"Mining in the deep sea for minerals is uncharted territory, but one company is well on its way to making it a reality. Now, the company is trying to convince skeptical audiences it's a good idea.
Shontel Norgate, chief financial officer of Nautilus Minerals Inc., pitched a roomful of ocean advocates at last month's World Ocean Summit on the idea of deep-sea mining for minerals like copper and gold.
Mining offshore, said Norgate, has a smaller environmental footprint than mining on land. Plus, she said, it doesn't require relocating communities or accounting for other human consequences of terrestrial mining. Deep-sea mining, she argued, 'appears to be significantly better from environmental and social perspective.'"
Kate Sheppard reports for Huffington Post July 7, 2015.
"Mining Heads Into The Deep Sea, Raising Environmental Concerns"
Source: Huffington Post, 07/09/2015