Subsea Mineral Intelligence

The ocean floor holds more strategic minerals than all known land-based reserves. None of it is mapped for prospectivity.

TethysIQ aggregates, normalizes, and scores fragmented public seafloor geological data — surfacing ranked, actionable mineral target zones to those who deploy capital and equipment in the deep.

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300K+
Known mineral deposit
occurrences indexed
150K+
Seafloor sample
locations indexed
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Authoritative public
data sources unified
0
Direct competitors
in this exact space
The Problem

Critical mineral demand is
accelerating. The data is scattered.

01 / DEMAND
The energy transition runs on minerals most governments cannot reliably source

EVs, grid storage, defense electronics, and semiconductor supply chains each depend on cobalt, nickel, manganese, and rare earths. Demand projections for these elements outpace every known terrestrial reserve scenario by 2040.

02 / LOCATION
The largest untapped concentrations are on the seafloor — polymetallic nodules, crusts, sulfides

The Clarion-Clipperton Zone alone is estimated to hold more nickel, cobalt, and manganese than all currently mined land deposits combined. Seafloor deposits are not a fringe resource. They are the primary strategic reserve.

03 / INTELLIGENCE
Prospectivity intelligence for terrestrial deposits is a billion-dollar market. For seafloor: zero.

KoBold Metals raised $1.2B to do AI-driven prospectivity for land deposits. No equivalent platform exists for the ocean floor. The data exists — scattered across dozens of authoritative public repositories. It has never been unified and scored.

The Platform

Authoritative geological data.
One intelligence layer.

TethysIQ does not generate data. It does what no one has done before: unifies the world's fragmented seafloor geological record into a single queryable intelligence layer — then scores it.

Mineral Occurrence Registries
300K+ georeferenced deposit records from leading national and international geological survey bodies
Geochemical Sample Databases
Multi-million record repositories of element concentration measurements from seafloor sample programs
Oceanographic Sample Archives
150K+ seafloor sample locations from decades of international oceanographic cruise programs
Regulatory Zone Registries
Exploration contract zone polygons from international seabed governance bodies
Satellite & Ocean Observation Systems
Environmental and bathymetric context layers from major Earth observation programs
// Intelligence Pipeline
01
Acquire & Unify
Authoritative geological and oceanographic datasets — normalized, reconciled, and unified into a single queryable intelligence layer. The foundational work that makes the data actually usable.
02
Enrich & Contextualize
Jurisdiction tagging, deposit classification, and proprietary geochemical analysis applied across every sample and occurrence in the database.
03
Score & Deliver
AI prospectivity scoring per ocean floor grid cell. Output: ranked mineral target zones with confidence metrics, delivered via interactive map, report, and API.
Customers

Built for those who deploy
capital and equipment in the deep.

Junior Mining
Exploration Companies

De-risk seafloor exploration targeting before committing to survey campaigns or ISA application fees. Know where to look before you spend.

→ Pre-campaign prospectivity screening
→ ISA application zone prioritization
→ Competitive concession intelligence
PE & Resource Funds
Investment & Diligence

An independent intelligence layer for diligencing subsea concession investments, royalty deals, and junior miner financings. Data-backed, not pitch-backed.

→ Concession zone due diligence
→ Portfolio prospectivity ranking
→ Strategic mineral supply analysis
Nation-States
Maritime Agencies & Governments

EEZ strategic mineral inventory. Understand what your exclusive economic zone contains before others do. Jurisdiction-tagged, sovereignty-aware.

→ EEZ resource inventory
→ Strategic mineral mapping
→ Treaty and concession negotiation support
Autonomous Deployment Layer

TethysIQ mineral targeting layers are being designed for integration with autonomous underwater vehicle deployment workflows.

The logical evolution of mineral prospectivity intelligence is not just a map — it is a direct interface with the systems that physically reach the seafloor. TethysIQ is being architected to serve as a "where to deploy" targeting layer for AUV and ROV operators: scored zones as mission parameters, not as PDF reports.

// Integration design in progress — inquiries from AUV/ROV platform operators welcome

TARGET TYPE Polymetallic Nodule Field
DEPTH 4,100 – 4,800 m
CONFIDENCE 0.87 / 1.00
EEZ International Waters
ISA Zone CCZ-K
PRIORITY RANK #3 of 1,240 cells
Early Access

Request
a Briefing.

TethysIQ is in active development. We are selectively briefing exploration companies, resource investors, government maritime agencies, and AUV/ROV platform operators ahead of our first intelligence product release.

This is not a waitlist. Each inquiry is reviewed individually. We will respond with a short briefing document and, where appropriate, a direct conversation.

Your information is not shared or sold. We respond to every serious inquiry personally.
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