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The Metals Company (TMC) shares jumped after NOAA ruled its deep-seabed mining application fully compliant, advancing the project in the Pacific Ocean's Clarion Clipperton Zone toward a potential final permit by early 2027. The application covers 65,000 sq km containing an estimated 619 million tonnes of polymetallic nodules rich in nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese.