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‘Help us pick our golden apples’

Thursday 24 February 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National

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‘Help us pick our golden apples’
His Excellency Queen’s Representative Sir Tom Marsters, Prime Minister and Minister of Seabed Minerals Authority Mark Brown, the country manager of CIC Ltd Shona Lynch, Advisory Committee Chair Bishop Tutai Pere, Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman, Licensing Panel Chair Garth Henderson. PHOTO: MELINA ETCHES/22022301

Cook Islands took a giant step in its bid to harvest valuable deep-ocean polymetallic nodules after formally handing out the nation’s first three seabed minerals exploration licences yesterday.

Cook Islands took a giant step in its bid to harvest valuable deep-ocean polymetallic nodules after formally handing out the nation’s first three seabed minerals exploration licences yesterday.


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