国际海底管理局理事会于今年7月核准了上述申请，中国大洋协会在位于西南印度洋的国际海底区域内，获得1万平方公里勘探矿区。

The ISA Council approved the application in July, 2011, and COMRA will be allowed to explore an area measuring 10,000 sq km in an international seabed region located in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

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来自勘探者和矿工协会的丽塔·本特利说更多最近的发现令全世界为之激动，很多维多利亚本地人将驶向丛林。

Rita Bentley from the Prospectors and Miners Association said the more recent find had caused excited around the world, and that many Victorian locals would be heading out into the bush.

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