EX-23.7 8 tmc-20220331xex23d7.htm EXHIBIT 23.7

Exhibit 23.7

Deep Reach Technology Inc.

10050 Cash Road

Stafford, TX 77477 USA

CONSENT OF THIRD-PARTY QUALIFIED PERSON

Deep Reach Technology Inc. (“DRT”), in connection with Amendment No. 2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-260126) and any further amendments or supplements and/or exhibits thereto (collectively, the Form S-1), consent to:

the filing and use of the technical report summary titled “Technical Report Summary--Initial Assessment of the NORI Property, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Deep Green Metals Inc.” (the “NORI Technical Report”), with an effective date of March 17, 2021 and current as of December 31, 2021, as an exhibit to and referenced in the Form S-1;
the filing and use of the technical report summary titled “Technical Report Summary--Initial Assessment of the TOML Mineral Resource, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean, for Deep Green Metals Inc.” (the “TOML Technical Report”), with an effective date of March 17, 2021, as an exhibit to and referenced in the Form S-1;
the use of and references to our name, including our status as an expert or “qualified person” (as defined in Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission), in connection with the Form S-1 and any such NORI Technical Report and TOML Technical Report; and
the information derived, summarized, quoted or referenced from the NORI Technical Report and TOML Technical Report, or portions thereof, that was prepared by us, that we supervised the preparation of and/or that was reviewed and approved by us, that is included or incorporated by reference in the Form S-1.

DRT is responsible for authoring, and this consent pertains to, the following Sections of the NORI Technical Report:

Section 13.1: Development plan
Section 13.2: Off-shore system concept
Section 13.4: Collector Test and Hidden Gem conversion
Section 13.5: Project Zero
Section 13.6: Project One
Section 15.2: Nodule transport
Section 18.3.1: Off-shore capital costs
Section 18.6.1: Off-shore operating costs
Corresponding Subsections of Section 1: Summary
Corresponding Subsections of Section 22: Interpretation and conclusions
Corresponding Subsections of Section 23: Recommendations
Corresponding Subsections of Section 24: References
Corresponding Subsections of Section 25: Reliance on information provided by the registrant

DRT is responsible for authoring, and this consent pertains to, the following Sections of the TOML Technical Report:

Section 11.9.5: Mining Methods
Section 11.9.7: Infrastructure
Section 13: Mining Methods
Section 15: Project Infrastructure
Corresponding Subsections of Section 1: Summary
Corresponding Subsections of Section 22: Interpretation and conclusions
Corresponding Subsections of Section 23: Recommendations
Corresponding Subsections of Section 24: References


Corresponding Subsections of Section 25: Reliance on information provided by the registrant

Dated this June 27, 2022

/s/ John Edwin Halkyard

John Edwin Halkyard

Signature of Authorized Person for

Deep Reach Technology Inc.,

a Qualified Third-Party Firm