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The 'land of two seas' makes deep-sea debut

The first West Asian and Arab country to apply for deep-sea mining exploration

Munira Rajkotwalla
Bahrain is sponsoring Impossible Metals for mining in the CCZ.

Bahrain is sponsoring Impossible Metals for mining in the CCZ. | Credits: Impossible Metals

Bahrain, which is Arabic for "the land of two seas," is entering a new frontier beneath another sea entirely. In a first for the Middle East, the kingdom has sponsored Impossible Metals, a US-based...

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