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20 Oct 2026 · Federal Register (US Department of the Interior) · official source
US sets 19 November auction of two seabed mineral lease areas off American Samoa
The Interior Department's Marine Minerals Administration published the final notice for Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 1, an ascending oral auction on 19 November 2026 of two Outer Continental Shelf lease areas off American Samoa covering roughly 16.3 million and 15.2 million acres. Leases would cover minerals in polymetallic nodules and ferromanganese crusts, with a minimum bonus bid of USD 3 million per area.
4 Oct 2026 · Mining.com.au
NOAA maps seabed nodule areas near American Samoa as Deep Sea Minerals pursues US licence
TSX-listed Deep Sea Minerals said a NOAA expedition aboard the Okeanos Explorer, which began on 24 September, is mapping deepwater areas near American Samoa, including zones with polymetallic nodules. The company, which has applied for a US exploration licence through its subsidiary American Deep Sea Minerals, is also looking at the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and Pacific jurisdictions such as the Cook Islands.
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