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THE USE OF GIS IN RESPECT TO DEEP SEA MINERALS
PROJECTPresenter: Seruwaia VasukiwaiDeep Sea Minerals ProjectOcean & Islands ProgrammeSOPAC Division of SPC
OUTLINE DEEP SEA MINERALS PROJECT
DEEP SEA MINERALS DATA
PURPOSE OF THIS MARINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
WHAT TYPE OF DATA IS AVAILABLE CHALLENGES
CONCLUSION
DEEP SEA MINERALS PROJECT
Deep Sea Minerals (DSM)Project is funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development fund for a period of 4 years
DSM project started in 2011
The project has four key result areas:
Manganese nodule
Seafloor Massive Sulphides
Cobalt-rich Crust
1. Development of Regional Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks (RLRF) for offshore minerals exploration and mining
2. Formulation of National policy, legislation and regulation
3. Building national capacities
4. Effective management and monitoring of offshore exploration and mining operations.
• The project is implemented in fifteen Pacific Island Countries
Deep Sea Minerals Data
Introduce the Japan/SOPAC marine minerals surveys from 1985 to 2005 There were 12 countries surveyed
Nauru, Timor Leste and Palau – Not in the survey Palau – CRC – Data sourced from the USGS
.Mineral Resources
Stage 1 (1985 -1999) Stage 2 (2000 – 2005)
Phase 1(85 – 89)
Phase 2(90 – 94)
Phase 3(95 – 99)
Phase 1(00 – 02)
Phase 1(03 – 05)
Manganese Nodules
Cooks (1985 & 1986) Kiribati (1987 & 1989)Tuvalu (1988)
Cooks (1990) Samoa (1990)Kiribati (1991)
Cooks (2000)
Niue (2003)
Cobalt-rich Crusts
Kiribati (1987 & 1989)Tuvalu (1988)
Samoa (1990)Kiribati (1991)
Marshall (1996 & 1998)FSM (1997)
Marshall (2002)
Kiribati (2003)FSM (2005)
Seafloor Massive Sulphides
PNG (1992) Solomon (1993)Vanuatu (1994)
Tonga (1995)Fiji (1999)
Fiji (2001) Fiji (2004)
Objectives Mineral Resource Potential Upgrade Mineral Resources;Baseline Environment Survey
To assess the deep seafloor mineral resource potential in selected areas of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of twelve PICs
Purpose of this marine geological surveys:
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What Type of Data is Available – Survey Reports
Survey Reports Photographs of Manganese Nodules
Seafloor Topography
Metal Concentration
HOW THE DATA WILL BE PRESENTED
Regional Marine Minerals Database (RMMD)
Apart from the data we have of the countries, we encourage that if countries have other existing or recently acquired DSM data – if we could have this also projected together with the existing data we already have
Link: http://geonetwork.sopac.org/geonetwork
Purpose of the RMMD
Purpose:
Act as a back-up Data Repository System – Maintaining Data Confidentiality
One-stop shop for any information relating DSM in the region
Progress:
All Deep Sea Minerals Data and Metadata will be part of the RMMD – work in progress
RMMD will be part of a larger data repository system (PACGEO) that is currently being developed in partnership with Geoscience Australia and UNEP/GRID
Up and Running 2014
CHALLENGES
• The main challenge in Geoferencing these data from different countries is the different UTM’s used by different countries in the Pacific thus making it hard to geoferencing each point as we need to convert it to the standard UTM before projecting/ overlay on to Google earth
• Continuation of georeferencing of points for the member Pacific Island Countries
• Preparing all dataset and data to be transferred to the RMMD in the near future
CONCLUSION
