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KINGSTON, Jamaica As demand grows globally for metals needed to make batteries for electric vehicles, one of the richest untapped sources of the raw materials lies 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

This remote section of the seabed, about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) southwest of San Diego, could soon become the worlds first industrial-scale mining site in international waters.

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Secret data, tiny islands and a quest for treasure on the ocean floor - The Japan Times