Seabed Minerals: Geoscience, Technology, Governance and Economic Reality
Tracks
Critical Raw Materials
| Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
| 3:45 PM - 5:25 PM |
| Room 3 |
Speaker
Thomas Kuhn
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Polymetallic manganese nodules, ferromanganese crusts and massive sulfides: the mineral wealth of the deep sea
3:50 PM - 4:05 PM
Dr Ebbe Hvidegård Hartz
Aker BP
Norwegian Seabed Minerals: Uncertainty, Potential and Choices
4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
Mr Steve Curnutte
Executive Chairman
Impossible Metals, Inc.
One Platform, Many Missions: Environmental Design and Economic Viability in Autonomous Seabed Systems
4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
Ms Farida Mustafina
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Economic Feasibility of Deep-Sea Mining: Accounting for Uncertainty in Investment Decisions
4:35 PM - 4:50 PM
Eugeniy Lisitsyn
MEM
Vertical CSEM for Deep-Sea Sulphide Resource Appraisal
4:50 PM - 5:05 PMChair A
Anna Lim
Business Development Manager
Viridien
Chair B
Nicholas Arndt
Geologist
Caur Technologies
Chair C
Christian Müller
Head of Sub-Department – Marine Resource Exploration
BGR
