Poland may start deep-sea mining in the Pacific
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
24.02.2017 14:38
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Poland may start deep-sea mining in the Pacific
Few Poles actually know that their country has a sort of submarine plot located 500 miles southeast of Hawaii toward Mexico.
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It has an area of 75,000 km2, which roughly equates to one quarter of Poland’s surface.
A Polish-based consortium has received permits from the International Seabed Authority to explore the zone. Will the country be able to start tapping into a vast well of underwater resources in the near future? Michał Owczarek investigates.
"I think [technically] we could be quite optimistic here. Perhaps the deep-sea mining project for polymetallic nodules might be a reality within just a couple of years,” said Tomasz Abramowski Director General of Interoceanmetal.