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    <title>The Metals Company Announces First Quarter 2026 Corporate Update Conference Call for Thursday, May 14, 2026</title>
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        <hl1>The Metals Company Announces First Quarter 2026 Corporate Update Conference Call for Thursday, May 14, 2026</hl1>
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        <story.date>May 07, 2026</story.date>
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      <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/styles/gnw_nitf.css"/><p align="left">NEW YORK, May  07, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or the “Company”), a leading developer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure, today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, May 14, 2026, to provide an update on first quarter 2026 financial results and recent corporate developments. </p>    <p><strong>First Quarter 2026 Conference Call Details</strong> </p>  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse ;"><tr><td style="max-width:25%; width:25%; min-width:25%;;vertical-align: middle ; ">Date: </td><td style="max-width:75%; width:75%; min-width:75%;;vertical-align: middle ; ">Thursday, May 14, 2026</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">  </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">  </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">Time: </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">04:30 p.m. ET </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">  </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">  </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">Audio-only Dial-in: </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; "><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0WaSC5QPWBhJkmAC2swTk53oK?domain=register-conf.media-server.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Register Here</a> </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">  </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; ">Virtual webcast with slides: </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; "><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/uFsPC4QO9AhV4NrCBiqT43wh5?domain=edge.media-server.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Register Here</a> </td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: middle ; "> </td><td style="vertical-align: middle ; "> </td></tr></table>  <p>The virtual webcast will be available for replay in the ‘Investors’ tab of the Company’s website under ‘Investors’ &gt; ‘Media’ &gt; ‘<a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eARKFoCwFIvEvtiVhcbLHaG0bVjcI9dozFzDSHumt8YHzNyvc0vFNSVNQR1h2ptxy09zJ3fNfwsmSfX3_gGR6GQKj2q0vKZ--hBhSZt6JaGn7F2VH2SYPkGbcUHzsZzMrKifsb0bSuYvO2Lh6bbvSqvzwE5kz3KRfftmagfKmsh_7mP73ZCO8EAP6Zjot2XixuaqPu0vYC-t2cFnHpL6dH6wuFtR1392Cve7CK5cE4Do6Xzs2vWYdQJF4dHjB-vdXF-ar1MT5OiC1QM3oY23S6zTAh2TGjyhHIEW1zqJOpATayvqE7Fgppb9rEja8GuHtMnvmIYbniSaj5e-tgVD8g==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Events and Presentations</u></a>’, approximately two hours after the event.  </p>    <p>The Metals Company is a developer of lower-impact critical metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, on a dual mission: (1) supply metals for energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure with net positive impacts compared to conventional production routes and (2) trace, recover and recycle the metals we supply to help create a metal commons that can be used in perpetuity. The Company has conducted more than a decade of research into the environmental and social impacts of offshore nodule collection and onshore processing. More information is available at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=syEd6AYBo4PFSES8k3RwhbgIo_lOeFU9fzAvLmpMbHyJQVzYpphCTov0FcIdQUP-evQ4jmqzP_IOgih-9MUV0Q==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.metals.co</a>.</p>    <p><strong>Contacts</strong> <br />Media | <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=fdLwkOkxyscQBs3bOdjmx7WhPx7JJmV6rnJ6mGRhYkXhAxzeHdXY538cDqhZhXCdnahS3ZMpYlD4AuMArpFL5A==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">media@metals.co</a>  <br />Investors | <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=ZYwweyCmkh9qi4J8XFGaA5GONtCrdlROYtkKDU0hwyHyCQXhkQPnVGbY_wdjJ3FU1GVCVRDJGxIMFGF0J6IDzb9l94ZJ07ecGD3vV-O2i6E=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">investors@metals.co</a>  </p> <img alt="" class="__GNW8366DE3E__IMG" src="https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti?nf=OTcxNTcxNyM3NTkwNzMyIzIyMDkyNDc=" /> <br /><img alt="" src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/media/NThhMzgzYTAtMGM0OC00MzU5LWE4NDctYzA4YzZkNzRlZjY0LTEyMjA4MDAtMjAyNi0wNS0wNy1lbg==/tiny/TMC-the-metals-company-Inc-.png" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><p><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/25fe098b-8e92-4c74-bb61-20b928ec09ee"><img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/media/25fe098b-8e92-4c74-bb61-20b928ec09ee/small/tmc-black-jpg.jpg" border="0" width="150" height="47" alt="Primary Logo" /></a></p>
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