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Glomar'ing for more Manganese Nodules ;)



http://motherboard.vice.com/read/deep-sea-gold-rush
November 17, 2015
Here in Papua New Guinea, one well-financed, first-mover company is
about to pioneer deep sea mining. And that will mean dispatching a
fleet of giant remote-operated robotic miners 5,000 feet below the
surface to harvest the riches scattered across ocean floor. These
mammoth underwater vehicles look like theyâ??ve been hauled off the set
of a sci-fi filmâ??think Avatar meets The Abyss. And they'll be dredging
up ... manganese nodulesâ??metal-rich clumpsâ??awaiting extraction in
near-limitless supply.