India Gets Licence To Scour New Part of Indian Ocean For Precious Metals

India has secured a landmark exploration licence from the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) to search for polymetallic sulphide deposits in the Carlsberg Ridge, a 3,00,000-sq km stretch in the north-west Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.This marks the first-ever global licence for such exploration, according to M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences.The agreement
India has secured a landmark exploration licence from the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) to search for polymetallic sulphide deposits in the Carlsberg Ridge, a 3,00,000-sq km stretch in the north-west Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.This marks the first-ever global licence for such exploration, according to M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences.The agreement
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