Yves Plancherel¹, Pablo Brito-Parada², Richard Herrington³, Edgar Amemita Vallar⁴, Robin Armstrong³, Aileen H. Orbecido⁵, Arnel Beltran⁵, Michael Pormentilla⁵, Paul Schofield⁶, Anne Jungblut³, Mylah Tabelin⁷, Carlito Tabelin⁷, Dennis Alonzo⁸, Irish Mae Fernandez⁷, Myriam Prasow-Emond⁹, Shuaib Rasheed¹⁰, Vannie Joy Resabal⁷, Ana Santos³ and The Bio+Mine science team (https://bioplusmine.earth), (1)Imperial College London, Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (3)Natural History Museum London, London, United Kingdom, (4)De La Salle University, Physics, Manila, Philippines, (5)De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, (6)Natural History Museum, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (7)Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines, (8)UNSW, Sydney, Australia, (9)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (10)Maldives National University, Male, Maldives