deep-sea mining is a lawful freedom of the high seas, subject to a duty of reasonable regard to the interests of other states in their exercise of those and other freedoms recognized by the general principles of international law, and provides a regulatory structure administered by NOAA, an agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA’s implementing regulations detail the criteria and conditions for issuance of deep seabed exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits to U.S. citizens, including any individual, corporation, or other entity organized under the laws of a U.S. state or territory.
The purpose of DSHMRA is to promote the development of seabed minerals by U.S. citizens while ensuring environmental protection, avoidance of conflict with other high seas uses, and consistency with international law. Before any license or permit is issued, NOAA must determine that the proposed activities meet a series of statutory requirements, including that the activity: (i) will not unreasonably interfere with the lawful use of the high seas by other states; (ii) is consistent with U.S. foreign policy and international obligations; (iii) does not create a risk to international peace and security; (iv) is not expected to result in significant adverse environmental effects; and (v) does not pose undue risk to life or property at sea. These findings reflect NOAA’s mandate of advancing U.S. commercial interests in seabed minerals while minimizing environmental and diplomatic risk.
We believe NOAA has historically adopted a cautious and science-based regulatory posture under DSHMRA, coordinating with other U.S. federal agencies and supporting environmental studies to inform future decisions. In the 1980s and 1990s, the United States entered into reciprocal recognition arrangements with other nations with similar domestic seabed mining laws, helping avoid overlapping claims prior to the establishment of the ISA. Once the ISA became operational in the 1990s, most reciprocating states transitioned to the UNCLOS/ISA system. The United States, however, remains outside that framework. NOAA is not restricted under DSHMRA from issuing licenses or permits over areas that are also subject to ISA exploration or exploitation contracts.
Exploration licenses under DSHMRA grant exclusive rights to conduct technical studies in a defined area and are issued for ten-year terms, subject to extension. Commercial recovery permits authorize full-scale extraction for a period of 20 years subject to extension and are subject to enhanced environmental and operational requirements. To date, NOAA has issued exploration licenses over four areas. Two of these licenses (USA-1 and USA-4) remain active and are currently held by Lockheed Martin. These licenses have been renewed until 2027 in accordance with DSHMRA’s statutory provisions, which require NOAA to grant extensions if the licensee has substantially complied with license terms. NOAA has not issued any commercial recovery permits under DSHMRA as no U.S. citizen had applied for a commercial recovery permit prior to TMC USA.
TMC’s wholly owned subsidiary, TMC USA, a US-registered company established in 2013, has submitted three applications to NOAA: two for exploration licenses and one for a commercial recovery permit.
TMC USA initiated pre-application consultations with NOAA in the first quarter of 2025 and, following those discussions, submitted its applications in April 2025. On May 28, 2025, NOAA determined that TMC USA’s two exploration license applications were in substantial compliance and confirmed TMC USA has priority of right over both exploration application areas.
On July 27, 2025, TMC USA submitted amended exploration applications with additional information requested by NOAA. NOAA confirmed that both exploration license applications were fully compliant, and it had begun its certification process.
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The certification process includes an interagency consultation with other U.S. government departments (including the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency). Following certification, an Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, is expected to be prepared under NEPA, and a public comment period will be provided. Following the public comment period, NOAA will determine whether to issue the requested licenses and permit, and if so, under what terms and conditions. All licenses and permits issued under DSHMRA are subject to oversight, periodic reporting, and potential suspension or revocation for noncompliance or unforeseen environmental harm.
In July 2025, NOAA issued proposed amendments to its regulations under DSHMRA (15 C.F.R. Parts 970 and 971), published as FR Doc. 2025-12513 (90 Fed. Reg. 29806). The proposed regulation introduces a new consolidated application procedure under § 971.214, allowing applicants to submit a single application for both an exploration license and commercial recovery permit. The revisions also include updated electronic submission requirements, restructured environmental review protocols, revised fee schedules, and clarified procedures for interagency consultation and public disclosure. These changes are intended to modernize and streamline the permitting process under DSHMRA implementing regulations. Public comment period closed on September 5, 2025 and public comments are now under consideration by NOAA.
DSHMRA and its implementing regulations do not include a statutory deadline for application review. However, the Executive Order signed by President Trump on April 24, 2025, directs the Commerce Secretary to implement an expedited permitting process under DSHMRA.
DSHMRA requires that all mining vessels and at least one transport vessel are U.S. flagged. TMC USA will ensure all vessels contracted for commercial recovery comply with relevant laws pertaining to vessel standards and crew safety. DSHMRA also requires that recovered minerals be processed in the United States unless a waiver is granted, in which case the permittee is required to provide assurances that processed materials are returned to the United States. We are currently evaluating U.S.-based vessel and processing options to satisfy this requirement as well as working with Japan and South Korea-based supply chain to ensure processed materials can be returned to the United States in the event the permit to process outside the United States is granted for an initial period. If necessary, we expect to seek a waiver based on the statutory criteria and applicable regulations.
We expect to become subject to additional U.S. laws and regulations as development progresses and are in the early stages of analyzing their applicability and potential impact on our operations.
Existing ISA Exploration Contracts
We currently hold exploration rights to certain polymetallic nodule areas in the CCZ through our subsidiaries NORI and TOML, sponsored by the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga, respectively.
NORI, our wholly-owned subsidiary, holds exploration rights to four blocks (NORI Area A, B, C, and D, the “NORI Contract Area”) covering 74,830 square kilometers in the CCZ that were granted by the ISA in July 2011. NORI is sponsored by Nauru pursuant to a certificate of sponsorship signed by the Government of Nauru on April 11, 2011. The D block of the NORI area (“NORI Area D”) is the seafloor parcel where we have performed the most resource definition and environmental work to date. On August 4, 2025 a pre-feasibility study, summarized in the technical report entitled “S-K 1300 NORI Area D Technical Report” (the “NORI TRS”), and a technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary—Initial Assessment of TOML and NORI Properties, Clarion-Clipperton Zone”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI AND TOML Initial Assessment” together with the TRS, the “Technical Reports”) prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, each a “qualified person” as defined in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. were released.
TOML, our wholly-owned subsidiary which we acquired in March 2020, holds exploration rights to an area covering 74,713 square kilometers in the CCZ that were granted by the ISA in January 2012 (the “TOML Contract Area”). On March 8, 2008, Tonga and TOML entered into a sponsorship agreement formalizing certain obligations of the parties in relation to TOML’s exploration application to the ISA (subsequently granted) for the TOML Contract Area. The sponsorship agreement was updated on August 4, 2025. On August 4, 2025 the technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary—Initial Assessment of TOML and NORI Properties, Clarion-Clipperton Zone”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI AND TOML Initial Assessment” together with the TRS, the “Technical Reports”), prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, each a “qualified person” as defined in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K was released.
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Key Trends, Opportunities and Uncertainties
We are currently a pre-revenue company, and we do not anticipate earning revenues (other than potential service revenue) until one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries receives an exploitation contract or commercial recovery permit and we are able to successfully collect and process polymetallic nodules into saleable products on a commercial scale. We believe that our performance and future success pose risks and challenges, including those related to the approval of an application for a commercial recovery permit, development of environmental terms, conditions and restrictions associated with our application and development of our technologies to collect and process polymetallic nodules. The timing of NOAA’s review and decision on our exploration license and commercial recovery permit applications under DSHMRA remains uncertain and is outside the Company’s control. Actual timelines for certification, environmental review, and potential issuance of licenses or permits may differ materially from management’s expectations. These risks, as well as other risks, are discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as further updated and/or supplemented in subsequent filings with the SEC.
Basis of Presentation
We currently conduct our business through one operating segment. As a pre-revenue company with no commercial operations, our activities to date have been limited. Our results are reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and in U.S. dollars.
Components of Results of Operations
We are an exploration and development company with no revenue to date and a net loss after tax of $184.5 million and $279.4 million for three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, compared to a net loss of $20.5 million and $65.9 million in the same periods of 2024, respectively. We have an accumulated deficit of approximately $910.9 million from inception through September 30, 2025.
Our historical results may not be indicative of our future results for reasons that may be difficult to anticipate. Accordingly, the drivers of our future financial results, as well as the components of such results, may not be comparable to our historical or projected results of operations.
Revenue
To date, we have not generated any revenue. We expect to generate revenue once we receive a commercial recovery permit, and we are able to successfully collect and process polymetallic nodules into saleable products on a commercial scale. Any revenue from initial production is difficult to predict.
Exploration and Evaluation Expenses
We expense all costs relating to exploration and development of mineral claims. Such exploration and development costs include, but are not limited to, regulatory approvals, exploration mineral title management, geological, geochemical and geophysical studies, environmental baseline studies and process development activities. Our exploration expenses are impacted by the amount of exploration work conducted during each period. The acquisition cost of polymetallic nodule mineral title will be charged to operations as amortization expense on a unit-of-production method based on proven and probable reserves should commercial production commence in the future.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses consist primarily of compensation for employees, consultants and directors, including share-based compensation, consulting fees, investor relations expenses, expenses related to advertising and marketing functions, insurance costs, office and sundry expenses, professional fees (including legal, audit and tax fees), travel expenses and transfer and filing fees.
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Share-based compensation costs from the issuance of stock options and restricted share units (“RSUs”) are measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and are recognized over the related service period. Share-based compensation costs are charged to exploration expenses and general and administrative expenses depending on the function fulfilled by the holder of the award. In instances where an award is issued for financing related services, the costs are included within equity as part of the financing costs. We recognize forfeiture of any awards as they occur.
Nauru and Tonga Warrant costs
The Nauru and Tonga Warrant costs represent the fair value of the warrants issued as part of the revised sponsorship agreement with the Government of the Republic of Nauru signed on May 29, 2025 and the revised sponsorship agreement with the Tonga Seabed Minerals Authority signed on August 4, 2025. As the warrants did not contain complex features, the fair value was calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation model.
Interest Income
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents.
Fees and Interest on Borrowings and Credit Facilities
Fees and interest on borrowings and credit facilities represent interest charged on the Company’s short-term debt and interest and underutilization fees associated with the Company’s credit facilities.
Foreign Exchange Gain/Loss
The foreign exchange gain or loss for the periods reported primarily relates to unrealized gain or loss due to revaluation of foreign denominated accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
Change in Fair Value of Warrants Liability
The change in fair value of warrants liability primarily consists of the change in the fair value of our 9,500,000 Private Warrants, which is re-measured at the end of each reporting period.
Results of Operations
The following is a discussion of our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Our accounting policies are described in Note 3 “Significant Accounting Policies” in our financial statements filed as part of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | For the Three Months Ended | | For the Nine Months Ended | | ||||||||||||
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except as noted) | | September 30, | | September 30, | | ||||||||||||
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| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| % Change |
| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| % Change | | ||||
Exploration and evaluation expenses | | $ | 9,633 | | $ | 11,813 |
| (18) | % | $ | 29,644 | | $ | 42,339 |
| (30) | % |
General and administrative expenses | | | 45,726 | |
| 8,149 |
| 461 | % | | 65,705 | |
| 22,600 |
| 191 | % |
Nauru and Tonga Warrant costs | | | 4,977 | | | — | | — | % | | 38,056 | | | — | | — | % |
Equity-accounted investment loss (income) |
| | 492 | |
| 58 |
| 748 | % | | 438 | |
| 197 |
| 122 | % |
Gain on dilution of investment | | | (2,967) | | | — | | — | % | | (2,967) | | | — | | — | % |
Change in fair value of royalty liability | | | 131,000 | | | — | | — | % | | 131,000 | | | — | | — | % |
Change in fair value of warrants liability |
| | (3,852) | |
| (1,054) |
| 265 | % | | 12,818 | |
| (1,103) |
| 1,262 | % |
Foreign exchange loss |
| | 43 | |
| 946 |
| (95) | % | | 3,599 | |
| 596 |
| 504 | % |
Interest income |
| | (1,339) | | | (7) |
| 19,029 | % | | (1,505) | | | (125) |
| 1,104 | % |
Fees and interest on borrowings and credit facilities | | | 681 | | | 615 | | 11 | % | | 2,535 | | | 1,378 | | 84 | % |
Net Loss for the period, before tax | | $ | 184,394 | | $ | 20,520 | | 799 | % | $ | 279,323 | | $ | 65,882 | | 324 | % |
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Three Months ended September 30, 2025 compared to Three Months ended September 30, 2024
We reported a net loss before tax of approximately $184.4 million in the third quarter of 2025, compared to a net loss of $20.5 million in the same period of 2024. The following explains the major reasons for the increase in the net loss in the third quarter of 2025.
During the quarter, results were primarily affected by non-cash and non-recurring items, including share-based compensation impacted by one-time grants, fair-value changes in the royalty and warrant liabilities, and the recognition of warrant costs associated with updated sponsorship agreements.
Exploration and Evaluation Expenses
Exploration and evaluation expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $9.6 million, compared to $11.8 million for the same period in 2024. The decrease of $2.2 million is primarily due to a decrease in mining, technological and process development activities of $2.3 million compared to the same quarter of 2024, decrease of $0.7 million in environmental studies cost as campaign 8 was completed in 2024, partially offset by an increase in share-based compensation of $1 million due to the amortization of grants made in the third quarter of 2025.
General and Administrative Expenses
G&A expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $45.7 million compared to $8.1 million for the same period in 2024. The increase of $37.6 million in G&A expenses was mainly the result of an increase in share-based compensation of $35 million from the amortization of the fair value of retention grants and RSUs and options granted to directors and consultants in the third quarter of 2025 (a non-cash item), an increase of $2 million in professional and consulting fees mainly relating to the Company pursuing the U.S. regulatory route and financing activities, an increase of consulting fees as the Company became a large accelerated filer in the third quarter of 2025 and an increase in the legal costs.
Tonga Warrant costs
As part of the signing of a revised Sponsorship Agreement with the Tonga Seabed Minerals Authority (the “State”) on August 4, 2025, we issued 1,000,000 warrants to the State to purchase common shares of the Company. The fair value of the Tonga Warrants, calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation model, valued each warrant at $5 for a total value of $5 million. For further details on this non-recurring item, refer to Note 13 in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements.
Gain on Dilution of Investment
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, Low Carbon Royalties issued 2,139,770 common shares through a private placement, raising $10.7 million of gross proceeds. The Company did not participate in the offering, which reduced its ownership interest from 32.27% to 30.73% (December 31, 2024: 32%). As the shares were issued at a price higher than the Low Carbon Royalties book value per share, the Company recorded a dilution gain of $3 million.
Change in Fair Value of Royalty Liability
The fair value of the royalty liability as at September 30, 2025 was valued using a market approach for NORI Areas A to C (valued at $15 million), while for Area D an income approach was used following the Company’s filing of its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on its NORI Area D project in August 2025 (valued at $130 million). The resulting royalty liability fair value of NORI Areas A to D totaled $145 million, an increase of $131 million in the third quarter of 2025 (refer to Note 7 in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements in Item 1 for further details on this non-operating, non-cash increase).
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Change in Fair Value of Warrants Liability
The fair value of the 9,500,000 Private Warrants liability at September 30, 2025 of $13.7 million, represents a decrease of $3.9 million in the third quarter 2025, results from the decrease in the price of the Company’s shares and the price of our public warrants over this same period (-3% and -29% respectively). Refer to Note 13 in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements for further details on this non-operating, non-cash increase.
Fees and Interest on Borrowings and Credit Facilities
During the third quarter of 2025, underutilization fees on the Company’s credit facilities was $0.7 million, while interest on drawn amounts on the same facilities was $nil ($0.5 and $0.1 million over the same period in 2024, respectively).
Nine Months ended September 30, 2025 compared to Nine Months ended September 30, 2024
We reported a net loss before tax of $279.3 million in the first nine months of 2025, compared to a net loss of $65.9 million in the same period of 2024. The following explains the major reasons for the increase in the net loss in the first nine months of 2025.
Exploration and Evaluation Expenses
Exploration and evaluation expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 were $29.6 million, compared to $42.3 million for the same period in 2024. The decrease of $12.7 million was primarily due to a decrease of $13 million in mining, technological and process development cost due to costs incurred in 2024 for Campaign 8 resource definition work, Allseas vessel transit cost and transportation of nodules to PAMCO’s facility in Japan, a decrease of $1 million incurred on environmental studies due to Campaign 8 which was completed in the first quarter of 2024, decrease in ISA permitting application cost in 2025, partially offset by an increase in share-based compensation of $2.2 million on the amortization of the fair value of grants made in the third quarter of 2025 and RSUs and options granted to officers in the first quarter of 2025.
General and Administrative Expenses
G&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 were $65.7 million, compared to $22.6 million for the same period in 2024. The increase of $43.1 million in G&A expenses in the first nine months of 2025 was mainly the result of an increase in share-based compensation of $38 million due to the amortization of the fair value of retention grants, RSUs and options granted to directors and consultants in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of $4.8 million in professional and consulting fees mainly related to the Company pursuing the U.S. regulatory route, and higher costs incurred on legal, financing and advisory activities.
Nauru and Tonga Warrant costs
As part of the signing of a revised Sponsorship Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Nauru on May 29, 2025, we issued 9,146,268 warrants to the Republic to purchase common shares of the Company. The fair value of the Nauru Warrants, calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation model, valued each warrant at $3.62 for a total value of $33.1 million.
As part of the signing of a revised Sponsorship Agreement with the Tonga Seabed Minerals Authority (the “State”) on August 4, 2025, we issued 1,000,000 warrants to the State to purchase common shares of the Company. The fair value of the Tonga Warrants, calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation model, valued each warrant at $5 for a total value of $5 million.
For further details on this non-recurring item, refer to Note 13 in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements.
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Gain on Dilution of Investment
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, Low Carbon Royalties issued 2,139,770 common shares through a private placement, raising $10.7 million of gross proceeds. The Company did not participate in the offering, which reduced its ownership interest from 32.27% to 30.73% (December 31, 2024: 32%). As the shares were issued at a price higher than the Low Carbon Royalties book value per share, the Company recorded a dilution gain of $3 million.
Change in Fair Value of Royalty Liability
The fair value of the royalty liability as at September 30, 2025 was valued using a market approach for NORI Areas A to C, while for Area D an income approach was used following the Company’s filing of its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on its NORI Area D project in August 2025. The resulting royalty liability fair value of NORI Areas A to D totaled $145 million, an increase of $131 million in the first nine months of 2025.
Change in Fair Value of Warrants Liability
The significant increase in the fair value of the 9,500,000 Private Warrants liability in the first nine months of 2025 of $12.8 million, results from the significant increase in the price of the Company’s shares and the price of our public warrants, mainly over the second quarter of 2025. Refer to Note 13 in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements for further details on this non-operating, non-cash increase.
Fees and Interest on Borrowings and Credit Facilities
For the nine months ended September 2025, underutilization fees on the Company’s credit facilities were $2.1 million, while interest on drawn amounts on the same facilities was $0.4 million (2024: $1.2 million as underutilization fees, $0.1 million as interest on credit facilities and $0.1 million as interest on short term debt).
Overall Summary of Quarterly Results
During the quarter, results were primarily affected by non-cash and non-recurring items, as explained above. Following the completion of recent financings, the Company’s cash position has been strengthened, and management believes available liquidity is sufficient to support near-term operating and permitting activities for at least the next twelve months. There were no material changes to the Company’s previously disclosed risk factors. Management remains focused on maintaining strong internal controls and continuing remediation efforts identified through ongoing SOX readiness work.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of financing have come from private placements and public offerings of Common Shares and warrants, the issuance of convertible debentures and from credit facilities. As of September 30, 2025, we had cash on hand of $115.6 million.
Based on our current cash balance, when compared with our forecasted cash expenditures, we believe we will have sufficient funds to meet our obligations that become due within the next twelve months. Our estimates used in reaching this conclusion are based on information available as at the date of filing this Quarterly Report. Accordingly, actual results could differ from these estimates and resulting variances may result in our need for additional funding in an amount greater or earlier than expected, due to changes in business conditions or other developments, including, but not limited to, deferral of approvals, capital and operating cost escalation, currently unrecognized technical and development challenges, our ability to pay certain vendors or suppliers in our Common Shares or changes in external business environment.
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In addition, we will however need and are seeking additional financing to fund our continued operations over time. These financings could include additional public or private equity, debt financings, equity-linked financings or other sources of financing, including through non-dilutive asset, royalty or project-based and/or asset-based financings. If these financing or other financing sources are not available, or if the terms of financing are less desirable than we expect, or if in insufficient amounts, we may be forced to delay our exploration and/or exploitation activities or further scale back our operations, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial prospects.
In light of the significant deficit in expected funding following the closing of the Business Combination in September 2021, we adopted what we call a “capital-light” strategy whereby we removed any allocation of funds to capital expenditures that were not deemed necessary to support the submission of an application for a commercial recovery permit contract for the TMC USA-A area, and by negotiating the settlement of program expenditures with our equity whenever possible.
We have yet to generate any revenue from our business operations. We are an exploration and development company and the recovery of our investment in mineral exploration contracts and attainment of profitable operations is dependent upon many factors including, among other things, the development of commercial production system for collecting polymetallic nodules from the seafloor as well as the development of our processing technology for the metallurgical treatment of such nodules, the establishment of mineable reserves, the demonstration of commercial and technical feasibility of seafloor polymetallic nodule collection and processing systems, metal prices, and securing US exploration licenses and a commercial recovery permit and ISA exploitation contracts or provisional approvals. While we have obtained financing in the past, there is no assurance that such financing will continue to be available on favorable terms, in sufficient amounts, or at all.
We expect to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future, as we advance our application to NOAA for exploration licenses and a commercial recovery permit and preparation for potential commercialization.
On September 16, 2022, we filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC, which the SEC declared effective on October 14, 2022, to sell up to $100 million of securities. In addition, on November 30, 2023, we filed an additional registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC, which the SEC declared effective on December 8, 2023, to sell up to an additional $100 million of securities. Securities that may be sold under the registration statements include common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, warrants and units. Any such offering, if it does occur, may happen in one or more transactions. Specific terms of any securities to be sold under these registration statements will be described in supplemental filings with the SEC. As previously disclosed, the capacity under these registration statements is used as part of our capital raising strategy and we plan to file a new registration statement for the issuance of additional securities in the future.
On December 22, 2022, we entered into an At-the-Market Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) and Wedbush Securities Inc., as sales agents, allowing us, from time to time, to issue and sell Common Shares with an aggregate offering price of up to $30 million. On December 21, 2023, we amended the Sales Agreement to remove Stifel as a sales agent. The offer and sales of the shares are made under our effective “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on September 16, 2022, which the SEC declared effective on October 14, 2022. In 2024 we sold 3,251,590 Common Shares for gross proceeds of $4.9 million under this offering. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we issued nil and 7,542,996 Common Shares. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Common Shares were issued at an average share price of $2.02, for net proceeds of $14.8 million. The Sales Agreement expired in October 2025.
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On March 22, 2023, we entered into the 2023 Credit Facility with Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV, the parent of Allseas Investments S.A. and an affiliate of Allseas, which was amended on July 31, 2023 and March 22, 2024, pursuant to which, we were able to borrow from the Lender up to $25 million in the aggregate, from time to time, subject to certain conditions. All amounts drawn under the 2023 Credit Facility bore interest at the 6-month SOFR, 180-day average plus 4.0% per annum payable in cash semi-annually (or plus 5% if paid-in-kind at maturity, at our election) on the first business day of each of June and January. We agreed to pay an underutilization fee equal to 4.0% per annum payable semi-annually for any amounts that remain undrawn under the 2023 Credit Facility. We had the right to pre-pay the entire amount outstanding under the 2023 Credit Facility at any time, before the 2023 Credit Facility’s stated maturity of August 31, 2025. The 2023 Credit Facility also contained customary events of default. No amounts had been drawn under the 2023 Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement we entered into on March 24, 2025, we and Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV agreed to cancel the 2023 Credit Facility with no outstanding amounts remaining, other than our obligation to pay the underutilization fee thereunder.
On August 14, 2023, we entered into a securities purchase agreement for a Registered Direct Offering of our Common Shares and Class A Warrants (the “2023 Offering”). The purchase price for each Common Share and Class A Warrant to purchase 0.5 Common Shares was $2.00 per unit. The exercise price to purchase one Common Share under the Class A Warrants is $3.00, subject to adjustment as provided in the warrant agreement. No investor elected to exercise its right to purchase additional Common Shares and accompanying Class A Warrants on or before September 15, 2023 under the terms of the securities purchase agreement. As of December 31, 2023, we had received gross proceeds of $15.9 million (approximately $14.6 million net of transaction fees) in the Registered Direct Offering. We received the remaining $9 million of gross proceeds on January 31, 2024, from an investor affiliated with us. As a result of the 2024 Purchase Agreement (as described below), the exercise price of the Class A Warrants was reset to $2.00 as the down round feature of the Class A Warrants agreement was triggered.
On March 22, 2024, we entered into the 2024 Credit Facility with Gerard Barron, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and ERAS Capital LLC, the family fund of our director, Andrei Karkar, pursuant to which, we may borrow from the 2024 Lenders up to $20 million in the aggregate ($10 million from each of the 2024 Lenders), from time to time, subject to certain conditions. All amounts drawn under the 2024 Credit Facility will bear interest at the 6-month SOFR, 180-day average plus 4.0% per annum payable in cash semi-annually (or plus 5% if paid-in-kind at maturity, at our election) on the first business day of each of June and January. We will pay an underutilization fee equal to 4.0% per annum payable semi-annually for any amounts that remain undrawn under the 2024 Credit Facility. We have the right to pre-pay the entire amount outstanding under the 2024 Credit Facility at any time, before the 2024 Credit Facility’s maturity of December 31, 2025. The 2024 Credit Facility also contains customary events of default. The 2024 Credit Facility will terminate automatically if we or any of our subsidiaries raise at least $50 million in the aggregate (i) through the issuance of any of our or our subsidiaries’ debt or equity securities, or (ii) in prepayments under an off-take agreement or similar commercial agreement. On August 13, 2024, we entered into the First Amendment to the 2024 Credit Facility to increase the borrowing limit to $25 million in the aggregate ($12.5 million from each of the 2024 Lenders). Under the terms of the First Amendment, the borrowing limit was due to return to the initial $20 million in the aggregate ($10 million from each of the 2024 Lenders) upon certain financing events. On November 14, 2024, we entered into the Second Amendment to the 2024 Credit Facility with ERAS Capital LLC and Gerard Barron, to increase the borrowing limit to $38 million in the aggregate ($19 million from each of the 2024 Lenders) and to extend the maturity of the 2024 Credit Facility to December 31, 2025. As per the Second Amendment, the rate of underutilization fee was retroactively increased from 4% to 6.5% on any undrawn amounts under the 2024 Credit Facility. On January 30, 2025, we repaid $1.8 million from the drawn amount, leaving a balance of $2.5 million drawn under the 2024 Credit Facility, as of the date of this Quarterly Report. With the January 2025 repayment, the borrowing limit on the 2024 Credit Facility was reduced to $36.2 million ($17.2 million from Gerard Barron and $19 million from ERAS Capital LLC). On March 26, 2025, we entered into the Third Amendment to the 2024 Credit Facility with the 2024 Lenders, to, among other things, increase the borrowing limit to $44 million in the aggregate ($22 million from each of the 2024 Lenders) and extend the maturity of the 2024 Credit Facility to June 30, 2026.
On May 27, 2024, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with the Lender (Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV), an affiliate of Allseas. In accordance with the agreement, the Lender provided a short-term loan amounting to $2 million (the “Loan”) on May 30, 2024. The Loan takes priority over the 2024 Credit Facility. The Loan matured on September 10, 2024 (maturity date) and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. On the maturity date, the Company repaid the entire Loan amounting to $2 million and the accrued interest amounting to $46 thousand.
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On September 9, 2024, we entered into a Working Capital Loan Agreement with Allseas Investments, a company related to Allseas. In accordance with the Working Capital Loan Agreement, Allseas Investments provided a loan to us amounting to $5 million (the “Working Capital Loan”) on September 10, 2024, to be used towards general corporate purposes and the repayment of all outstanding amounts under the Short-Term Loan between us and the Lender. The Working Capital Loan is payable to the Lender on or before the earlier of (i) the occurrence of certain financing events and (ii) April 1, 2025 (the “Repayment Date”). The Working Capital Loan will bear interest based on the 6-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate, 180-day average plus a margin of 4.0% per annum and is payable in two installments on January 2, 2025, and the Repayment Date (or plus a margin of 5.0% if all interest payments are deferred to the Repayment Date, at our election). On October 18, 2024, we entered into the First Amendment to the Working Capital Loan Agreement with Allseas Investments, resulting in a further draw of $2.5 million by us and a total Working Capital Loan drawn amount of $7.5 million. On March 24, 2025, we entered into the Letter Agreement with Allseas Investments and Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV, pursuant to which the repayment date under the Working Capital Loan Agreement was extended to September 30, 2025. In the second quarter ended June 30, 2025, the entire Working Capital Loan amount along with the interest payable was repaid and the facility was cancelled.
On November 14, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “2024 Purchase Agreement”) with certain new and existing institutional investors for the sale of an aggregate of 17,500,000 common shares (the “Shares”) and accompanying Class B warrants (the “Class B Warrants”), in a registered direct offering. The offering price was $1.00 per Share, with each Share including an accompanying Class B Warrant to purchase 0.5 common shares. The Class B Warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance at a price of $2.00 per share and expire five years from issuance. On November 26, 2024, we entered into the First Amendment to the 2024 Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue an additional 2,400,000 common shares and accompanying Class B Warrants to purchase 1,200,000 common shares to new investors on the same terms and conditions as initially offered. Including the First Amendment to the 2024 Purchase Agreement, we agreed to sell and issue in aggregate 19,900,000 common shares and Class B Warrants to purchase 9,950,000 common shares. Pursuant to the 2024 Purchase Agreement, we agreed not to issue any Common Shares or Common Share equivalents with an effective price of less than $1.00 per share until May 18, 2025. As at December 31, 2024, we received gross proceeds of $14.9 million (net proceeds of $14.2 million, after offering expenses), with the final $5 million of gross proceeds received on February 6, 2025.
On May 12, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “2025 Purchase Agreement”) with certain new and existing investors, including an existing strategic investor, for the sale of an aggregate of 12,333,333 common shares and accompanying Class C Warrants, in a registered direct offering, for gross proceeds of $37 million, of which $30 million was received by the end of June 2025 and $7 million was received in early July 2025. The offering price was $3.00 per Share, with each Share including an accompanying Class C Warrant to purchase one common share. The Class C Warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance at a price of $4.50 per share and expire three years from issuance.
On June 16, 2025, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. (“Korea Zinc”), pursuant to which in consideration of gross cash receipt of $85.2 million, we agreed to issue and sell to Korea Zinc 19,623,376 of our common shares and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,868,181 common shares. The purchase price per share and accompanying warrant was set at $4.34. The Korea Zinc Warrant are exercisable at an exercise price of $7 per share with an expiration date of June 25, 2028. Pursuant to this Securities Purchase Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, Korea Zinc will have a right to participate in any public offering or private placement of any of our common shares or common share equivalents primarily for capital raising purposes (each a “Proposed Offering”) up to such amount of securities to maintain its percentage ownership at the time of such Proposed Offering. Such right to participate in future financings will expire upon the earlier to occur of (i) June 16, 2030, (ii) the date on which Korea Zinc owns less than all of the common shares it purchased and subscribed pursuant to this Securities Purchase Agreement and (iii) immediately after a closing of a Proposed Offering where Korea Zinc does not exercise its participation right in full. The funds raised under this Securities Purchase Agreement are to be used for general corporate purposes.
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We may receive up to approximately $445 million in aggregate gross proceeds from cash exercises of the Public Warrants, the Private Warrants, the Class A Warrants and the Class B Warrants, Class C Warrants, and Warrants issued to Korea Zinc and Republic of Nauru based on the per share exercise price of such warrants. However, the exercise price for the outstanding Public Warrants and Private Warrants is $11.50 per common share and there can be no assurance that such warrants will be in the money prior to their expiration, and as such, such warrants may expire worthless. Based on the current trading price of our Common Shares we do not expect to receive any proceeds from the exercise of the Public Warrants and Private Warrants unless there is a significant increase in the price of our Common Shares. In certain circumstances, the Public Warrants and Private Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis and the proceeds from the exercise of such warrants will decrease. Furthermore, even if the warrants will be in the money, the holders of the warrants are not obligated to exercise their warrants, and we cannot predict whether holders of the warrants will choose to exercise all or any of their warrants. The warrants issued to the Republic of Nauru can only be exercised after the commercial recovery permit is received and commercial production commences and there can be no assurance that the exercise conditions will be met prior to their expiration. In addition, the exercise price to purchase one Common Share under the outstanding Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants is $2.00 each, Class C Warrants is $4.5, warrants issued to Korea Zinc is $7 and warrants issued to Republic of Nauru is $4.72 (subject to customary adjustments) and there can be no assurance that such warrants will be exercised prior to their expiration, and as such, such warrants may expire, and we will not receive any proceeds from the exercise thereof.
Cash Flows Summary
Presented below is a summary of our operating, investing and financing cash flows:
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Net cash generated (used in) investing activities | | $ | (20) | | $ | (50) | | $ | 206 | | $ | (465) |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | $ | 11,406 | | $ | 5,674 | | $ | 143,475 | | $ | 23,386 |
Increase (Decrease) in cash | | $ | (101) | | $ | (160) | | $ | 112,185 | | $ | (6,829) |
Nine Months ended September 30, 2025 compared to Nine Months ended September 30, 2024
Cash flows used in Operating Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, major operating activities over this period included advanced work on pre-feasibility studies and work to advance our permit applications, resulting in net cash used in operating activities of $31.5 million. This consisted of $8.3 million on payroll costs, $7.6 million on various environmental work, $3.8 million on legal and consulting fees, $3.1 million on stakeholder engagement, $3.0 million on interest and underutilization fees paid on the 2024 credit facilities and working capital loan, $2.6 million on business development, investor relations and communications, $1 million on mining technological and process development and $2.1 million for various expenses.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, major operating activities over this period involved Campaign 8, as well as advanced work on engineering and pre-feasibility studies as we advance towards our application to the ISA for a NORI exploitation contract and prepare for potential future commercial production. Net cash used in operating activities in the first nine months of 2024, amounted to $29.7 million, and consisted mainly of $13.0 million on various environmental work, $6.1 million on personnel costs, $3.9 million on legal, advisory and consulting, $1.9 million for sponsorship, training and stakeholder engagement support, $1.7 million spent on engineering and pre-feasibility studies, $1.5 million on communication and business development expenses, and additional payments of $1.6 million for various expenses.
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Cash flows used in Investing Activities
Net cash generated by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $0.2 million which included proceeds from the return of capital from Low Carbon Royalties offset by the purchase of equipment and software development. In the comparative period of 2024, $0.5 million was spent on acquisition of equipment and software development.
Cash flows provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $143.5 million, which comprised of net cash proceeds received from the Korea Zinc investment of $85.2 million, net proceeds from the 2025 Registered Direct Offerings of $36.7 million, the remaining net proceeds from the 2024 Registered Direct Offerings of $4.5 million, proceeds from shares issued from ATM of $14.8 million and proceeds from the exercise of stock options and warrants of $14.0 million. This increase was partially offset by repayments totaling $11.8 million on our credit facilities and on the Allseas Working Capital loan.
The first nine months results of 2024 represent the net proceeds from the 2024 Registered Direct Offerings of $8.9 million, proceeds from shares issued from ATM of $4.9 million, proceeds from the drawdown of our credit facilities and Allseas Debt Agreement of $11.2 million and proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $0.4 million. This increase was partially offset by the repayment on the Allseas Working Capital loan of $2 million.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
NORI Exploration Contract
As part of the NORI Exploration Contract with the ISA, NORI submitted a periodic review report to the ISA which included a five-year plan covering 2022 to 2026: NORI is currently implementing its approved five-year plan. The cost of the estimated work plan for 2025 onwards is dependent on NORI’s current five-year plan and any future approved exploration contract extension program of work. Work plans are reviewed annually by us, agreed with the ISA and may be subject to change depending on our progress to date. NORI’s exploration contract expires on July 21, 2026. NORI is required to submit an application for extension no later than six months before the expiration of the contract. NORI intends to submit an application for a five-year extension in early 2026.
TOML Exploration Contract
As part of the TOML Exploration Contract with the ISA, TOML submitted a periodic review report to the ISA which included a five-year plan covering 2022 to 2026: TOML is currently implementing its approved plan, which included an estimated five-year expenditure of up to $44 million. The five-year estimated expenditure is indicative and subject to change, TOML will review the program regularly and TOML will inform the ISA of any changes through its annual reports. TOML intends to submit an application for a five-year extension in 2026.
Regulatory Obligations Relating to Exploration Contracts
Under ISA requirements, both TOML and NORI require sponsorship from their host sponsoring nations, Tonga and Nauru, respectively. Each company has been registered and incorporated within the applicable host nation’s jurisdiction. The ISA requires that a contractor must obtain and maintain sponsorship by a host nation that is a member of the ISA, and such state must maintain effective supervision and regulatory control over such sponsored contractor. Each of TOML and NORI is subject to the registration and incorporation requirements of these nations. In the event the sponsorship is otherwise terminated, such subsidiary will be required to obtain new sponsorship from another state that is a member of the ISA. Failure to obtain such new sponsorship could have a material impact on the operations of such subsidiary and us.
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Sponsorship Agreements
On July 5, 2017, Nauru, the Nauru Seabed Minerals Authority and NORI entered into the NORI Sponsorship Agreement formalizing certain obligations of the parties in relation to NORI’s exploration and potential exploitation of the NORI Area. On May 29, 2025, NORI and the Government of Nauru entered into an updated sponsorship agreement that superseded the 2017 agreement and reaffirms the Government of Nauru’s sponsorship of NORI under the ISA regime. Under the revised agreement, the Government of Nauru and NORI agreed to certain updated payment and taxation commitments, including NORI’s commitment to pay corporate income tax within Nauru assuming future NORI operations are ultimately profitable. NORI also committed to maintaining its in-country investments and presence.
On March 8, 2008, Tonga and TOML entered into the TOML Sponsorship Agreement formalizing certain obligations of the parties in relation to TOML’s exploration and potential exploitation of the TOML Area. On September 23, 2021, Tonga updated the TOML Sponsorship Agreement harmonizing the terms of its engagement with TOML with those held by NORI with Nauru. On August 4, 2025, TOML and the Government of Tonga entered into a further updated sponsorship agreement reaffirming the Government of Tonga’s sponsorship of TOML and formalizing certain revised terms of engagement. Under the updated agreement, TOML reaffirmed its commitment to pay corporate income tax within Tonga assuming future operations are ultimately profitable. TOML also committed to maintaining its in-country investments and presence.
Allseas Agreements
On March 29, 2019, we entered into a strategic alliance with Allseas to develop a system to collect, lift and transport nodules from the seafloor to shore and agreed to enter into a nodule collection and shipping agreement whereby Allseas would provide commercial services for the collection of the first 200 million metric tonnes of polymetallic nodules on a cost plus 50% profit basis. In furtherance of this agreement, on July 8, 2019, we entered into a Pilot Mining Test Agreement with Allseas (“PMTA”), which was amended on five occasions through February 2023, to develop and deploy a PMTS, successful completion of which is a prerequisite for our application for an exploitation contract with the ISA. Under the PMTA, Allseas agreed to cover the development cost of the project in exchange for a payment from us upon successful completion of the pilot trial of the PMTS in NORI Area D.
On March 16, 2022, NORI and Allseas entered into a non-binding term sheet for the development and operation of a commercial nodule collection system. The pilot nodule collection system developed and tested by Allseas is expected to be upgraded to a commercial system, to be delivered in stepped increments. TMC USA and Allseas intend to equally finance all costs related to developing and getting the first commercial system into production. Once in production, NORI is expected to pay Allseas a nodule collection and transshipment fee. Following the successful completion of the NORI Area D pilot collection system trials in November 2022 and subsequent analysis of pilot data, the parties are reviewing Project Zero Offshore Nodule Collection System production targets, system design and cost estimates and intend to enter into a binding Heads of Terms by the end of 2025. The parties expect to further detail their relationship in three separate definitive agreements for engineering, conversion/build and commercial operations phase, respectively. Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, Allseas and TMC USA are investigating acquiring a second production vessel similar to the Hidden Gem. There can be no assurances, however, that we will enter into definitive agreements with Allseas contemplated by the non-binding term sheet in a particular time period, or at all, or on terms similar to those set forth in the non-binding term sheet, or that if such definitive agreements are entered into by us that the proposed commercial systems and second production vessel will be successfully developed or operated in a particular time period, or at all.
Through September 30, 2025, we have made the following payments to Allseas under the PMTA: (a) $10 million in cash in February 2020, (b) $10 million through the issuance of 3.2 million Common Shares valued at $3.11 per share in February 2020, (c) issued Allseas a warrant to purchase 11.6 million Common Shares at a nominal exercise price per share in March 2021, (d) $10 million in cash in October 2021, following the closing of the Business Combination and meeting certain progress targets on the PMTS and (e) on February 23, 2023 issued 10.85 million Common Shares to Allseas. On August 9, 2023, 11,578,620 common shares were issued to Allseas upon the exercise of the warrant that was granted to Allseas in March 2021, and receipt of the exercise fee of $115.8 thousand. The warrant vested and became exercisable on successful completion of the PMTS in November 2022.
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On November 11, 2022, our board of directors approved the successful completion and testing of the PMTS in the NORI Area D and payment of the third milestone amounting to $10 million and additional costs owed to Allseas under the PMTA by issuing 10.85 million Common Shares to Allseas priced at $1.00 per share on February 23, 2023.
On August 1, 2023, we entered into an Exclusive Vessel Use Agreement with Allseas pursuant to which Allseas will give us exclusive use of the vessel (“Hidden Gem”) in support of the development of the Project Zero Offshore Nodule Collection System until the system is completed or December 31, 2026, whichever is earlier. In consideration of the exclusivity term, on August 14, 2023, we issued 4.15 million Common Shares to Allseas.
Offtake Agreement
On May 25, 2012, DGE and Glencore entered into a copper offtake agreement and a nickel offtake agreement. DGE has agreed to deliver to Glencore 50% of the annual quantity of copper and nickel produced by a DGE-owned facility from nodules derived from the NORI Area at London Metal Exchange referenced market pricing with allowances for product quality and delivery location. Either party may terminate the agreement upon a material breach or insolvency of the other party. Glencore may also terminate the agreement by giving twelve months’ notice.
Borrowing with Company Related to Allseas
2023 Credit Facility
As described above, on March 22, 2023, we entered into the 2023 Credit Facility with Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV, an affiliate of Allseas, under which we may borrow up to $25 million pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2023 Credit Facility, as amended, which has a maturity date of August 31, 2025. On August 16, 2024, we entered into the Third Amendment to the 2023 Credit Facility, to increase the borrowing limit of the 2023 Credit Facility to $27.5 million. Under the terms of the Third Amendment, upon closing of the November 2024 Registered Direct Offering discussed above, the borrowing limit returned to $25 million. There was no outstanding balance under the 2023 Credit Facility as at December 31, 2024. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement entered into on March 24, 2025, we agreed to cancel the 2023 Credit Facility with no outstanding amounts remaining, other than our obligation to pay Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV the underutilization fee thereunder.
2024 Short-Term Loan and Working Capital Loan
On May 27, 2024, we entered into a short-term loan agreement with Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV whereby we borrowed $2 million (the “Loan”) on May 30, 2024. The Loan matured on September 10, 2024 (maturity date) and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. On the maturity date, we repaid the entire Loan amounting to $2 million and the accrued interest.
On September 9, 2024, we entered into a working capital loan agreement (the “Working Capital Loan Agreement”) with Allseas Investments, a company related to Allseas. In accordance with the Working Capital Loan Agreement, Allseas Investments provided a loan to us amounting to $5 million (the “Working Capital Loan”) on September 10, 2024, to be used towards general corporate purposes and the repayment of all outstanding amounts under the Short-Term Loan between us and the Lender. The Working Capital Loan is payable to the Lender on or before the earlier of (i) the occurrence of certain financing events and (ii) April 1, 2025 (the “Original Repayment Date”). The Working Capital Loan will bear interest based on the 6-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate, 180-day average plus a margin of 4.0% per annum and is payable in two installments on January 2, 2025, and the Original Repayment Date (or plus a margin of 5.0% if all interest payments are deferred to the Original Repayment Date, at our election). On October 18, 2024, we entered into the First Amendment to the Working Capital Loan Agreement with Allseas Investments, resulting in a further draw of $2.5 million by us and a total Working Capital Loan drawn amount of $7.5 million. On March 24, 2025, we entered into a Letter Agreement with Allseas Investments and Argentum Cedit Virtuti GCV, pursuant to which the Original Repayment Date under the Working Capital Loan Agreement was extended to September 30, 2025, with principal and interest now repayable on that date. During the second quarter of 2025, we repaid the entire outstanding loan and interest, amounting to $7.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and cancelled the Working Capital Loan Agreement.
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2024 Credit Facility with ERAS Capital LLC and Gerard Barron
On March 22, 2024, we entered into an Unsecured Credit Facility with Gerard Barron, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and ERAS Capital LLC, the family fund of our director, Andrei Karkar, pursuant to which, we may borrow from the 2024 Lenders up to $20 million in the aggregate ($10 million from each of the 2024 Lenders), from time to time, subject to certain conditions. All amounts drawn under the 2024 Credit Facility will bear interest at the 6-month SOFR, 180-day average plus 4.0% per annum payable in cash semi-annually (or plus 5% if paid-in-kind at maturity, at our election) on the first business day of each of June and January. We will pay an underutilization fee equal to 4.0% per annum payable semi-annually for any amounts that remain undrawn under the 2024 Credit Facility. We have the right to pre-pay the entire amount outstanding under the 2024 Credit Facility at any time, before the 2024 Credit Facility’s maturity of December 31, 2025. The 2024 Credit Facility also contains customary events of default. The 2024 Credit Facility will terminate automatically if we or any of our subsidiaries raise at least $50 million in the aggregate (i) through the issuance of any of our or our subsidiaries’ debt or equity securities, or (ii) in prepayments under an off-take agreement or similar commercial agreement. On August 13, 2024, we entered into the First Amendment to the 2024 Credit Facility with the 2024 Lenders, to increase the borrowing limit of the 2024 Credit Facility to $25 million in the aggregate ($12.5 million from each of the 2024 Lenders). On November 14, 2024, we entered into the Second Amendment to increase the borrowing limit to $38 million in the aggregate ($19 million from each of the 2024 Lenders) to the 2024 Credit Facility with ERAS Capital LLC and Gerard Barron, and to extend the maturity of the 2024 Credit Facility to December 31, 2025. As per the Second Amendment, the rate of underutilization fee was retroactively increased from March 22, 2024 to 6.5% on any undrawn amounts under the 2024 Credit Facility. On March 26, 2025, we entered into the Third Amendment to, among other things, increase the borrowing limit to $44 million in the aggregate ($22 million from each of the 2024 Lenders) and extend the maturity of the 2024 Credit Facility to June 30, 2026.
In the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company incurred $nil as interest expense and $0.7 million as underutilization fees. During the third quarter of 2025, the Company repaid outstanding interest payable amounting to $0.1 million and outstanding underutilization fees amounting to $1.2 million.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We are not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In the preparation of these financial statements, we are required to use judgment in making estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about items that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Except as described in Note 3 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Emerging Growth Company Status
Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can choose not to take advantage of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, and any such election to not take advantage of the extended transition period is irrevocable.
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We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act and have elected to take advantage of the benefits of the extended transition period for new or revised financial accounting standards. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. We will cease to qualify as an emerging growth company as of December 31, 2025. We may decide to early adopt such new or revised accounting standards to the extent permitted by such standards. This may make it difficult or impossible to compare our financial results with the financial results of another public company that is either not an emerging growth company or is an emerging growth company that has chosen not to take advantage of the extended transition period exemptions because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Cautionary Statements Regarding the NORI TRS and the NORI and TOML Initial Assessment]
Except where otherwise stated, the scientific and technical information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relating to the area our subsidiary TMC-USA has applied for an exploration license and commercial recovery permit under DSHMRA (which includes part of the area under which our subsidiary NORI holds an exploration contract issued by the ISA) (“NORI Area D”) and the area under which our subsidiary TMC-USA has applied for an additional exploration license under DSHMRA (which includes part of the area under which our subsidiary NORI holds an exploration contract issued by the ISA and includes the area under which our subsidiary TOML holds an exploration contract issued by the ISA) (the “NORI and TOML Properties”)) is based on technical reports prepared in accordance with the SEC rules set forth in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K (the “SEC Mining Rules”).
· | In respect of NORI Area D, the pre-feasibility study in the technical report entitled “S-K 1300 NORI Area D Technical Report”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI TRS”), prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, each a “qualified person” as defined in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K; and |
· | In respect of the NORI and TOML Properties, the technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary—Initial Assessment of TOML and NORI Properties, Clarion-Clipperton Zone”, dated August 4, 2025 (the “NORI AND TOML Initial Assessment” together with the TRS, the “Technical Reports”), prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, each a “qualified person” as defined in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. |
The pre-feasibility study included in the NORI TRS indicated that the development of NORI Area D is technically and economically viable. The pre-feasibility study, however, does not represent a feasibility study and does not support a development decision, as additional project planning and design are needed to make this decision. In addition, the initial assessment included in the NORI and TOML Initial Assessment Report is a conceptual study of the potential viability of mineral resources in the NORI and TOML Properties. This initial assessment indicates that development of the mineral resource in the NORI and TOML Properties is potentially technically and economically viable; however, due to the preliminary nature of project planning and design, and the untested nature of the specific seafloor production systems at a commercial scale, economic viability has not yet been demonstrated. As a result, we plan to continue to estimate our resources and reserves in NORI Area D and the NORI and TOML Properties and further develop the project economics.
As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in the applicable report summary, the terms “pre-feasibility study,” “feasibility study,” “initial assessment,” “mineral reserve,” “probable mineral reserve,” proven mineral reserve,” “mineral resource,” “measured mineral resource,” “indicated mineral resource” and “inferred mineral resource”, as applicable, and other terms used herein are defined and used in accordance with the SEC Mining Rules.
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The NORI TRS also does not include the conversion of all mineral resources included in NORI Area D to mineral reserves and does not include the conversion of any mineral resources to proven mineral reserves and the NORI and TOML Initial Assessment does not include the conversion of mineral resources to mineral reserves. You are specifically cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in categorized as mineral resources will ever be converted into mineral reserves, as defined by the SEC. You are also cautioned that mineral resources do not have demonstrated economic value. Information concerning our mineral properties in the Technical Report and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes information that has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC Mining Rules set forth in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. Under SEC standards, mineralization, such as mineral resources, may not be classified as a “reserve” unless the determination has been made that the mineralization would be economically and legally produced or extracted at the time of the reserve determination. Inferred mineral resources have a high degree of uncertainty as to their existence and to whether they can be economically or legally commercialized. Under the SEC Mining Rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of an economic analysis. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. A significant amount of exploration must be completed in order to determine whether an inferred mineral resource may be upgraded to a higher category. Therefore, you are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource exists, that it can be economically or legally commercialized, or that it will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Approximately 97% of the NORI Area D resource and approximately 6% of the NORI (Areas A to C) and TOML Properties resource are categorized as measured or indicated.
Likewise, you are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of measured or indicated mineral resources will ever be upgraded to mineral reserves or that probable mineral reserves will ever be upgraded to proven mineral reserves. Until mineral deposits are actually mined and processed, mineral resources and mineral reserves must be considered as estimates only.
Further information on each of the polymetallic nodule areas in the CCZ and the Technical Reports referred to above can be found in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2025. The information contained in this Quarterly Report in Form 10-Q regarding NORI Area D and the NORI and TOML Properties has been derived from the Technical Reports, is subject to certain assumptions, qualifications and procedures described in the Technical Reports and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the NORI TRS and the NORI and TOML Initial Assessment, which are filed as exhibit 96.1 and 96.2, respectively, to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2025.
The technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary – Initial Assessment of the NORI Property, Clarion-Clipperton Zone” dated as of March 17, 2021 (the “2021 NORI Initial Assessment”) and the technical report entitled “Technical Report Summary – TOML Mineral Resource, Clarion Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean” dated as of March 26, 2021 (the “2021 TOML Mineral Resource Statement”), each prepared by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd. and other qualified persons, have been superseded by the NORI TRS and the NORI and TOML Initial Assessment and therefore, the 2021 NORI Initial Assessment and the 2021 TOML Resource Statement and any summaries of or excerpts thereof should no longer be relied upon or used by investors for any reason unless specifically allowed by us.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to a variety of markets and other risks including the effects of change in interest rates, inflation and foreign currency translation and transaction risks as well as risks to the availability of funding sources, hazard events, specific asset risks, regulatory risks, public policy risks and technology risks. We also expect to be exposed to commodity risks if and when we commence commercial production.
Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of our future cash flows and our financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.
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Our current practice is to invest excess cash in investment-grade short-term deposit certificates issued by reputable Canadian financial institutions with which we keep our bank accounts and management believes the risk of loss to be remote. We periodically monitor the investments we make and are satisfied with the credit ratings of our banks. Due to the current high cash need of our operating plan, we have kept our funds readily available, placed in secure, highly liquid interest-bearing investments, as at September 30, 2025.
Credit risk is a risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments should a counter party default on its obligation. Our receivables consist primarily of general sales tax due from the Federal Government of Canada and as a result, the risk of default is considered to be low. Once we commence commercial production, we expect our credit risk to rise with our increased customer base.
Regulatory Risk
Both the ISA and the U.S. regime under DSHMRA have not yet been used for commercial production of seafloor polymetallic nodules. To date, NOAA has not issued a commercial recovery permit, and while the legal framework is established, it has not yet been applied to the full lifecycle of a seabed mining project. Our April 2025 applications are under NOAA review. On August 11, 2025, TMC USA received notice of full compliance from NOAA on its exploration applications, and confirmation that TMC USA has priority right over both exploration areas. Both applications are fully compliant and have moved into the certification process. There can be no assurance that the certification process will be favorable. There is also no assurance that any of our applications will result in NOAA granting us any exploration licenses or a commercial recovery permit on a timely basis or at all, or on commercially viable terms and conditions, and any such failure would materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects. There is no guarantee that NOAA’s proposed amendments that introduce a new consolidated application procedure under § 971.214, allowing submission of a single application for both an exploration license and commercial recovery permit, will be adopted as proposed or at all. If NOAA requires us to begin the DSHMRA permitting process with an exploration license, this could delay our intended commercialization timeline and increase permitting costs and complexity. In addition, there is no assurance that we will be able to comply with, or obtain a waiver of, the requirement under DSHMRA requirement that minerals be processed in the United States, should we pursue this avenue.
In addition, permitting under DSHMRA will subject us to a complex regulatory system in the United States which we are currently analyzing to determine applicability and how compliance will impact our development plans and potential commercial operations. For example, we will be subject to the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 and will need to be in full compliance with U.S. environmental laws, and NOAA may deny a commercial recovery permit if it determines that significant adverse environmental effects cannot be adequately mitigated. The review and approval process will also be subject to a full EIS process under NEPA, as well as public comment and potential legal challenge in U.S. courts by third parties. Although the recent Executive Order signed by President Trump on April 24, 2025 directs the Commerce Secretary to implement an expedited permitting process under DSHMRA, the timing of license or permit issuance remains uncertain, as there is no statutory deadline under DSHMRA and actual review timelines will depend on the scope and outcome of NOAA’s assessment.
Other Risks
We are exposed to a variety of markets and other risks including the effects of inflation and foreign currency translation, commodity pricing risks and transaction risks as well as risks to the availability of funding sources, hazard events specific asset risks, regulatory risks, public policy risks and technology risks. We also expect to be exposed to commodity risks if and when we commence commercial production.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.
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Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2025, as a result of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as described below.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As previously disclosed in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, management identified a material weakness in the operating effectiveness of our internal controls over the accounting for significant non-routine transactions that resulted from the inadequate and untimely involvement of stakeholders and technical advisors with an appropriate level of expertise to account for a non-routine, unusual and complex transaction. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
This material weakness resulted in errors in the financial statements and related disclosures in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, and for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and nine months ended September 30, 2023. See Note 22 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in our 2023 Annual Report on form 10-K for more information about these errors and our revisions to these previously issued financial statements in our financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, as included in the 2023 Annual report on Form 10-K.
In order to remediate this material weakness, during 2024, we developed a policy to assist with the identification of significant, non-routine transactions and to define the processes to follow in addressing the accounting and reporting requirements of these transactions. In addition, we rolled out training on processes and controls related to significant, non-routine transactions and identifying circumstances under which we use technical advisors in connection with evaluating such transactions. During the fourth quarter of 2024 and in the first nine months of 2025, we identified several significant, non-routine transactions that occurred, and we applied the processes as required under the new policy. Although management believes the new policy, processes and training worked effectively for these significant, non-routine transaction, the new internal control over significant, non-routine transactions needs to be in operation and tested for sufficient instances, including a successful evaluation from our 2025 year-end audit procedures, in order to be considered effective and, therefore, these changes can only be deemed effective once they have been in place over a longer time period and applied in additional instances. Remediation testing will continue through the 2025 year-end and the effectiveness of management’s new processes will be reassessed as part of the annual audit.
We will continue to review the effectiveness of our newly implemented controls and make improvements as warranted. This is no assurance, however, that these control modifications will ultimately have the intended effects.
Notwithstanding our material weakness, we have concluded that our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal controls that occurred during the third quarter ended September 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Limitations on the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues within a company are detected. The inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Except as set forth below, we are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings (refer to Note 17 – Contingent Liabilities, in the Company’s third quarter 2025 interim financial statements in Item 1).
On January 23, 2023, investors in the 2021 private placement from the Business Combination filed a lawsuit against us in the Commercial Division of New York Supreme Court, New York County, captioned Atalaya Special Purpose Investment Fund II LP et al. v. Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp. n/k/a TMC The Metals Company Inc., Index No. 650449/2023 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.). We filed a motion to dismiss on March 31, 2023, after which the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on June 5, 2023. The amended complaint alleges that we breached the representations and warranties in the plaintiffs’ private placement Subscription Agreements and breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Plaintiffs are seeking to recover compensable damages caused by the alleged wrongdoings. We deny any allegations of wrongdoing and filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on July 28, 2023. On December 7, 2023, the Court granted our motion to dismiss the claim for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and denied our motion to dismiss the breach of the Subscription Agreement claim. We filed a notice of appeal regarding the Court’s denial of our motion to dismiss the breach of the Subscription Agreement claim. The appeal was heard on November 8, 2024. The NY Appellate Division upheld the lower court’s ruling in December 2024, moving the case into the discovery phase, which is currently ongoing. At this time no further court proceedings or trial date have been set. There is no assurance that we will be successful in our defense of this lawsuit or that insurance will be available or adequate to fund any settlement or judgment or the litigation costs of this action. Such losses or range of possible losses cannot be reliably estimated.
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On November 8, 2024, a shareholder filed a putative class action against us and certain executives in federal district court for the Central District of California, captioned Lin v. TMC The Metals Company Inc., Gerard Barron, and Craig Shesky. The complaint alleges that all defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and Messrs. Barron and Shesky violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose information regarding the classification of the non-financial asset received from our partnership with Low Carbon Royalties Inc. and the derecognition of the capitalized exploration contract related to NORI. The alleged misstatements and omissions pertain to our initial classification of this non-financial asset as a gain on disposition (being a sale of future revenue) and subsequent reclassification thereof as a royalty liability (and re-capitalization of the exploration contract) and the restatement of our previously issued financial statements as a result thereof for the three months ended March 31, 2023, the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 in March 2024. The complaint purports to represent a class of shareholders who acquired our securities between May 12, 2023, and March 25, 2024, and seeks to recover compensable damages caused by the alleged wrongdoings. On February 6, 2025, the Court appointed a lead plaintiff. An amended complaint was filed on March 6, 2025. Pursuant to court-approved scheduling, we filed our motion to dismiss on April 10, 2025. The lead plaintiff filed an opposition on May 15, 2025, and we filed our reply on June 5, 2025. On June 18, 2025, the Court granted our motion to dismiss in full but granted plaintiffs leave to amend. The plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint on July 2, 2025. Our motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint was filed on August 6, 2025, the plaintiff’s opposition was filed on September 9, 2025, and our reply was filed by September 23, 2025. The matter remains pending before the Court and is awaiting a decision on our motion to dismiss. We intend to continue defending against the lawsuit. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be successful in our defense, or that insurance will be available or adequate to fund any settlement or judgment or the litigation costs of this action. Due to the early stage of this litigation, such losses or range of possible losses cannot be reliably estimated.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors that could materially affect our business, consolidated financial condition or results of operations set forth under Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025. There have been no material changes from or additions to the risk factors disclosed in those reports. We may disclose changes to risk factors or additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
We did not repurchase any of our equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2025.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
10b5-1 Trading Arrangements
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Exhibit |
| Exhibit Description |
| Filed Herewith |
| Incorporated by |
| Filing Date |
| SEC File/ |
3.1 | | Notice of Articles of TMC the metals company Inc. | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
3.2 | | Articles of TMC the metals company Inc. | | | | Form 8-K | | September 15, 2021 | | 001-39281 |
3.3 | | Amendment to Company’s Articles, adopted May 29, 2025 | | | | Form 8-K | | June 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
4.1 | | Form of Class C Common Share Purchase Warrant | | | | Form 8-K | | May 12, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
4.2 | | Common Share Purchase Warrant, dated May 29, 2025, issued to the Government of the Republic of Nauru | | | | Form 8-K | | June 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
4.3 | | Waiver to Class B Common Share Purchase Warrants, dated as of June 17, 2025 | | | | Form 8-K | | June 18, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
4.4† | | Common Share Purchase Warrant, dated as of June 25, 2025, issued to Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
4.5 | | Common Share Purchase Warrant, dated as of August 4, 2025, issued to The Kingdom of Tonga | | | | Form 8-K | | August 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.1 | | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2025, by and among the Company and the purchasers set forth therein | | | | Form 8-K | | May 12, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.2 | | Sponsorship Agreement, revised May 29, 2025, by and among The Republic of Nauru, The Nauru Seabed Minerals Authority and Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. | | | | Form 8-K | | June 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.3 | | Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity, dated May 29, 2025, by and between the Company and The Republic of Nauru | | | | Form 8-K | | June 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.4†† | | Services Agreement, dated June 4, 2025, by and between the Company and Michael B. Hess | | | | Form 8-K | | June 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.5 [†] | | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2025, by and between the Company and Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.6†† | | Board Observer Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2025, by and between the Company and Zachary A. Wydra | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.7†† | | Services Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2025, by and between the Company and Alex Spiro | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.8†† | | Board Observer Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2025, by and between the Company and Yun B. Choi | | | | Form 10-Q | | August 14, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
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10.9 †† | | Sponsorship Agreement, dated August 4, 2025, among The Government of The Kingdom of Tonga and Tonga Offshore Mining Limited | | | | Form 8-K | | August 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.10† | | Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity, dated August 4, 2025, by TMC the metals company Inc. in favor of The Kingdom of Tonga | | | | Form 8-K | | August 4, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
10.11+ | | TMC the metals company Inc. 2021 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended through August 28, 2025 | | | | Form 8-K | | August 28, 2025 | | 001-39281 |
31.1 | | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | X | | | | | | |
31.2 | | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | X | | | | | | |
32* | | Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | X | | | | | | |
101.INS | | Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | | X | | | | | | |
101.SCH | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | | X | | | | | | |
101.CAL | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | | X | | | | | | |
101.DEF | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | | X | | | | | | |
101.LAB | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | | X | | | | | | |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | | X | | | | | | |
† Certain confidential portions of this Exhibit were omitted by means of marking such portions with brackets (“[***]”) because the identified confidential portions (i) are not material and (ii) is the type of information that the Company treats as private or confidential.
†† Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.
+ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* The certifications attached as Exhibit 32 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of TMC the metals company Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of such Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: November 13, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gerard Barron | |
| | Gerard Barron | |
| | Chief Executive Officer | |
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Date: November 13, 2025 | By: | /s/ Craig Shesky | |
| | Craig Shesky | |
| | Chief Financial Officer | |
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