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Workshop Convened in Busan

Workshop Convened in Busan to Advance Regional Environmental Management Plan for the Northwest Pacific Ocean

During the 2025 Deep-sea Habitats of the Cook Islands expedition on Exploration Vessel Nautilus the team surveyed various seascapes to better understand seabed environments, and natural and mineral resources in the region. In this image, polymetallic nodules rest on sediment accumulated in a depression between rounded pillows and extended lobate lava flows, which are evidence of ancient volcanoes.

NOAA Scientists and Partners to Map Deep Waters and Seabed in the Cook Islands
Seastar on a polymetallic nodule.

New Scientific Review Assesses Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining
Merger Announcement

Odyssey and AOMC Announce Filing of Registration Statement in Connection with Proposed Merger
Impossible Metals

Impossible Metals Appoints New CEO to Build the World’s First Scalable Ocean Intelligence System
The first commercial nodule collection system will have a nameplate production capacity of 3.0 MTPA with the surface vessel Hidden Gem receiving nodules collected by two collector vehicles at a depth of 4 km.

TMC and Allseas Sign Commercial Agreement for the First Offshore Nodule Recovery Operation
The Metals Company deep sea nodule

NOAA Determines TMC USA’s Consolidated Deep-Seabed Mining Application is in Full Compliance
MV Anuanua Moana.

American Ocean Minerals Announces Research Vessel Deployment to Advance Deep-Sea Research
Image of geological samples from the seafloor that were collected via box core on April 14, 2026, in US waters off American Samoa.

NOAA Releases First Images of Nodules from Waters Near American Samoa

TMC Subsidiaries Submit Massive Deep-Sea Dataset to Public Database

Deep Sea Rare Minerals and The Metals Company USA Sign MoU to Explore Strategic Collaboration Opportunities
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