Ocean Mining News

The Metals Royalty Company

onAugust 21, 2026

The Metals Royalty Company Announces Fully Allocated US$165 Million Financing to Fund Acquisition of Additional 1.0% Mesabi Royalty

TMCR has fully allocated a US$165 million financing package to fund its additional 1.0% Mesabi royalty and repay existing debt.

China’s First 500-Meter Sea Trial of a Seabed Polymetallic Nodule Collection System Passes Expert Acceptance

onAugust 19, 2026

Inside China’s Deep-Sea Mining Program

China sponsors five of the 32 exploration contracts administered by the…

National Initiatives

onAugust 19, 2026

NOAA Publishes TMC USA’s Consolidated Application for an Exploration License and Commercial Recovery Permit for TMC USA-A in the Federal Register

NOAA published TMC USA's consolidated USA-A application in the Federal…

The Metals Company

onAugust 18, 2026

GoldCoast Resource Corp. Provides Corporate Update

GoldCoast begins CSE trading as GCR, reports visible gold along 50…

GoldCoast

BOEM

onAugust 18, 2026

MMA Advances Potential Minerals Lease Sale Off Northern Mariana Islands

MMA publishes a Proposed Leasing Notice for a possible critical minerals lease sale offshore the Northern Mariana Islands.

The Metals Company

onAugust 18, 2026

NOAA Publishes Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for TMC USA’s USA-B Exploration License Application

NOAA opens an Environmental Impact Statement process for TMC USA's 122,000 square kilometre USA-B exploration licence bid.

The Metals Company

onAugust 14, 2026

TMC Provides Second Quarter 2026 Corporate Update

TMC posted a $60.1 million second quarter loss and about $143 million in liquidity as NOAA reviews its U.S. seabed applications.

Eco Minerals

onAugust 14, 2026

Eco Minerals Appoints Christopher Bauer as President of Deep Sea Vision, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary

Eco Minerals named Christopher Bauer president of its subsea survey subsidiary Deep Sea Vision, effective August 1, 2026.

Deep Sea Minerals

onAugust 11, 2026

Deep Sea Minerals Corp. Welcomes Growing U.S. Focus on Deep-sea Mining at American Mining Roundtable

Deep Sea Minerals backed the deep-sea mining push at Trump's American Mining Roundtable, where US$3 billion in financing was announced.

Namibian Marine Phosphate

onAugust 20, 2026

Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Project – Environmental Clearance Certificate Issued for Mining Licence ML 170

Namibia grants NMP a clearance certificate for ML 170, valid three years, with mining still not cleared to start.

GoldCoast

onAugust 10, 2026

Goldcoast Resource Corp. Commences Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange Under Symbol “GCR”

Goldcoast Resource begins trading on the CSE under GCR, taking its 10,000 sq km offshore Ghana gold package public.

Eco Minerals

onAugust 10, 2026

Eco Minerals Announces Procurement of Kongsberg HUGIN Superior Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Eco Minerals buys a 6,000 metre rated Kongsberg HUGIN Superior AUV for its Deep Sea Vision unit, expanding Pacific survey work.

American Ocean Minerals

onAugust 15, 2026

American Ocean Minerals Appoints Paul Warmé as Chief Financial Officer

American Ocean Minerals names Paul Warme CFO, adding 25 years of mining finance from BlueScope, Iluka and Rio Tinto.

PT Timah

onAugust 15, 2026

Violent Protest by Mining Community Groups in the Belitung Region

PT Timah declares an emergency after miners burn its Belitung supervision office and tin ore warehouse. No fatalities reported.

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