The US government plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining in an unprecedented move that is expected to draw criticism from many countries.The area of the water surface planned to be auctioned off covers about 13.4 million hectares. The

The U.S. government is planning to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining.

Trump administration aims to be the first to exploit the seafloor for critical minerals