Recently, mineral exploration companies, driven by the elevated price activity in the base metals sector during the mid-2000s, have turned their attention to extraction of mineral resources from hydrothermal fields on the seafloor.
Recentemente, as compañías de exploración mineral, puladas polos elevados prezos no sector dos metais básicos durante a década de 2000, dirixiron a súa atención á extracción de recursos mineris de campos hidrotermais do leito mariño.