Two site surveys inside the French mining area of the Clipperton Fracture Zone have been imaged with the SAR system. The main results of this cruise are: a good image of the obstacles for the mining-vehicles (density, geometric feature, localization); and the compilation of the data (bathymetry, sonar, mud penetrator 3.5 KC, photo, etc...) on the site survey for the mining test gives a complete view of the relationship between nodules and their environment.