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China Is Mapping the Seabed. The Pentagon Is Asking for Nickel. One C$27 Million Company Just Answered.

Small Cap Investments Research Team

October 31, 2026

12 min read

In the past two weeks, Deep Sea Minerals Corp. (OTCQB . DSEAF CSE . SEAS) filed an Exploration License Application with the NOAA for certain areas in the Clarion- Clipperton Zone ¹ and submitted a critical minerals proposal to the U.S. Department of War. ² The window that made both moves possible opened months ago. Here is why that timing matters.

Investment Highlights

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Ticker Symbols:

CSE . SEAS

OTCQB . DSEAF

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Market Capitalization:

~$27 million CAD (micro-cap entry point as of March 25th, 2026)

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Active U.S. Regulatory & Defense Pipeline:

Submitted a response to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) to supply defense-critical minerals ³ and an exploration license application to NOAA for polymetallic nodules in the Clarion- Clipperton Zone. ⁴

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Targeting Mineral Rights in:

A part of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, which holds an estimated 21 billion dry tons of polymetallic nodules, containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese ⁵

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Global Deep-Sea Mining Market:

Projected to surge from $4.6 billion (2025) to $65.56 billion by 2034 (34%+ CAGR) ⁶

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Targeted Minerals:

Subsea polymetallic nodules containing nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese ⁷ , the same metals in fighter jets ⁸ , nuclear submarines ⁹ , and hypersonic missiles ¹⁰

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Subsea Mineral Grade Superiority:

Subsea polymetallic nodule cobalt grades significantly higher ¹¹

A CNN investigation published March 24, 2026 tracked eight Chinese state-operated research vessels across the Pacific over five years. ¹² The finding: the fleet spent approximately 6% of its open-water time in designated deep-sea mining zones. ¹³ The other 94% was logged near Guam, Taiwan, trans-Pacific undersea cables, and US submarine transit corridors. ¹⁴

These are not mining ships. They are dual-use intelligence platforms operating under a civilian cover that the international community has been slow to challenge.

China holds three of the 21 exploration licenses issued by the International Seabed Authority, the most of any nation, and is the ISA’s largest financial donor. ¹⁵ It controls 80% of global cobalt refining and 90% of rare earth processing. ¹⁶ In December 2025, it implemented export restrictions specifically targeting US defense end-users. The civilian restriction was later eased. The military ban remained in force.

The world’s most advanced military now faces potential constraints on building its most advanced weapons, not because of any engineering failure, but because a geopolitical rival controls a majority of the critical minerals and rare earth supply chain. ¹⁷ Every F-35 requires approximately 920 pounds of rare earth elements. ¹⁸ Every Virginia-class submarine uses roughly 9,200 pounds of critical materials. ¹⁹ Those materials run through Chinese refineries.

The Pentagon knows this. The question is who moves first to solve it.

The Regulatory Window That Changed Everything

In April 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14285, declaring seabed minerals a matter of national security and directing NOAA to accelerate permitting. ²⁰ Then on January 21, 2026, NOAA finalized a rule change that collapsed the licensing timeline: for the first time, companies can apply for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits simultaneously. ²¹

The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC), the sector leader, filed its application within days of the rule change, covering 65,000 square kilometers of the CCZ.

The assets of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an expanse of abyssal plain the size of the continental United States, contain trillions of polymetallic nodules packed with manganese, nickel, copper, and cobalt, sitting loose on the ocean floor at 4,000 to 6,000 meters depth. ²²

Two Filings. One Company.

SEAS launched its deep-sea strategy January 26, 2026, five days after the NOAA rule change.

What has happened since is worth reading in sequence.

March 20, 2026: Deep Sea Minerals submitted a RPP (request for project proposal) to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium in response to a formal solicitation from the Department of War. The proposal relates to securing a reliable domestic supply of critical minerals for the U.S, specifically nickel, and a complementary commercialization plant. ²³ The DIBC is managed by Advanced Technology International on behalf of the DoW. Its mandate includes providing non- dilutive financing to qualifying contractors. This is not a partnership announcement or a letter of intent. It is a formal government procurement process. SEAS raised its hand.

March 23, 2026: Deep Sea Minerals filed its exploration license application with NOAA under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, submitted through its US subsidiary. ²⁴ The application targets polymetallic nodules in a defined part of the CCZ. The work program includes baseline environmental data, proposed monitoring measures, and a phased exploration program. NOAA’s review process, including public comment and interagency consultation, is now underway.

From regulatory opening to NOAA application: 61 days. From regulatory opening to DoW proposal: 58 days.

That operational tempo is either a signal or it is not. Investors should decide which.

The Cook Islands: America and China Are Already There

The dual-jurisdiction strategy extends beyond the CCZ. The Cook Islands holds one of the Pacific’s most established seabed mineral regulatory frameworks, backed by decades of scientific data. China entered the region in early 2025 through deep-sea mining research agreements. The US responded by elevating the Cook Islands to a key strategic partner, utilizing new bilateral agreements to align the jurisdiction’s robust mineral regulations with Washington’s national supply chain security goals. ²⁵

SEAS is pursuing concession pathways in both zones. The CCZ application is active. Cook Islands engagement is underway. This dual approach reduces single-pathway regulatory risk while keeping the company aligned with the two jurisdictions where US policy attention is sharpest.

The Team and the Structure

Deep-sea mining borrows its operational playbook from offshore oil and gas: riser pipes, dynamic positioning, subsea robotics, operations at depths of 3,000 meters and below. CEO James Deckelman spent over 25 years at ConocoPhillips, BP, and Talisman Energy operating in a very similar regime, managing exploration portfolios at depths up to 3,000 meters across Latin America, the Middle East, and West Africa. He previously served as CEO of a TSX:V- listed company and was named to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ “100 Who Made a Difference” in 2021. ²⁶

The capital structure is clean: approximately 23.9 million shares outstanding undiluted, 24.9 million fully diluted, with a recent C$4.22 million capital raise. No legacy warrant overhang. No complicated prior-venture baggage. If the DoW proposal advances, non-dilutive government financing enters the picture.

What Investors Need to Weigh

The risks here are not abstract. SEAS has filed an application; it has not been granted a license.

It has submitted a DoW bid; the outcome is uncertain and the process is lengthy.

It has not acquired mineral concessions and has not generated revenue. Commercial-scale deep-sea mining has not yet been proven economically viable by any operator. Environmental opposition is organized and has succeeded in delaying resource projects in other sectors. Future US administrations could reverse the regulatory posture that makes this strategy possible.

These are the facts. Investors in micro-cap resource companies accept that the distance between application and production is long and non-linear.

What is different about this moment is the context surrounding it. A CNN investigation just documented China’s dual-use maritime strategy in the Pacific in granular detail. The Department of War is issuing formal solicitations for nickel supply. NOAA has an active application from a US-subsidiary company targeting the same general area in which China has been positioned for years. The sector leader has already demonstrated investor appetite.

Markets reprice when the gap between strategic reality and market valuation becomes impossible to ignore. That repricing does not follow a schedule. It tends to happen faster than anticipated, and it tends to reward investors who positioned themselves before the narrative became consensus.

The narrative is likely not yet consensus. SEAS trades at ~C$27 million market cap.

The Window Opened January 21. Prime Positions Are Being Claimed Now.

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There is no guarantee that the forecasts of the issuer, the creator or (other) experts and management will actually occur. The performance of the issuer’s stock is therefore uncertain. As with any so-called micro cap, there is also the risk of total loss here. Therefore, the stock is only suitable as a dynamic addition to an otherwise well-diversified portfolio.

The investor should follow the news situation closely and have the technical prerequisites for trading penny stocks. The market narrowness typical of the segment leads to high volatility. Inexperienced investors and low-risk investors are generally advised against investing in the issuer’s stock. The present analysis is directed exclusively at experienced professional traders.

Decisive for the assessment of an issuer is whether, in the creator’s view, its shares can move better, worse or equal compared to shares of comparable issuers from the same peer group over the following 12 months (validity period):

Sell: The term Sell means sell. The creator is of the opinion that further price gains are unlikely, a price loss may occur, or that investors should realize already achieved gains. In all these cases, he will issue the recommendation “Sell.”

Hold: The term Hold means hold. The creator sees price potential for the stock, which is why he is of the opinion that the stock should be kept in the portfolio.

Buy: The term Buy means buy. The creator expects a price increase in the stock because he currently considers it undervalued.

Strong Buy: The term Strong Buy means definitely buy and is used, for example, by the US investment firms Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers. The creator expects an above-average price increase compared to other companies in the same peer group.

Regardless of the assessment made, according to the sensitivity analysis, significant risks exist due to changes in the underlying assumptions. This discussion of risk factors in the analysis does not claim to be complete.

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