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title: ""The world's first deep-sea mining operation will kick off in early…"
date: 2017-03-27
source: facebook
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# "The world's first deep-sea mining operation will kick off in early…

*March 27, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-deep-sea-mining-venture-set-to-launch-in-2019-2327856967.html?utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletters&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=49308433&\_hsenc=p2ANqtz-\_dtkW70AXuDS0jmp4qeHp2oFt_0byRL_yUezro5FdQPXURErm9oq73tQgqnXOs-V5bm76aT5z-\_JXq_M8LLvb1cCqMRw&\_hsmi=49308433](http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-deep-sea-mining-venture-set-to-launch-in-2019-2327856967.html?utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletters&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=49308433&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_dtkW70AXuDS0jmp4qeHp2oFt_0byRL_yUezro5FdQPXURErm9oq73tQgqnXOs-V5bm76aT5z-_JXq_M8LLvb1cCqMRw&_hsmi=49308433){target="_blank"}
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\"The world\'s first deep-sea mining operation will kick off in early 2019 when a Canadian firm, Nautilus Minerals Inc., lowers a trio of massive remote-controlled mining robots to the floor of the Bismarck Sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea in pursuit of rich copper and gold reserves.\"\
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[http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-deep-sea-mining-venture-set-to-launch-in-2019-2327856967.html](http://www.seeker.com/worlds-first-deep-sea-mining-venture-set-to-launch-in-2019-2327856967.html){target="_blank"}\
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Via @\[1682619551992899:274:Plethora\]\'s excellent newsletter.
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