Native Mining and Minerals is committed to commissioning independent, peer-reviewed and reproducible research before any commercial mining takes place. This research will study the potential impacts of deep-sea mining and we will share that information with the international community once investigations have concluded.

Our collectors are being engineered to only remove most nodule cover around the top 5 centimeters of sediment. Recovery can start naturally and immediately after the collector moves on. 

All mining practices are extractive and there is no perfect or completely harmless option. Mining on land has driven species extinction and biodiversity loss for centuries.

Even in countries with stringent environmental regulations, biodiversity-related impact studies typically focus only on keystone species above ground. They do not consider biodiversity comprehensively and overlook the estimated 99% of microbial species and 80% of worm species yet to be studied under the soil.

No ecosystem is immune to the impacts of industrial society, including the deepest parts of the ocean. In its upper layers (0–2,000 meters), the ocean continues to warm unabated. It’s likely that this surface warming impacts the deep sea.