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Key points Geologist Rick Miller of subcontractor Leap Energy describes the Box Corer program, which is classifying, photographing, weighing and recording nodules collected on the expedition. The campaign is collecting 126 box cores from water depths of 4,200 to 4,500 meters. Nodules are…

Key points Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), a subsidiary of DeepGreen Metals sponsored by the government of Nauru, holds a UN International Seabed Authority contract area of 5,000 square kilometers between Hawaii and Mexico, more than 3,500 times the size of Nauru. A two-month survey…

Key points Kingston Process Metallurgy, led by project leader Trevor LaBelle, is running small-scale test work for DeepGreen on manganese sea nodules using several-hundred-gram samples ahead of a large-scale pilot. The process starts with calcination: crushed nodules are weighed, mixed with…

Key points CSA Ocean Sciences deployed three moorings in the NORI exploration area to track currents, temperature and other water conditions, with the longest running 4,000 meters and the others 500 meters and 32 meters. The team collected water samples down to about 4,200 meters using a…

Key points Crew members describe offshore shifts as five days’ sail from land, with long stretches away from family. One worker likens the project to the early oil industry, calling it “the frontier of a new industry” with potential to sustain generations of jobs. Staff…

Key points Raphael Di Carlo Silva Dos Santos, from Brazil, took part in DeepGreen’s environmental expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone. His participation was part of a training program run by the International Seabed Authority.

Key points The Metals Company deployed moorings during Expedition 4A to study the deep ocean environment in the Clarion Clipperton Zone.

Key points The video is an animated 3D illustration depicting The Metals Company’s planned system for collecting polymetallic nodules from the deep sea floor. It shows the process of bringing the nodules to the surface and transporting them for processing. The company describes the…

Key points CEO Gerard Barron answers a question from Mandy Weese, HSE Advisor and Paramedic aboard the Maersk Launcher, on how he would explain DeepGreen’s work to a class of kindergarteners. Barron frames the company’s seafloor polymetallic nodules as a supply of metals needed…

Key points Lucía Alejandra Villar Muñoz, from Chile, joined DeepGreen’s environmental expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone. Her participation is part of the International Seabed Authority’s training program.