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
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1995
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1993
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1991
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1989
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1987
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1983
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Report to Congress 1981
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- NOAA 1981 Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
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- NOAA Deep Seabed Mining Final Technical Guidance Document 1981
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- NOAA Final Environmental Impact Statement 1994
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- 30 USC Ch. 26_ DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
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- 15 CFR Part 970 - DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES _ Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
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- NOAA 1984 Deep Seabed Mining Draft Environmental Impact Statement
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04/29/2025 at 05:05 PM
- NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Management Inc
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- NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Ocean Minerals Co
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- NOAA 1984 Final Environmental Impact Statement Kennecott Consortium
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04/29/2025 at 05:33 PM
- Truth in Testimony Barron
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- CV Barron
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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
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- Gunasekara QFR Response
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- Truth in Testimony Gunasekara
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- Gunasekara Bio
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Mr. Duncan Currie
Legal Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Center, Christchurch, New Zealand
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04/29/2025 at 01:13 PM
- Testimony Currie
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- Currie QFR Response
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- Truth in Testimony Currie
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- Currie Bio
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Dr. Thomas Peacock
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Testimony Peacock
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- Peacock QFR Response
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Truth in Testimony Peacock
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- Resume Peacock
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Support Documents
- Hearing Notice
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- Hearing Memo
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04/29/2025 at 01:13 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – American Samoa_ Sign-on Letter Against Deep-sea Mining (1)
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – BBSEA Critical Minerals Report
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Companies calling for a deep sea mining mortarium
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Current Biology - How many metazoan species live in the world’s largest mineral exploration region
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Deep Sea Mining Isn't Worth the Risk - The Ocean Foundation Feb 2024
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Exclusive _ Shipping Giant Maersk Drops Deep Sea Mining Investment - WSJ
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- Rep. Dexter FTR – International Energy Agency (IEA) page on critical minerals
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – International Seabed Authority metals study
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – ISA fact sheet on the composition of polymetallic nodules
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Marine experts calling for a deep sea mining pause
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Nature - Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – nytimes.com-Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
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- Rep. Dexter FTR – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reports on seabed mining
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Seafood-Market-Statement-Supporting-a-Pause-on-Deep-Sea-Mining_30.05.23-1-1
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – Trump Order Encourages Controversial Deep-Sea Mining for Critical Minerals - Newsweek
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02/24/2026 at 03:21 PM
- Rep. Dexter FTR – LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS
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03/16/2026 at 10:54 AM
First Published:
April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Last Updated:
March 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM