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The potential socio-economic and scientific benefits for SIDS to sponsor exploration activities in the Area:
Case Study of the Cooperation between Tonga and TOML/Nautilus Minerals in the Area
June 8, 2017
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§ Production Support Vessel – Operational base. Power supply, dewatering
plant, maintenance and support base
§ Riser and Lifting System– Pumps material to the surface– Straight out of Oil&Gas Industry
§ Seafloor Production Tools– Remotely operated machines, cutting and
collecting material
Seafloor Production: what is it?
Seafloor Production System Using existing technology from the offshoreoil and gas sector, combined with rockcutting and materials handling technologiesused in land-based operations
Highly ScalableMobile Capital
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Potential impacts (note: not to scale)
Sediment
Subsurface plumes from filtered water
SeafloorProduction Tools
Naturally occurring plume (direction varies with current)
Localised plumesfrom cutting
Massive SulphideDeposit
Reference Site
Subsea volcano
Riser pipeReturn pipes(filtered water)
‘North Su’
‘South Su’‘Solwara 1’
Current Direction(may vary with depth)
ProductionSupport Vessel
Material transfer
Sent for processing
MID
DLE
LA
YER
TOP
LAYE
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Potential impacts:- Material & habitat removal- Plumes- Light- Noise / vibration
Potential impacts:- Light- Noise- Routine discharges (MARPOL)- Similar to shipping &
exploration ships
Deposition
DIA
GR
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NO
T T
O S
CA
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Deposition
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TOML
§ TOML - Tonga Offshore Mining Limited§ Tongan-based exploration company working with Nautilus Minerals -
conducting exploration in the CCZ
Health
Education
Collaborations
CommunityPartnerships
Infrastructure
BuildingCapacity
CSR focused
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§ Early, transparent and inclusive stakeholder engagement
§ Inclusive multi-stakeholder workshops to develop ESIA, EIS, EMPs, monitoring programme, etc– Communities– World-renowned experts in various
fields, from anthropologists to deep sea ecologists
– Government– NGOs
§ Ongoing Community Awareness and Consultations
§ Established CARES - 2007
www.cares.nautilusminerals.com
Nautilus’ Approach
Community Accountable, Responsible Environmentally, Safe
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§ Utilization of Natural Resources
§ Taxes & royalty to government§ Highly skilled Jobs§ Rights to Seabed Resources
in International waters
Seafloor Mining - Project Benefits for Tonga
Community Assistance to TMPI /Fokololo oe Hau - Fire Fighting Simulator donated and in use 2015
Capacity building of Nationals & Nautilus Staff during TOML cruise 2015
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Training
Trainees from developing countries on the YMG vessel during the 2015 CCZ campaign
Marine Science Short Course participants from Fiji and Tonga that were sponsored by TOML to attend the Marine Science short course in PNG October 2014
Sea survival training for Trainees
Trainees on the YMG vessel during the 2015 CCZ campaign
Trainees on exploration vessel in Tonga 2009
Trainee with Nautilus Minerals staff member on CCZ cruise
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Talanoa Summary 2008 – 2017
Talanoa with District & Town Officers, Eua - 2011Talanoa with Church Leaders, Vavau - 2016
Kolovai Government Middle School, 2016
Year Total Talanoa
In office
Outside office Talanoa Locations Total
AttendeeAve
Attendee
2008 8 7 1 Tongatapu 29 3.62009 22 15 7 Tongatapu 101 4.62010 40 22 18 Tongatapu 1,302 32.6
2011* 14 8 6 Tongatapu, Vavau & Eua 598 42.72012* 17 10 7 Tongatapu, Haapai 290 17.1
2013 14 7 7 Tongatapu 257 18.4
2014# 26 7 19 Tongatapu, Jamaica, Australia 584 22.52015* # 37 22 15 Tongatapu, Vavau, Australia 1,086 29.42016* 34 15 19 Tongatapu, Vavau 765 22.5total 212 113 99 5,012 23.6
* Talanoa in outer island/s of Tonga; # Talanoa overseas; As at end Dec 2016
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Talanoa Summary 2008 – 2016
Talanoa with District & Town Officers, Eua - 2011Talanoa with Church Leaders, Vavau - 2016
Talanoa with community at Pangai, Haapai - 2012
Year Total Talanoa
In office
Outside office Talanoa Locations Total
AttendeeAve
Attendee
2008 8 7 1 Tongatapu 29 3.62009 22 15 7 Tongatapu 101 4.62010 40 22 18 Tongatapu 1,302 32.6
2011 14 8 6 Tongatapu, Vavau & Eua 598 42.7
2012 17 10 7 Tongatapu, Haapai 290 17.1
2013 14 7 7 Tongatapu 257 18.42014 26 7 19 Tongatapu, Jamaica, Australia 584 22.5
2015 37 22 15 Tongatapu, Vavau, Australia 1,086 29.4
2016 34 15 19 Tongatapu, Vavau 765 22.5
2017 5 0 5 Tongatapu 169 33.8total 217 113 104 5,012 23.1
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Community Assistance Programs
EcoCARES School supplies for Haapai, 2015Science Textbook Prizes for SchoolsTMPI /Fokololo oe Hau prize winners 2016
Vaiola Hospital assistance i-Stat Analyser (2015) and Resus beds (2014)
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§ Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
§ In partnership with PNG Government § 30 km from nearest coast§ Small extraction area: 0.1 km2
§ Fully permitted§ Environment
– EMMPs on track (2017)– On-going data collection and interpretation
§ Strong local and national support§ Work in PNG
– Building Capacity– Health Initiatives– Collaborations
Solwara 1 Project
– Infrastructure Initiatives– Community Partnerships– Education Initiatives
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Achieving independence
§ EIS/EMP– Independent researchers
• Freedom to publish– Independent reviewers
• Engaged by DEC– Transparency
• EIS and all supporting studies on website§ Future monitoring
– PNG input
• Duke University • Scripps Institution of Oceanography• University of Toronto, Canada • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute• CSIRO, Australia • Hydrobiology, Australia• University of Papua New Guinea• Coffey Natural Systems, Australia • Rabaul Volcano Observatory, PNG • Asia Pacific Applied Science Associates
(APASA), Australia • Australian National University• Curtin University of Technology, Australia• James Cook University, Australia• Charles Darwin University, Australia
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Studies performed for the EIS(note this is not an exhaustive list)
§ Biology Studies:– Macrofauna (incl., DNA/genetic studies)– Benthic Habitat Assessment – Bioaccumulation– Bioluminescence
§ Existing Resource Utilisation§ Hazard and Risk Assessment§ Hydrodynamic Modelling:
– Cutting– Dewatering
§ Noise and Light§ Oceanography (12 mo, full column)§ Sedimentation Rates (36 mo, ongoing)§ Sediment Chemistry§ Video Survey (>100,000 obs)§ Water Quality
Additional objective: science will also benefit from additional deep sea studies conducted to obtain data for the EIS
Time Lapse Camera
Sediment Trap
Hard Substrate Sampling
Soft Substrate Sampling
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§ March 2007 – Port Moresby, PNG– open exchange of ideas relating to the environmental and social issues
associated with seafloor resource development– Defined the scope of the EIA inception report
§ April 2008 – San Diego– Nautilus and Coffey Environmental project teams, scientists working on the
project, invitees from WHOI, SCRIPPS, Duke University, Bangor University– Discussed the mitigation strategies to be used in the EIS
§ November 2008– ISA “environmental advisors” workshop held as part of the UMI conference in
Mississippi Uni – Independent review of the EIS by leading environmental scientists where
we sought their feedback on the document§ February 2012 - Utah
– Workshop on post mining recovery and inputs to environmental management plan, including development of gap analysis and priorities.
§ October 2014 - USA– One-on-one meetings with scientists from WHOI, Duke University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide update of works completed since EIS and obtain feedback on proposed studies planned for 2015
§ June 2014 - Brisbane– Workshop with National Fisheries Authority and Department of Environment
and Conservation (PNG) to promote data sharing and collaboration on studies§ February 2015- Port Moresby, PNG
– Workshop with government agencies to determine focus for environmental management plans, and identify agencies to be consulted/provide feedback
Key workshops to date
Small sub-group having discussions at the workshop
Participants at the workshop in San Diego
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Seafloor mining does bring benefits..
1. High grades
2. Minimal waste
3. Highly scalable
4. Reusable equipment
5. No impact on fresh water
6. No tailings7. No land clearance or people
moved8. Increased worker safety - robotics
9. Low CO2 intensity and lower carbon footprint
The analyses suggests that DSM mining in PNG has the potential to make the citizenry as a whole better off
§ Report concluded: Seafloor mining can significantly reduce the social and environmental impacts of copper mining
§ Earth Economics - Natural Capital Evaluation – assessment of the economic value of ecosystem services damaged by mining
§ Company meets almost all applicable IFC and World Bank performance standards and guidelines (the Company intends that these requirements be met by commencement of operations)
§ PNG Government did independent review of our EIS for our Solwara 1 Project prior to approval
15Month 2013
Mike JohnstonPresident & CEO
www.nautilusminerals.comwww.cares.nautilusminerals.com
