The Companies Trying to Cash In on Trump’s Deep-Sea Gold Rush

New: Copperhead Resources was just another money-losing Canadian gold prospector last year when Trump ordered NOAA to issue deep-sea mining licenses to unleash “the next gold rush.” Now it's seabed miner, one of mostly foreign firms aiming to cash in. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s deep-sea mining push has entrepreneurs smelling money. But a licensing rush proves neither commercial viability nor ecological safety. Before celebrating a seabed “gold rush,” ask who pockets the profits—and who inherits the damage.