ITLOS compliance reports
Cases 34 and 35. Provisional measures were ordered on 18 July; these are the first reports against them, and the first real test of enforcement in this sector.
31 Aug 2026Watch
The dated items that govern this sector, taken from the public record and traced to source. None of these are ours to move. They belong to the International Seabed Authority, to other contractors, and to third-party organisers, and they run whether anyone acts or not.
Cases 34 and 35. Provisional measures were ordered on 18 July; these are the first reports against them, and the first real test of enforcement in this sector.
The 373rd Council meeting adopted no regulations and no roadmap — only an instruction to the Secretariat to circulate a draft. This is that draft.
The comment window on the draft roadmap. Open to States, contractors, observers and the public alike.
The Legal and Technical Commission's next decision point on the Impossible Metals application, and the earliest a milestone calendar for the exploitation regulations could appear.
Re-elected 31 July 2026 under ISBA/31/A/15. The footnote records that Ghana relinquishes the seat to Côte d'Ivoire for 2029.
From US$80,000, per ISBA/30/A/11. Payable annually by a contractor to the Authority.
Fifteen years from 11 January 2012. Ground potentially returning to the shelf, and a live test of what the Authority actually does at expiry.
US$281.75M of face value, worthless on expiry. A solvency datapoint on the sector's bellwether.
Thirty years from 31 October 1996. A Ghanaian manganese asset reaching the end of its term.
The 2024 Apia Ocean Declaration did not mention deep-sea mining at all — a noted omission. Whether this one does is a signal worth reading.
Two UK‑sponsored exploration contracts that have changed hands twice. Lockheed Martin sold the company to Loke Marine Minerals in March 2023; Loke was declared bankrupt on 3 April 2025 and the company was bought out of the estate by Glomar Minerals. The United Kingdom has continued to sponsor it throughout.
Impossible Metals, inside US jurisdiction under a different statute. Do not read across to the ISA route: the framework, the ground and the law are all different.
Attendance is free and open. A standing meeting point for mining ministries, contractors and financiers.
Finalists present in person.
Applications open via F6S on 1 March; the EMEA deadline falls in early July 2027.