Claims: A Bay Area financial analyst wants a piece of this mineral-rich seabed surrounded by 3 Pacific nations
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- title: A Bay Area financial analyst wants a piece of this mineral-rich seabed surrounded by 3 Pacific nations Source
- url: https://grist.org/oceans/american-deep-sea-minerals-application-pacific-island-fisheries/ Source
- summary: Last summer, at the United Nations Ocean Conference, French Polynesia established the world’s largest contiguous marine protected area, reinforcing its 2022 ban on seabed mining. “The deep sea is not for sale,” France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said at the time. A year later, that might not hold true for the waters just beyond French Polynesia’s maritime border. A little-known American startup is seeking the Trump administration’s approval to lease 25 million acres of international wate… Source
- published: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000 Source