The Ledger
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Grogan: First commercial seabed mineral recovery will occur around 2028
“I think probably around twenty-twenty-eight is, is a fair guess.”
Grogan: Clarion-Clipperton Zone holds more nickel than all land resources combined
“There's an area called the Clarion-Cliberton Zone. It's between Mexico and Hawaii. It has a estimated resource of nickel that is larger than the entire global terrestrial nickel resource. So more than you have in the entire global terrestrial environment in th…”
Grogan: The ISA will pass deep sea exploitation regulations
“I think the ISA will pass its exploitation regulations. Whether they do that in July is, is a question that I can't answer. But I think there's, it will go ahead.”
Grogan: Seafloor massive sulfides can have 10x higher copper grades than land mines
“Now in something like sea floor massive sulfides, The grade can be 10 times as high as a typical terrestrial copper mine.”
Grogan: Nauru triggered a 2021 UN rule forcing deep-sea mining regulations
“So about two years ago, in July of 21 NARU, which is a sponsoring state of the metals company, which is a company, private company, or listed company that has exploration licenses, triggered what's known colloquially as the two-year rule. So it's a trigger und…”