Marine and mineral extraction company dive into legal squabble with Mexico

For Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep sea mineral extraction company based in Tampa, a proposed phosphate mining project off the coast of Mexico seemed the perfect opportunity. The company sunk tens of millions of dollars into the operation and was preparing to begin dredging — only to have the Mexican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources pull the plug by denying a single environmental permit. 

Was that denial unlawful? Odyssey Marine CEO Mark Gordon is convinced it was, and he has some convincing voices backing him up.