Sep. 19 at 7:43 PM
$TMC
Remember the Exploration phase is what takes all the time and a good bit of resources. An EL dropped on any U.S. EEZ means 3 to 5 years exploration, water column disterbance, mapping and charactorization of the whole area, indigenous critter characterization, and on and on…
I actually believe mining outside the EEZ will prove to be simpler and faster than inside the EEZ. When you propose mining in the U.S. EEZ you are now in range of US federal courts and NGO meddling. All those departments and agencies that had nothing to say because it was beyond their jurisdiction all of a sudden have jurisdiction. 
