Gerard Barron

They're anti-growth.

They're anti the fact that, despite the fact that we've spent hundreds of millions of dollars on scientific research, they criticize the fact, yeah, but you spent it, so you can influence the outcome.

It's like, it doesn't work that way.

We went and hired...

the best universities and organizations to carry out this research, the Natural History Museum, Texas AM, Florida University.

There's 20 of the world's leading institutions who have subject matter expertise when it comes to ocean research.

So we went, said, this is our goal.

This is the work program.

We'll pay for it.

You get to do it.

You get to publish your results.

But it all filters back into this one integrated institution

environmental impact study.

We've had the green pieces of the world come and board our boat in the middle of the Pacific to try and stop us doing this research because they don't want to see the results.

The results are very inconvenient to their argument.

I agree.

Is it going to happen?

But I think no matter what your political view, people should be grateful for the Trump administration getting into government because I swear to you, Ocean Metals was about to go China's way.

And this is a bipartisan issue.

Critical mineral supply chain is a bipartisan issue.