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2022

Cabinet approves Seabed Minerals Exploration Licences

https://www.sbma.gov.ck/news-3/article-87 and to learn more about Moana Minerals Limited, http://moana.co.ck

 

2020

OML – ALTA 2020

Dr. Colin Seaborn presents an update on the results of successful metallurgical testing of Cook Island polymetallic nodules

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OML – Cook Islands Launches Nodule Exploration Licensing Program

Cook Islands’ Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a declaration officially opening up areas of their seabed for applicants to submit exploration license applications.

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OML – Tesla growth

“Deep-sea miners see Tesla growth as signal to pluck cobalt………..” recent article published on E&E CimateWire.

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2019

OML – December – Cook Islands

While we are all happily enjoying our Christmas Day on dry land this year, the crew and OML Technical team will be at sea undertaking a special deep sea Research expedition, north of Aitutaki.

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OML – September – Sanya City, Hainan, China

Hans Smit, Dave Huber and Karl Winter of OML shall be attending and sponsoring at the Underwater Mining Conference, Hainan, China, 22-27 September 2019.

We also look forward to demonstrating our environmental data collection application – PelagOS.

OML – August – Washington DC

On 21 August OML Founder and Chairman John Halkyard and President Hans Smit presented a 1-hour seminar entitled “Mining the Deep Seabed: A viable approach to meeting the critical needs of the U.S. for secure, responsibly sourced metals for a green energy future” as part of the USGS NMIC Seminar series

(https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/nmic-seminars). 

 

In this meeting, OML presented an industry perspective as to the viability of seabed mining as the solution for looming supply deficits and import dependencies for a number of critical metals.

OML – June  – San Diego, California

The OML team shall be attending, presenting and sponsoring at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, 24-27 June 2019.

2018

OML – New York

The Ocean Minerals team traveled to New York in April to meet with investors and to present at Murdock Capital Partners Symposium.

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OML – Cook Islands

OML visit Cook Islands, March 2018

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2017

OML – Cook Islands

Nodules agreement September 29, 2017

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2016

OML – Cook Islands

Sediments agreement September 9, 2016

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