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Drilling Derrick Dawn (Photo Credit: Neptune Minerals) "Land based mining has done a number on hillsides and forests. As a brand new indus- try, pioneering all sorts of techniques in uncharted waters, literally and figurative- ly, the undersea mining com- munity will be under close scrutiny and their operations must be unimpeachable. We have a good opportunity to make SMS mining commercial, acceptable and preferable to its land based alternatives." — Dr. Simon McDonald,

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