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Prediction Open · timeframe May 2029
Smit: Cook Islands seabed mining is 2 to 4 years from production
“We probably two to four years away from first production is, is where we are in the cooks.”
Hans Smit May 22, 2025 ▶ 22:49 What to make of Trump's deep-sea minerals push
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2028
Smit: Ocean Minerals project will yield ~$500M annual free cash flow
“The mining system CAPEX is around five hundred million dollars you know, the processing plant probably around two billion dollars but what, For that investment, do you get in return for your project? So, you know, our project is in anywhere between three and f…”
Hans Smit May 22, 2025 ▶ 31:59 What to make of Trump's deep-sea minerals push
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