Craig Shesky, CFO of The Metals Company, joins Howard Klein to discuss TMC’s NOAA permitting path, Allseas production agreement, capital-light strategy, offshore nodule collection, U.S. critical minerals supply chains, and the growing links between nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper, AI infrastructure, defense, batteries, and national security.

The conversation also covers TMC’s valuation disconnect, commercial readiness, processing optionality in the U.S., and why polymetallic nodules could become a major strategic resource for American industrial growth.

TMC Webcast: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/kau3m5b7/

Chapters

(00:00) Strategic TMC Overview
(07:46) NOAA Permit Path
(10:59) Allseas Production Agreement
(14:55) Royalty Financing Flexibility
(17:47) Commercial De-Risking
(21:08) National Security Narrative
(24:00) Commodity Price Upside
(27:16) Processing Strategy
(29:38) Stockpiling And Refining
(31:44) Valuation Disconnect
(37:30) Next Year’s Milestones

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Podcast
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Intro and outro audio credit: Jamie Klein