Impossible Metals onAugust 4, 2026 Impossible Metals Appoints Mike Regan as Chief Growth Officer to Lead Capital Strategy and Growth Impossible Metals named venture investor Mike Regan as Chief Growth Officer to lead capital strategy ahead of its Eureka III rollout.
Impossible Metals onAugust 4, 2026 Testimony of Impossible Metals CEO and Co-Founder Oliver Gunasekara before the House Natural Resources Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara testified to Congress on deep-sea mining's potential to expand U.S. mineral output.
onAugust 4, 2026 GSR calls on ISA Member States to adopt regulations on mineral exploitation Global Sea Mineral Resources urged ISA Member States to finalize deep-sea mining exploitation regulations after 11 years.
Impossible Metals onAugust 4, 2026 Impossible Metals Applies for Deep Sea Mining Lease in U.S. Federal Waters Impossible Metals became the first firm to seek a BOEM deep-sea mining lease off American Samoa under a 1953 U.S. law.
onAugust 4, 2026 A Miner Goes Bust, Another Goes Solo as Progress on U.N. Seabed Rules Stalls Loke Marine Minerals, which raised $30 million since 2019, filed for bankruptcy amid stalled progress on seabed mining rules.
onAugust 4, 2026 Report Delivers Positive News A Sweco environmental report on Bothnian Bay manganese nodule extraction found low pollutant levels and no red-listed species.
Cobalt Seabed Resources Moana Minerals onAugust 7, 2026 Landmark Deepsea Environment Moorings Successfully Deployed in the Cook Islands Moana Minerals and Cobalt Seabed Resources deployed the Cook Islands' first deep-sea environmental monitoring moorings.
onAugust 4, 2026 Deep seabed mining sediment plume study published in Nature Communications A Nature Communications study from GSR and BGR tracked sediment plumes from a deep-sea nodule mining trial, finding rapid redeposition.
Impossible Metals onAugust 4, 2026 Impossible Metals Successfully Demonstrates Eureka II to Stakeholders and Shows How Its Costs are One-Third Less Compared to the Competition Impossible Metals demonstrated its Eureka II AUV, showing costs about one-third lower than competing dredge-based nodule mining systems.
Impossible Metals onAugust 4, 2026 Impossible Metals is Collaborating with BGR to Test Its Hovering Selective Harvesting Robot for Collecting Critical Metals from the Seabed Impossible Metals will test its Eureka III nodule-collecting AUV with Germany's BGR in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in January 2026.