Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide at the Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation on High-Standard, Market-Oriented Trade of Critical Minerals.
Norway and the United States continues to strengthen the cooperation on supply of critical minerals. This is also very timely with the upcoming first licensing round for Deep Sea Minerals within the Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone.
Loke is focusing on the Cobalt enriched crust in Norwegian waters. The Norwegian crust is abnormal thick – up to 40 cm – and is highly enriched on many of the minerals listed on the US Geological Survey’s list of critical mineral.