The Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) was represented at the Pacific Small Island Developing States Regional Workshop on Deep Seabed Sustainable Blue Growth Initiative, held in Suva, Fiji, from 19 to 21 May 2026.
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The Cook Islands will be ready to harvest precious metals from the ocean floor in just five years.
Read MoreGSR Exploration Manager and marine geologist Francois Charlet said their research was successful. “We did a lot of deployment of freefall grabs to collect samples. We collected about 469kg of nodules which is quite a lot,” said Charlet.
Read Moreour Cook Islanders are to be included in a research team embarking on an expedition to explore the seabed near Aitutaki this month.
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