Deleon Guerrero Opposes Deep-Sea Mining off CNMI Coast, Cites Environmental and Cultural Concerns
Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero, Independent candidate for U.S. Congress, has formally submitted comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) opposing commercial leasing for seabed mineral extraction in waters offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Impossible Metals pitches profit-sharing seabed mining plan for CNMI to BOEM
SAIPAN — A U.S. seabed-mining startup has formally told federal regulators it wants to mine polymetallic nodules in waters east of the Northern Mariana Islands and is offering a profit share for the CNMI if leasing moves forward. In a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara said the San Jose-based, Delaware-incorporated company is “affirm[ing] our commercial interest in a lease in this area” under BOEM’s Request for Information and Interest for offshore minerals in the CNMI exclusive economic zone, docket BOEM-2025-0351.