Odyssey Marine, American Ocean Minerals file registration statement

Odyssey Marine (OMEX) Exploration and American Ocean Minerals Corporation announce Odyssey has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the companies’ previously announced proposed merger transaction. The proposed transaction is intended to create a scaled marine critical minerals platform by combining Odyssey’s operational experience and public-company infrastructure with AOMC’s capital resources, strategic investments and multi-jurisdictional marine mineral portfolio. AOMC’s strategy combines a multi-jurisdiction asset base with a staged commercialization plan. The platform is expected to include interests associated with existing Cook Islands exclusive economic zone exploration licenses held by CIC Limited and Ocean Minerals LLC’s subsidiary Moana Minerals Ltd., together with U.S.-pathway application-stage project areas being pursued through AOM Area-1 LLC and AOM Area-2 LLC under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.