Bahrain Sponsors Impossible Metals Deep Sea Mining Permit Application

US-Bahrain Partnership Boosts Trump's Seabed Mining Strategy

Donald Trump’s push to build a US stockpile of critical minerals from the seabed has gained fresh momentum after Bahrain threw its weight behind a California start-up.According to a Financial Times report, Bahrain has agreed to sponsor Impossible Metals, a Silicon Valley start-up that wants to mine a patchwork of zones in the Pacific Ocean spanning about 75,000 square kilometers. As things currently stand, US companies cannot directly obtain lic…

Bahrain backs US deep-sea mining company

Bahrain has sponsored the application by deep-sea mining company Impossible Metals for a mining permit with the International Seabed Authority. It is the first Middle Eastern country to support the fledgling industry and is part of Bahrain’s economic diversification push. Privately held Impossible Metals last Friday filed a 170-page application with the Jamaica-based ISA for a permit to mine part of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipper…

Bahrain Sponsors Impossible Metals Deep Sea Mining Permit Application

Bahrain has sponsored deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals' application for a mining permit with the International Seabed Authority, becoming the first Middle Eastern country to throw its support behind the fledgling industry as part of an…