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Which of the following is the most likely reason that the author mentions the work o* the astronomers in 1998 (see highlighted text)?

For the first time, prospectors have laid claim to rich deposits of gold, silver, and copper in the deep sea, foreshadowing a possible rush to the open oceans for metals and a possible fight with conservationists over exploitation of the sea's dark recesses.