The main concern expressed during the comment period on the deep-sea mining proposal was the impact that the explorations and extraction would have on the marine environment and resources.
Oliver Gunasekara, CEO of Impossible Metals—the company that is requesting a lease to conduct deep sea mining near American Samoa—spoke on the Samoa Sunrise Show about their plans.
He was in conversation with John Raynor and Micheal McDonald, Co-chairman of the American Samoa Deep Sea Mining Task Force.
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