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326 <span class="title">29 kg/m2</span> 327 <span class="teaser"><p>High abundance â smaller area of disturbance / better economics</p></span> 328 329 <!-- No link --> 330 331 </div> 332 333 </div> 334 335 <div class="card"> 336 337 338 339 340 <div class="content"> 341 342 <span class="title">High Grade & Polymetallic</span> 343 <span class="teaser"><p>0.5% Cobalt, 0.23% Nickel, 15% Manganese, 0.13% Copper</p></span> 344 345 <!-- No link --> 346 347 </div> 348 349 </div> 350 351 <div class="card"> 352 353 354 355 356 <div class="content"> 357 358 <span class="title">No Excavating</span> 359 <span class="teaser"><p>Nodules lie exposed on top of the seafloor</p></span> 360 361 <!-- No link --> 362 363 </div> 364 365 </div> 366 367 <div class="card"> 368 369 370 371 372 <div class="content"> 373 374 <span class="title">Regulatory Framework</span> 375 <span class="teaser"><p>Established legal framework for underwater mining</p></span> 376 377 <!-- No link --> 378 379 </div> 380 381 </div> 382 383 </div> 384 </section></div> 385<div id="hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1640701075002" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> 386 387 388 389 <section class="u4m-slider-tabs widget_1640701075002 lazy 390 391 392 top-margin-default 393 394 395 396 bottom-margin-default 397 398 399 400 top-padding-medium 401 402 403 404 bottom-padding-medium 405 406 407 408 reverse-text 409 410 411 412" data-bg="https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hub/20656776/hubfs/dark-bg.jpg?length=1920&name=dark-bg.jpg" style=" "> 413 414 415 <style> 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 section.u4m-slider-tabs.widget_1640701075002 { background-color:rgba(31, 75, 81,0.35000000000000003); } 424 425 426 section.u4m-slider-tabs.widget_1640701075002 { background-size: cover; background-position: 50%;} 427 428 </style> 429 430 431 432<a class="anchor" id="widget_1640701075002"></a> 433 434 <div class="intro"> 435 436 <h2 class="heading">Path to Critical Mineral Production from Cook Island Nodules</h2> 437 <div class="bar"></div> 438 439 440 <p class="subheading">Multiple parallel research and development activities will be required to achieve critical minerals production from CI Nodules. </p> 441 442 </div> 443 <div class="slide-container nav-top"> 444 <div class="subnav "> 445 446 <div class="nav-item nav-item1 active " iteration="1"> 447 <a class="tab-navigation-text"> 448 Environmental & Social Impacts <span class="active-indicator"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></span> 449 </a> 450 451 </div> 452 <div class="slide-mobile" style="display:none;"> 453 454 455 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 456 457<div class="slide-column-2"> 458 <h3 class="slide-title">Path to Environmental Permitting</h3> 459 <span class="slide-content"><p>Environmental baselining is a critical activity, and information gathered will be used to update our Ecosystem model to allow us to understand cause and effect relationships between proposed future mining activities and portions of the ecosystem.</p> 460<p>Social impacts are also considered, and our program will include regular engagement with the Cook Islands community and other stakeholders to ensure we understand the risks and opportunities.</p> 461<p><a href="/cook-island-nodules-project/fact-based-exploration?hsLang=en" rel="noopener">Evidence-based Exploration</a></p></span> 462</div> 463</div> 464 </div> 465 466 <div class="nav-item nav-item2 " iteration="2"> 467 <a class="tab-navigation-text"> 468 Indicated Resource <span class="active-indicator"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></span> 469 </a> 470 471 </div> 472 <div class="slide-mobile" style="display:none;"> 473 474 475 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 476 477<div class="slide-column-2"> 478 <h3 class="slide-title">Resource Expansion and Upgraded to Indicated-Level Confidence</h3> 479 <span class="slide-content"><p>Our exploration program has sampled the entire license area and issued a JORC-Compliant resource report that upgrades our total in-situ nodule tonnage to over 500 million tons. Our studies collected seabed imagery, bathymetry, and backscatter data all in support of better understanding and scoping our resource.</p></span> 480</div> 481</div> 482 </div> 483 484 <div class="nav-item nav-item3 " iteration="3"> 485 <a class="tab-navigation-text"> 486 Nodule Recovery System <span class="active-indicator"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></span> 487 </a> 488 489 </div> 490 <div class="slide-mobile" style="display:none;"> 491 492 493 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 494 495<div class="slide-column-2"> 496 <h3 class="slide-title">Engineering Efficient, Low-impact Nodule Recovery Solutions</h3> 497 <span class="slide-content"><p>Our partner Transocean brings to the project their extensive experience in deep water drilling design and operations and riser handling. They have surveyed the seabed mining equipment market to identify the most promising technologies, many of which are mature and have undergone pilot testing in environments approaching our operational depths.</p> 498<p>Their engineering team is developing an integrated nodule recovery system concept in support of the Preliminary Feasibility assessment, a key milestone within Moanaâs exploration program. This integrated system will include nodule pickup, lift to surface vessel, dewatering, and transshipment to a remote site for processing, all with a focus towards performance and reliability and in support of commercial viability.</p> 499<p>
499In support of Transoceanâs design work, our exploration program will collect critical data associated with seabed mechanical properties, nodule physical properties, seabed terrain, water column, and other oceanographic data.</p></span> 500</div> 501</div> 502 </div> 503 504 <div class="nav-item nav-item4 " iteration="4"> 505 <a class="tab-navigation-text"> 506 Critical Metals Production <span class="active-indicator"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></span> 507 </a> 508 509 </div> 510 <div class="slide-mobile" style="display:none;"> 511 512 513 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 514 515<div class="slide-column-2"> 516 <h3 class="slide-title">Developing Optimized Metal Extraction & Recovery Process</h3> 517 <span class="slide-content"><p>Recovering the nodules from the seabed is only half of the project. Being able to cost-effectively process the nodules to produce metals and metal compounds critical for the manufacture of battery and other advanced energy and materials markets is just as critical. Our modified Cuprion process, as well as alternate techniques, must be proven at sufficient scale, in order to demonstrate a workable solution with understood economics and realizable options for implementation.</p></span> 518</div> 519</div> 520 </div> 521 522 <div class="nav-item nav-item5 " iteration="5"> 523 <a class="tab-navigation-text"> 524 Potential Future Mining <span class="active-indicator"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></span> 525 </a> 526 527 </div> 528 <div class="slide-mobile" style="display:none;"> 529 530 531 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 532 533<div class="slide-column-2"> 534 <h3 class="slide-title">Mining Applications Follow 5 Years of Exploration</h3> 535 <span class="slide-content"><p>Applications for mining will hinge upon results from ESIA and follow-on request for Environmental Permit to move on to operations.</p> 536<p>Commercial viability assessment as part of Preliminary Feasibility and Definitive Feasibility studies will also factor into decisions around future mining, and will consider market factors associated with target metals, costs to build the nodule recovery/mining system and processing plant (CAPEX) and costs to operate these systems (OPEX).</p></span> 537</div> 538</div> 539 </div> 540 541 </div> 542 <div class="slides"> 543 544 <div class="slide active slide1" iteration="1"> 545 546 547 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 548 549<div class="slide-column-2"> 550 <h3 class="slide-title">Path to Environmental Permitting</h3> 551 <span class="slide-content"><p>Environmental baselining is a critical activity, and information gathered will be used to update our Ecosystem model to allow us to understand cause and effect relationships between proposed future mining activities and portions of the ecosystem.</p> 552<p>Social impacts are also considered, and our program will include regular engagement with the Cook Islands community and other stakeholders to ensure we understand the risks and opportunities.</p> 553<p><a href="/cook-island-nodules-project/fact-based-exploration?hsLang=en" rel="noopener">Evidence-based Exploration</a></p></span> 554</div> 555</div> 556 </div> 557 558 <div class="slide slide2" iteration="2"> 559 560 561 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 562 563<div class="slide-column-2"> 564 <h3 class="slide-title">Resource Expansion and Upgraded to Indicated-Level Confidence</h3> 565 <span class="slide-content"><p>Our exploration program has sampled the entire license area and issued a JORC-Compliant resource report that upgrades our total in-situ nodule tonnage to over 500 million tons. Our studies collected seabed imagery, bathymetry, and backscatter data all in support of better understanding and scoping our resource.</p></span> 566</div> 567</div> 568 </div> 569 570 <div class="slide slide3" iteration="3"> 571 572 573 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 574 575<div class="slide-column-2"> 576 <h3 class="slide-title">Engineering Efficient, Low-impact Nodule Recovery Solutions</h3> 577 <span class="slide-content"><p>Our partner Transocean brings to the project their extensive experience in deep water drilling design and operations and riser handling. They have surveyed the seabed mining equipment market to identify the most promising technologies, many of which are mature and have undergone pilot testing in environments approaching our operational depths.</p> 578<p>Their engineering team is developing an integrated nodule recovery system concept in support of the Preliminary Feasibility assessment, a key milestone within Moanaâs exploration program. This integrated system will include nodule pickup, lift to surface vessel, dewatering, and transshipment to a remote site for processing, all with a focus towards performance and reliability and in support of commercial viability.</p> 579<p>
579In support of Transoceanâs design work, our exploration program will collect critical data associated with seabed mechanical properties, nodule physical properties, seabed terrain, water column, and other oceanographic data.</p></span> 580</div> 581</div> 582 </div> 583 584 <div class="slide slide4" iteration="4"> 585 586 587 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 588 589<div class="slide-column-2"> 590 <h3 class="slide-title">Developing Optimized Metal Extraction & Recovery Process</h3> 591 <span class="slide-content"><p>Recovering the nodules from the seabed is only half of the project. Being able to cost-effectively process the nodules to produce metals and metal compounds critical for the manufacture of battery and other advanced energy and materials markets is just as critical. Our modified Cuprion process, as well as alternate techniques, must be proven at sufficient scale, in order to demonstrate a workable solution with understood economics and realizable options for implementation.</p></span> 592</div> 593</div> 594 </div> 595 596 <div class="slide slide5" iteration="5"> 597 598 599 <div class="slide-inner top-navigation one-column"> 600 601<div class="slide-column-2"> 602 <h3 class="slide-title">Mining Applications Follow 5 Years of Exploration</h3> 603 <span class="slide-content"><p>Applications for mining will hinge upon results from ESIA and follow-on request for Environmental Permit to move on to operations.</p> 604<p>Commercial viability assessment as part of Preliminary Feasibility and Definitive Feasibility studies will also factor into decisions around future mining, and will consider market factors associated with target metals, costs to build the nodule recovery/mining system and processing plant (CAPEX) and costs to operate these systems (OPEX).</p></span> 605</div> 606</div> 607 </div> 608 609 </div> 610 </div> 611 </section></div> 612<div id="hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1639601101392" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> 613 614 615 <section class="u4m-cta-row widget_1639601101392 616 617 618 top-margin-large 619 620 621 622 bottom-margin-large 623 624 625 626 top-padding-default 627 628 629 630 bottom-padding-default 631 632 633 634 635 636" style=" "> 637 638 639 <style> 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 </style> 649 650 651 652<a class="anchor" id="widget_1639601101392"></a> 653 <div class="inner "> 654 <div class="copy"> 655 <h2 class="heading">Start a Conversation</h2> 656 657 <p class="text">Interested in learning more about our Cook Islands initiative, how our work lends itself to a more sustainable future, or just have general inquiries? Connect with us today.</p> 658 659 <div class="cta"> 660 661 <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1639601101392_" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_cta" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="cta"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class="hs-cta-wrapper" id="hs-cta-wrapper-59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec"><span class="hs-cta-node hs-cta-59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec" id="hs-cta-59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id="hs-cta-ie-element"></div><![endif]--><a href="https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20656776/59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec"><img class="hs-cta-img" id="hs-cta-img-59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec" style="border-width:0px;" src="https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20656776/59d31737-7007-4da5-ab00-19aac724d7ec.png" alt="Get In Touch"></a></span>
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