Impossible Metals

Companies like The Metal Company, DEME / GSR and others are building huge dredging collection machines for the mining of seabed polymetallic nodules. Below is the visualization created by MIT showing how the dredging collection machines will work. None are yet deployed.

Impossible Metals is developing technology to mine the seabed without serious harm, guided by the Seabed Mining Science Statement. The public benefits corporation is based in Silicon Valley and has secured funding to develop prototypes for autonomous robotic collection.

The company describes its team as engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs focused on sustainability and using technology to solve environmental problems.

Oliver Gunasekara is a co-founder and chief executive officer with more than 30 years of experience. He joined ARM in 1994 to lead mobile business development; mobile market share grew from 0% to over 95% in ten years.

Impossible Metals says mining critical minerals is essential to the transition to a green economy and that population growth, urbanization, emerging economies, and the shift to carbon-neutral energy will drive demand beyond what recycling can supply for several decades.

Board of Directors Dan Lankford has over 30 years in technology. He's led as CEO of four tech companies and chairman of three. His achievements include leading a semiconductor firm's growth from $15M to $250M and piloting a battery company from start-up to IPO. Founder of Element

The page says polymetallic nodules on the deep ocean seabed contain nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese. These metals are described as essential to the green economy and as components of batteries and wiring infrastructure in the green energy sector.

The company aims to accelerate clean energy by delivering sustainable critical metals and plans to collect and process seabed metals while protecting the environment using underwater robotic vehicles.

The page lists Impossible Metals' USA headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, its Canada robotics lab in Collingwood, ON, Canada, and the email address info@impossiblemetals.com.

The page says demand for critical minerals is accelerating due to electrification, infrastructure, and data systems, while land-based mining and conventional approaches carry environmental costs. It presents the ocean as an alternative.