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More deep sea research is to be undertaken in Cook Island waters before the end of the 2019 year. Another company, Ocean Minerals Ltd (OML) who have reserved areas in the CI EEZ will be conducting similar research to that undertaken earlier this year. In addition OML will also collect biological samples from the sediment as well as conductivity, temperature and depth data. Cook Islanders will again be heavily involved in this upcoming research survey.
Read MoreThe Cook Islands will be ready to harvest precious metals from the ocean floor in just five years.
Read MoreThe impact of carbon emissions from undersea mining hadn’t previously been assessed, writes Gerald McCormack, from the Natural Heritage Trust. He analyses the risk and advises a precautionary approach.
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.
Read MoreCI SBMA GIS Officer, Rima Browne partook in a 3-week voyage with New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) as part of their ROBES (Resilience of benthic communities to the effects of sedimentation) project.
Read MoreCook Islands’ declaration of two million square kilometres of ocean as “sacred” captured the imagination of delegates at a major oceans conference in New Caledonia this week.
Read MoreIn the first week of April, the northern group outer islands of Rakahanga and Manihiki were the final island communities in the Pa Enua to receive the latest seabed minerals sector update and draft SBM Bill presentation.
Read MoreThe Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) has training opportunities available for Cook Islander graduates to do internships in Singapore and Korea.
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