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onJuly 7, 2025

Gerard Barron on CNBC Mad Money

Key points TMC’s stock has risen more than 400% this year, a move CEO Gerard Barron linked to an April executive order that gave the deep-sea mining industry a regulatory framework. The company’s license areas, about 1,000 miles southwest of San Diego, hold an estimated 2 billion…

onJuly 5, 2025

Eureka II in Action

onJune 27, 2025

Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Oliver Gunasekara and 2024 Annual Report Review

Key points Impossible Metals plans to test its Eureka 3 underwater collector robot in BGR’s exploration contract area, with operations expected around 2027. The company projects all-in sustaining costs of roughly $1,500 per metric ton of nickel, approximately one-tenth the cost of…

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onJune 25, 2025

Interior Department Streamlines Offshore Mineral Rules to Secure U.S. Supply Chains

The Interior Department unveiled reforms on June 25, 2025 to speed up permitting for offshore critical mineral exploration.

Regulations

onJune 16, 2025

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Opposes Deepsea Mining

PNG PM James Marape opposes deep-sea mining even as New Ireland officials back reviving the Solwara 1 project with NIU Solwara.

Education

onJune 13, 2025

Bankruptcies in the Deep-Sea Mining Industry

No company has launched commercial deep-sea mining as of 2025; Deepsea Ventures and Nautilus Minerals both went bankrupt.

onJune 7, 2025

China Strengthens ISA Ties as U.S. Pushes Rival Deep-Sea Framework

ISA Secretary-General Michael Lodge visited China to strengthen seabed mining cooperation as the U.S. pursues a rival framework.

onMay 22, 2025

Webinar: Mining the Seabed – Potential Impacts on Supply Chains and Global Geopolitics

Key points RAND researchers Tom LaTourrette and Fabian Villalobos present a co-authored report analyzing seabed mining’s impact on critical mineral supply chains, terrestrial mining revenue, and geopolitics. The report projects nickel and cobalt demand could double, or rise as much as…

Regulations

onMay 20, 2025

Interior Launches First Offshore Mineral Lease Near American Samoa

The Interior Department launched its first offshore mineral lease evaluation near American Samoa in more than three decades.

onMay 8, 2025

Green Minerals Q1 2025 presentation

Key points Green Minerals raised 11 million crowns in an oversubscribed equity issue and cut its quarterly cash run rate by approximately 80%, extending the company’s runway to around 5 years. The company extended its memorandum of understanding for a Clarion-Clipperton Zone license…

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