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This short intervention draws on Jane Bennett’s work to reflect on the implications of that work for deep-sea mining regulation. The intervention is written in a creative style, from the perspective of a manganese nodule. Manganese nodules are balls of minerals found on the deep seabed and are to be the main target of deep-sea mining, if it is legally authorized. Debates on the authorization of deep-sea mining remain ongoing at the International Seabed Authority.