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Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. reports developments in deep-ocean exploration and marine mineral resource development. The company works on seafloor critical-mineral projects, including subsea phosphate deposits for fertilizer supply, polymetallic nodules for battery metals, and other strategic deposits in jurisdictions that include Mexico, the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Recurring news themes include project advancement, marine operations, regulatory review for offshore mineral rights, and the company’s collaboration with governments, seafloor rights holders and technical partners. Updates also cover PHOSAGMEX and phosphate-related supply-chain initiatives, operating and financial results, material agreements, shareholder matters and capital-structure actions tied to Odyssey’s publicly traded common stock.
American Ocean Minerals (NASDAQ: OMEX) highlighted that Moana Minerals has completed a ten-day high-definition autonomous underwater vehicle survey within Exploration License 3 (EL3) in the Cook Islands EEZ. Three HUGIN AUVs deployed from Ocean Infinity's Armada 8605 mapped about 1,000 km² at depths over 5,000 meters, capturing more than 600,000 seafloor photographs plus synthetic aperture sonar and environmental sensor data.
The campaign adds higher-resolution coverage to the MV Anuanua Moana baseline program and will support environmental baseline work, future Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, and resource definition. Data processing is expected to finish by Q3 2026, with AI-assisted analysis and broad data sharing planned with the Cook Islands and researchers.
American Ocean Minerals, merging with Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX), received a NOAA substantial compliance determination for its AOM Area-1 consolidated seabed minerals application under DSHMRA.
This moves the ~147,054 km² Clarion-Clipperton Zone project into formal environmental, public, and regulatory review, alongside a proposed ~$1 billion merger and >$230 million equity financing.
American Ocean Minerals (NASDAQ:OMEX)/b) completed aboard the MV Anuanua Moana, a three-week deep-sea research campaign in the Cook Islands.
The team sampled 53 sites, deployed 60 box cores and 62 multicores, and collected 4,059 samples to support Moana Minerals’ EL3 environmental baseline, EIS and PFS work.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) filed a Form S-4 with the SEC for its proposed all-stock merger with American Ocean Minerals, valuing the combined company at about $1 billion and backed by over $230 million of equity capital.
The combined company expects roughly $175 million in cash, will operate as American Ocean Minerals Corporation, and aims to trade on Nasdaq under ticker AOMC, subject to approvals and closing conditions, with an anticipated closing in late Q2 or early Q3 2026.
American Ocean Minerals (OMEX) deployed the MV Anuanua Moana, a 196-foot research vessel permanently outfitted for deep-sea minerals and environmental programs supporting a planned merger with Odyssey to create a ~$1 billion U.S.-controlled deep-sea critical-minerals platform.
The vessel supports a >500,000 km² portfolio, features a 6,000-meter ROV, three onboard labs, capacity for 42 personnel, and contributed to a 2025 resource estimate of 417M wet tonnes indicated plus 102M wet tonnes inferred within EL3.
American Ocean Minerals / Odyssey (NASDAQ: OMEX) announced an all-stock merger to form a U.S.-controlled deep-sea critical minerals platform valued at approximately $1 billion. The combined company secured >$230 million in equity commitments, expects ~$175 million cash at close, and targets Nasdaq listing as AOMC.
The platform will span Cook Islands and U.S.-regulated international waters with extensive polymetallic nodule resources and aims to advance technical, environmental and processing programs.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) said the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has initiated formal review of its unsolicited request for a potential U.S. offshore mineral lease offshore Virginia (Dec 15, 2025).
BOEM will publish a Request for Information and Interest (RFI) to seek stakeholder input. Odyssey highlighted policy alignment, project advancement, and a strengthened balance sheet heading into 2026, and said initial work would collect environmental and geological data ahead of any recovery activities.
Odyssey is collaborating with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ: GLDD) to provide dredging services if the project advances; project plans would follow federal environmental and cultural review rules.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) reported third-quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2025, and provided project updates and corporate actions.
Key developments: a Mexican court issued orders annulling prior cancellations and restoring the company’s subsidiary concessions, subject to resolution of concession-fee matters and planned assignment to PHOSAGMEX (joint venture with Capital Latinoamericano); submitted an unsolicited BOEM lease sale request for a Mid-Atlantic area prospective for phosphate, titanium, zirconium and rare earths; deployed two Autonomous Benthic Mini Landers at 5,000 meters in the Cook Islands EEZ for geophysical and environmental data; converted $20.0 million of debt into common stock, eliminating promissory note obligations; and joined NOIA. CEO Mark Gordon will present on Dec 10, 2025 at Emerging Growth Conference.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) welcomed the U.S. Government’s formal inclusion of phosphate on the Critical Minerals List on November 11, 2025, saying the designation supports U.S. resource security and domestic supply-chain resilience.
Odyssey emphasized its strategic focus on responsibly developing ocean-based phosphate, noting two active phosphate‑prospective projects, the PHOSAGMEX joint venture with Capital Latinoamericano to build a North American fertilizer supply chain, and an Unsolicited Request for Lease Sale submitted to BOEM for a Mid-Atlantic OCS area believed prospective for phosphate and other critical minerals.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) submitted an unsolicited request to BOEM on November 7, 2025 seeking an offshore lease sale for marine mineral exploration and development on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf. The proposed area is described as prospective for titanium, zirconium, rare earth elements, phosphate and heavy mineral sands, plus sand and gravel for coastal resiliency.
The company is BOEM-prequalified since 2021 and cites a collaboration with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ: GLDD) to support potential recovery and beneficial reuse. Any lease award remains subject to BOEM review and required environmental and geological data collection.