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Founded in 2016, by Scotland-based Mitch-Hunter Scullion, Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) is the UK's first asteroid mining company, based in Liverpool. The company has 8 full-time employees and is currently working on launching its first satellite to gather data on prospective asteroids. Mitch was 20 years-old when he founded AMC. Following his dissertation on asteroid mining at Liverpool Hope University, Mitch found that there were very few companies in this market and none in the UK. Realising a market potential, Mitch started this company, with the first asteroid mining mission in the UK.

APS-1

 * Asteroid Prospecting Satellite-1 (APS-1) would be utilised in getting material readings of close Earth heavenly bodies to assess future missions for space rock mining . APS-1 has additionally been given the name Project El Dorado. APS-1 will be utilised to coordinate a spectral review of five thousand NEOs to look for the best space rocks for mining. After APS-1 gets information with respect to the space rocks that could actually be utilised for mining, this data will be marketed via the Space Resources Database . At the point when the satellite is prepared for dispatch, it will be dispatched from India because of it being the most economic area for dispatch . AMC seeks investor funding in order to achieve an estimated launch date of Q1 2023 with an estimated cost of £7.2 million (USD$10.1 million) . After APS-1 has distinguished the space rocks that are best for mining and generally bountiful in platinum, AMC will send a probe to survey these significant space rocks in detail.

AEP-1

 * Project Drexciya or Asteroid Exploration Probe One (AEP-1) is the next step towards AMC’s mission. It is estimated to cost between $205 million to $391 million and is planned to launch in 2027. Once APS-1 has identified the most valuable asteroids for mining which are most abundant in platinum, AMC will send AEP-1 to survey these asteroids in detail.  AEP-1 will direct a spectral survey of the mineralogical, metallurgical and molecular components of these asteroids. According to a report, it is likely that AEP-1 will visit the asteroid 1986DA. AMC strives to make AEP-1 aerodynamically flexible to make it capable of visiting multiple asteroids and achieve economies of scale. In addition to aerial examination of asteroids, AEP-1 will also have a small lander, which will test mining and attachment mechanisms preceding the first mining mission, AMP-1.

AMP-1

 * The final step in AMS’s asteroid mining mission is Project Mu, or Asteroid Mining Probe-1 (AMP-1). AMP-1 is planned to have a payload capacity of 50 tonnes and aims to surpass the Malthusian Trap. If successful, AMC intends to use it for In-Situ resource utilisation technologies and additive manufacturing techniques.

Competitors
Other players striving to exploit space resources include - Moon Express Inc, ispace, TransAstra, Offworld, Shackleton Energy Company, NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), China National Space Administration (China) and Russian Aviation and Space Agency and the Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS).