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onAugust 4, 2026

BOEM Advances Offshore Minerals Planning Efforts in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

BOEM advanced offshore critical minerals planning in the Pacific, completing area identification off American Samoa and seeking CNMI input.

onAugust 4, 2026

Japan and the U.S. launched a joint study of deep-sea rare earth mud near Minamitori Island, targeting 350 tonnes a day by 2027.

onAugust 4, 2026

The U.S. and the Cook Islands launched a new seabed mineral research partnership, timed to the islands' 60th anniversary.

onAugust 4, 2026

Tonga is weighing a new deep sea mining deal with The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), expanding their 2021 Clarion Clipperton Zone pact.

onAugust 4, 2026

The US told the ISA Assembly's 30th session it remains unbound by UNCLOS seabed mining rules, a position held consistently since 1982.

onAugust 4, 2026

Nauru signed a new deal with The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) worth up to US$515 million, backing the US route to seabed mining.

onAugust 4, 2026

ISA negotiations on a 107-provision deep-sea mining code ended without agreement as 37 countries call for a moratorium.

onAugust 4, 2026

BOEM extended the comment period on a potential seabed minerals lease sale off American Samoa to August 15, 2025.

onAugust 4, 2026

NOAA proposed consolidating deep seabed mining exploration and commercial recovery permits into a single streamlined application.

onAugust 4, 2026

A WSJ video explains Norway's push to explore an estimated $92 billion of deep-sea minerals between Norway and Greenland.