Eureka! Successful Proof Of Concept For Sustainable Seabed Mining Of Critical Minerals

On December 6, 2022, we announced Eureka 1, our first autonomous underwater vehicle, successfully completed its first trial of selectively harvesting rocks in an underwater environment!
Some of the Robotics Team with Eureka 1
We drove some excellent press coverage with this announcement:

Fast Company: This massive robot is designed to harvest EV metals from the ocean. But can it be done sustainably?

Evening Standard: The robot that hunts for rare metals on the seabed (carefully)

New Atlas: Impossible Metals demonstrates its super-careful seabed mining robot

Read the press release here.

Q422 Speaking Engagements and Events

It’s been a busy end of quarter for our co-founders traveling the globe to share the Impossible Metals story at significant deep sea mining events.

Tech Crunch Disrupt, October 18 – 20

Out of thousands of startups who applied, Impossible Metals was one of the small number invited to exhibit and compete at TechCrunch Battlefield where we debuted our name change from Impossible Mining to Impossible Metals, formalizing our differentiation from traditional mining practices.

“Removing the reference to mining signals our departure from more traditional mining practices – the destruction of habitat, the large-scale significant impacts, the long term environmental liabilities, and the use of harmful chemicals in processing” said Renee Grogan, Chief Sustainability Officer. “We are signaling our commitment to delivering critical battery metals to the market in a way that leaves behind the impacts of traditional mining”.

Underwater Minerals Conference, Florida, October 2 – 7

Chief Technology Officer Jason Gillham and Chief Sustainability Officer Renee Grogan attended the 50th UMC event north of where Hurricane Ian made landfall.

Deep Sea Minerals Conference 2022, Norway, October 26 – 27

CEO Oliver Gunasekara presented a session on “Economically Viable Selective Harvesting & Green Processing of Polymetallic Nodules”, and grabbed a selfie with the Cook Islands Prime Minister Hon. Mark Brown.

Benchmark Week, Los Angeles,  November 14 – 18

In addition to the booth at the show, Oliver Gunasekara participated in a panel discussion on deep sea mining at the Battery Sustainability Summit 2022.

Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit 2022, Singapore, December 12 – 13

Oliver Gunasekara participated in the Leader’s Roundtable discussion and presented a session on “Economically Viable Selective Harvesting & Green Processing Of Nodules”.

Impossible Metals in the News
Deep Sea Mining: The Biggest Climate Issue You’ve Never Heard Of
authored by Renee Grogan.

Deep-sea Mining May Prove Pivotal in the Climate Change Discussion
In this well-balanced article from Marine Technology that digs into the emerging deep sea mining battle lines,  Renee Grogan discusses how our sustainable solution resolves 3 key DSM issues.

Can (and Should) Seabed Metals Fill the Renewable-Energy Materials Gap?
Oliver Gunasekara joined this informative Columbia Climate School video debrief.

Deep-sea mining: solution or environmental disaster?
Renee Grogan spoke with Jeremy Wilks on his Euronews podcast about critical metals demand and how our tech is designed to harvest from the seabed floor and limit disturbance to the surrounding environment.

The Ari Zoldan Show
Renee Grogan covered a range of deep sea mining topics on this podcast including ESG issues, land-based mining, the demand for critical metals to transition to a green economy and more.

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Q123 Events We’ll Be Attending

  • CES 2023
    January 5-8
  • EV Battery Technology Conference and Exhibition 2023
    February 13-14
  • NAATBaat 2023
    February 20–23, 2023

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