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‘Industrial colonial takeover’: Cook Islands environment groups slam U.S deep-sea mining firm merger

RAROTONGA, 24 APRIL 2026 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) —Cook Islands environmental groups have slammed the recent merger of an American minerals investment company with Odyssey, calling it “an industrial colonial takeover of our ocean”.  American Ocean Minerals Corporation (AOMC) recently announced its merger with Odyssey, seeking to develop high-value, critical minerals from polymetallic nodules in the […]

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