April 29 (Reuters) -

Deep-sea mining developer The Metals Co said on

Tuesday it has asked the Trump administration to approve its

plans to mine the international seabed based on existing U.S.

regulations.

The applications come a week after President Donald Trump

signed an order seeking to jumpstart the mining of both U.S. and

international waters.

The Vancouver-based company asked the U.S. Department of

Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a

commercial recovery permit under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral

Resources Act of 1980 to operation in part of the Pacific Ocean

between Hawaii and Mexico known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

(CCZ).

The company also applied for two exploration licenses in the

CCZ.