Seabed Minerals: Geoscience, Technology, Governance and Economic Reality

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Critical Raw Materials
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
3:45 PM - 5:25 PM

Speaker

Thomas Kuhn
Marine geologist and project manager
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
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Dr Ebbe Hvidegård Hartz
Aker BP

Norwegian Seabed Minerals: Uncertainty, Potential and Choices

4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
Steve Curnutte
Executive Chairman
Impossible Metals

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 PM

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