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US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources
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UNCLOS has rules defining where the continental shelf boundary can be considered to extend to, so it's probably wherever that line is (with carveouts for where it meets Russia and Canada's equivalent claims). This type of claim is only for the sea bed, not the water column, so it hasn't been economically viable to exploit in the past. That might be changing with the increased importance of rare earth metals