Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production.”

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee on Natural Resources)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (10:15 AM - 12:15 PM)

1324 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Mr. Gerard Barron
CEO and Chairman, The Metals Company, Raleigh, NC

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  • Testimony Barron [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1995 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1993 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1991 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1989 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1987 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1983 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1981 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA 1981 Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Final Technical Guidance Document 1981 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • NOAA Final Environmental Impact Statement 1994 [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • 30 USC Ch. 26_ DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:05 PM
  • 15 CFR Part 970 - DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES _ Electronic Code of Federal Regulations [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:05 PM
  • NOAA 1984 Deep Seabed Mining Draft Environmental Impact Statement [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:05 PM
  • NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Management Inc [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:33 PM
  • NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Minerals Co [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:33 PM
  • NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Kennecott Consortium [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 05:33 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Barron [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • CV Barron [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM

Mr. Oliver Gunasekara
CEO and Co-Founder, Impossible Metals, San Jose, CA

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  • Testimony Gunasekera [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Gunasekara [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Gunasekara Bio [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM

Mr. Duncan Currie
Legal Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Center, Christchurch, New Zealand

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  • Testimony Currie [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Currie [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Currie Bio [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM

Dr. Thomas Peacock
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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  • Testimony Peacock [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Peacock [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM
  • Resume Peacock [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 04:56 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 04/29/2025 at 01:13 PM

First Published: April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Last Updated: April 29, 2025 at 05:33 PM