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Downvoted for the Reddit link. If you read the Forbes article linked in the Reddit post, you see that it's kinda cool! The startup behind this has apparently done a test resource extraction mission successfully in 2023. These things are more test missions that would take a really really long time. So the timeline is incredibly long, but it's cool regardless in my opinion.
Direct link to article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/08/29/space-mining-startup-confirms-first-commercial-mission-to-land-on-an-asteroid/
Even with a long timeline, it seems a bit early for asteroid mining. Until in-space manufacturing gets going, it would likely be profitable for only a few platinum-group elements, and even then I'm not sure.