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PRIMARY-SOURCE LIBRARY

Follow the document. Not the echo.

These configured public records are where monitoring begins. A source’s presence establishes its location and evidence class—not what any future document proves.

READ THE WHOLE SHAPE

The source is not the story. It is the permission to begin.

This desk shows where a claim starts, how it is tested, and why a public record can still be incomplete.

  1. STARTFind the primary record

    Agency, SEC, partner, port, science, and government records are watched by class—not treated as interchangeable.

    Browse source classes
  2. TESTMatch the exact action

    A useful receipt preserves the source, date, quotation, and what the record actually says.

    Read the method
  3. PUBLISHKeep the claim smaller than the evidence

    Review can approve a precise story. It cannot turn a lead, plan, or pathway into an outcome.

    Open trackers
WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE

A configured source is not proof of a future TMC action. A live page, a filing, or a search result must still support the exact claim before it becomes public coverage.

SOURCE CLASS

U.S. regulation

Agency status, notices, and dockets are different records. None is collapsed into permit issuance.

tier 0government program status

NOAA DSHMRA application status

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
noaa_dshmra_status
Monitoring cadence
30 minutes
tier 0federal register api

Federal Register NOAA deep-seabed records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
federal_register_noaa
Monitoring cadence
60 minutes
tier 0regulations api

Regulations.gov DSHMRA dockets

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
regulations_dshmra
Monitoring cadence
2 hours
SOURCE CLASS

Brownsville

Port, utility, municipal, county, permit, and incentive records provide infrastructure context; they do not establish TMC site control, an award, or construction.

tier 0official port newsroom

Port of Brownsville official releases

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
port_brownsville_news
Monitoring cadence
6 hours
tier 0official meeting records

Brownsville Navigation District agendas and minutes

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
port_brownsville_minutes
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0municipal utility meeting records

Brownsville Public Utilities Board meeting records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
brownsville_pub_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0municipal procurement records

City of Brownsville public bid and agenda records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
brownsville_city_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0county meeting records

Cameron County commissioners court records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
cameron_county_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0state environmental permit records

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permit records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
tceq_permits
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0state local incentive records

Texas Comptroller local incentive records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
texas_comptroller_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
SOURCE CLASS

Operations

A counterparty newsroom can establish what Allseas stated, not completed commercial execution by itself.

tier 1counterparty newsroom

Allseas newsroom

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
allseas_news
Monitoring cadence
6 hours
SOURCE CLASS

SEC, ownership & company record

Filings and issuer materials are primary records for what was filed or stated. They do not independently verify every underlying claim.

tier 0sec submissions api

SEC issuer submissions for TMC

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
sec_tmc_submissions
Monitoring cadence
15 minutes on filing days; 60 minutes otherwise
tier 1issuer filing mirror

TMC SEC filing archive

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
sec_tmc_filings_archive
Monitoring cadence
30 minutes
tier 0sec issuer filings

The Metals Royalty Co. SEC filings

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
tmcr_filings
Monitoring cadence
60 minutes
tier 1company newsroom

TMC press releases

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
tmc_press_releases
Monitoring cadence
30 minutes
tier 1company presentations

TMC events and presentations

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
tmc_presentations
Monitoring cadence
2 hours
SOURCE CLASS

International & ocean science

Authority, tribunal, dataset, and scholarly discovery records remain separate evidence types with separate limits.

tier 0international authority records

International Seabed Authority news and documents

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
isa_news
Monitoring cadence
6 hours
tier 0international authority dataset

ISA DeepData

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
isa_deepdata
Monitoring cadence
daily or weekly
tier 0international tribunal case records

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea case records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
itlos_cases
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 2scholarly discovery manual verification required

Peer-reviewed TMC-related discovery

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
peer_reviewed_tmc
Monitoring cadence
weekly
SOURCE CLASS

Government financing & procurement

A program, opportunity, consortium, or public award record is not a commitment, closing, or TMC award unless the exact record says so.

tier 0federal development finance records

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation public records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
dfc_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal export finance records

Export-Import Bank of the United States public records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
exim_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal energy program records

DOE Critical Minerals and Materials Program

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
doe_critical_minerals
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal commerce newsroom

U.S. Department of Commerce public newsroom

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
commerce_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily manual check
tier 1defense industrial consortium records

Defense Industrial Base Consortium public records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
dibc_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal defense contract records

Department of Defense contracts feed

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
dod_contracts
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal contract opportunities api

SAM.gov contract opportunities

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
sam_contract_opportunities
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal grants api

Grants.gov public opportunities

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
grants_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily
tier 0federal awards api

USAspending public award records

Open public record
Receipt details
Registry ID
usaspending_public_records
Monitoring cadence
daily