As the Cook Islands embraces the burgeoning industry, deep-sea mining companies are becoming part of the community’s day-to-day. Can the country avoid the mistakes of resource extraction’s past? By ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Cook Islands’ main harbor is a small indentation in the island of Rarotonga, ...

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China. Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by ...

The Cook Islands should be allowed to “make their own choices” and “have a right to their own future development” in terms of seabed mining, according to former Australian Prime Minister Scott ...

Vancouver, BC, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deep Sea Minerals Corp. (CSE: SEAS) (OTCQB: DSEAF) (FSE: X45) ("Deep Sea" or the "Company") , a subsea mineral exploration and development company ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. But plans to mine ...

In this week’s column, Te Ipukarea Society discusses why deep sea mining in the Cook Islands could arrive much sooner than we were led to believe.

Official documents have revealed growing tension between New Zealand and the Cook Islands over the registration of vessels linked to Russia. The records show that New Zealand raised concerns for ...