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1November 101November 2010© Nautilus 2010
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The Experience of Nautilus Minerals with regard to
Environmental Management for a New Offshore Industry
Samantha Smith
INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY
9 November 2010
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Forward Looking Information and Disclaimer
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of 1934 and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities law.
Material forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to statements or information
with respect to the Company’s ability to locate, mine and transport ore from the seafloor; estimates of future production; the
method of transport and amount of ore from the Company’s Solwara project; estimates of anticipated costs and
expenditures; and development and production timelines.
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including those relating to: the future price of copper, gold, silver and zinc; anticipated costs and expenditures; and our ability
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Outline
Introduction: The Nautilus Experience
Approvals Process
EIS Process and Approach to EIA
Learnings and Next Steps
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THE NAUTILUS EXPERIENCE
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World’s demand for metals continues to rise
Every human activity impacts on the environment
Land resources are stretched
A “new” concept
Why Go to the Sea?
Land-based mine Deep sea production
High tech, high grade, low volume,
low waste, small footprint
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Nautilus is the first company to commercially explore for Seafloor
Massive Sulphide (SMS) deposits – HIGH GRADES of copper, gold,
zinc & silver
Minimal overburden
Smaller physical footprint than land-based counterparts
Minimal social disturbance
Seafloor Production Makes Sense
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Introduction
First project: Solwara 1
Bismarck Sea
1600 m depth
30 km from nearest
coast
Small extraction area:
0.11 km20 20 40km
Konos
Namatanai
Rabaul
Kokopo
NEW BRITAIN
NEW IRELAND
SOLWARA 1 MLA 154
EL 1374
EL 1196EL 1196
EL 1374
BISMARCK SEA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
BISMARCK SEA
LOCALITY MAP
NEW IRELAND PROVINCE
EAST NEW BRITAIN PROVINCE
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Project Stages
Exploration
• What’s there? (Resource, Environment)
• Low Impact, similar to MSR activities
Feasibility
• EIS and Project Feasibility stages
• More detail Define Project, impacts and benefits
Extraction• High impact activities
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Exploration
CTD/ Hydrocast
BLACK SMOKER
PLUM
Ship
Tow Yo
~20m asf
MAPRs x 3
PLUME
CTD, Neph, Eh,
Niskin bottles
SMS
MBES
Phase A: Target
Generation: Detailed
mapping, look for
chemical signatures
Phase B: Target Testing:
Remotely Operated
Vehicle (ROV): visual
survey of the seafloor and
rock sampling
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Define the Project
1. Cut up ore on the seafloor.
2. Ore and seawater go up the pipe to the
ship.
3. Ore is separated from seawater on
board the ship.
4. Seawater is filtered and discharged back
to the deep sea (where it came from).
5. Ore is put onto a barge and taken to the
Port of Rabaul for temporary storage.
6. When there is enough ore, the ore is
picked up from the PoR by a bulk carrier
and taken to a pre-existing processing
plant overseas.
Seafloor Production Tools (SPTs)
Riser and Lifting System (RALS)
Production Support Vessel (PSV)
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APPROVALS PROCESS
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Legal Process
Mining Act 1992
Governs the exploration,
development, processing
and transportation of
minerals
Environment Act 2000
Outlines environmental
requirements of an activity
EIS takes into account
social considerations
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EMP must be submitted and approved before operations can commence
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Environmental Management
APPROVALS KEY ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
ELAEL
MLA
ML
EIREISEPAEP
EMP
MRA DEC
PRODUCTION
EIA
BASELINE
ONGOING MONITORING
POST-CLOSURE MONITORING/REPORTING
TIME
CLOSURE
RELINQUISH LEASE
STAK
EHO
LDER
ENG
AG
ENM
ENT
EXP
LOR
ATIO
N
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Environmental Management
APPROVALS KEY ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
ELAEL
MLA
ML
EIREISEPAEP
EMP
MRA DEC
PRODUCTION
EIA
BASELINE
ONGOING MONITORING
POST-CLOSURE MONITORING/REPORTING
TIME
CLOSURE
RELINQUISH LEASE
STAK
EHO
LDER
ENG
AG
ENM
ENT
EXP
LOR
ATIO
N
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EIS PROCESS
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EIS Objectives
Define the existing environment
Estimate impacts of the project to the environment
Develop strategies to minimise impacts
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Early, transparent and
inclusive stakeholder
engagement
Inclusive multi-stakeholder
workshops Communities
World-renowned experts
Government
NGOs
Ongoing Community
Awareness and Consultations
Established CARES
www.cares.nautilusminerals.com
Nautilus Approach
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EIS Process
Define Project
ID Potential Impacts
ID Studies for EIA and Baseline
Conduct & Write-up Studies
Recommendations for impact mitigation
strategies and monitoring
Review and Submit EIS
Complete EIS
ID Potential Stakeholders
Workshop: March 2007
Workshop: April 2008
Sept 2008
2007 – 2008
Workshop: Nov 2008
Marine scientists (incl deep sea), environmentalists, students, social
scientists, anthropologists, international and local NGOs, government, other
industry reps, etc.
Academics and consultants
Holistic approach with Academics and consultants
Academics and consultants, Nautilus held workshop, DEC engaged int’l consultant
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Define the Project
1. Cut up ore on the seafloor.
2. Ore and seawater go up the pipe to the
ship.
3. Ore is separated from seawater on
board the ship.
4. Seawater is filtered and discharged back
to the deep sea (where it came from).
5. Ore is put onto a barge and taken to the
Port of Rabaul for temporary storage.
6. When there is enough ore, the ore is
picked up from the PoR by a bulk carrier
and taken to a pre-existing processing
plant overseas.
Seafloor Production Tools (SPTs)
Riser and Lifting System (RALS)
Production Support Vessel (PSV)
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Identify Potential Impacts (note: cartoon only)
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Identify Studies Needed
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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Achieving Independence
Independent
researchers
Freedom to publish
Independent reviewers
Transparency EIS on website
• Duke University
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• University of Toronto, Canada
• WHOI
• 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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Report Facts
Provide expertise (in their area of expertise)
Decide studies with other stakeholders including government
Design and Conduct Studies
Review EIA
Suggest Management Strategies
Role of Scientists
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Limiting the Impacts
Reference Site
(S Su)
Temporary Refuge
Areas
Animal relocation
Artificial substrates*
EL 1196
MLA 154
SOLWARA 1
Solwara 5
North Su
South SuSolwara 9a
Solwara 9b
Mining Lease Application
Existing Exploration Licence
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Community Awareness
Major focus
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Coastal, Shallow- and Mid-Water Environment
Issues raised during previous
community consultations:
Protect marine environments:
• Reefs and fisheries
• Whales, sharks and turtles
Nautilus response:
“Engineer out” impacts to surface waters:
• No extraction impact shallower than
1300 m water depth at Solwara 1
(below where tuna, etc live)
Only impact to surface waters:
presence of vessel, supporting
vessels and riser pipe
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Limiting the Impacts
Filter water prior to
discharge
Dewatering discharge –
25 to 50 m above
seafloor
Fast turn-around time
(limit changes to water)
500 m exclusion zone
(no collisions)
Fully enclosed ore delivery
system (riser pipe)
Filter water prior to
discharge (no chemicals)
Dewatering discharge – 25
to 50 m above seafloor
500 m exclusion zone
recommended
(no collisions)
Mineralised area
Legend
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Supporting Education
Since 2007, three PNG Nationals have
been awarded the opportunity to study
at Duke University (USA)
Learn state-of-the-art techniques under
supervision of world renowned deep
sea biologist Dr Cindy Lee Van Dover
Deep Sea Marine Science seminar at
the University of PNG
Initiative short-listed for Asia Mining
Congress Sustainability Award
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Concluding Remarks
Our Measure of Success
EIS reviewed, with
commendation
EIS approved
Environment Permit granted
Continue to have positive
relationships with local
communities, governments and
scientific community
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NEXT STEPS:
ENVIRONMETNAL
MANAGEMENT AND
MONITORING PLAN(S)
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EMP
Required under Papua New Guinea legislation
Identified impacts, brought in external experts to ID
studies, carry out studies and recommend mitigation
strategies, monitoring programs, etc.
Will continue inclusive, multi-stakeholder, proactive,
transparent approach
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Learnings/Reminders
Not a “one size fits all” solution to EMP design
(Site Specific? Project specific?)
Impacts will depend on: extraction rate, mode
of extraction
Need provision for (realistic) adaptive
management
Reference area needs to have same/similar
conditions as impacted area (biota, nat.
variations)
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Experts need to work within their area of
expertise but...
There needs to be a holistic understanding of
the environment and issues
Efforts to minimise impacts (eg plumes,
greenhouse gas emissions)
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Exploration area ≠ Extraction area –
• There’s a chance plume won’t go outside claim area
(should this be taken into account when
selecting/sizing APEIs? Also currents?)
APEI area relative to the size of impact?
What if APEI is:
not representative of area that is impacted?
the most prospective ground?
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Solwara 1: Proposed
Extraction Site
North Su: Active
Subsea Volcano
South Su: Proposed
Reference Site (not to
be extracted)
EL 1196
MLA 154
SOLWARA 1
Solwara 5
North Su
South SuSolwara 9a
Solwara 9b
Mining Lease Application
Existing Exploration Licence
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Non-representative
area set aside
EL 1196
MLA 154
SOLWARA 1
Solwara 5
North Su
South SuSolwara 9a
Solwara 9b
Mining Lease Application
Existing Exploration Licence
Reserve Area
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No commercially-
viable areas left
EL 1196
MLA 154
SOLWARA 1
Solwara 5
North Su
South SuSolwara 9a
Solwara 9b
Mining Lease Application
Existing Exploration Licence
Reserve Area
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Monitoring
Developed several testable
hypotheses with international
experts
Monitoring requirements as
required by government
Monitoring requiring ROV will
occur during scheduled
maintenance rotations no
loss to production
Will work commitments into
mine plan
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THIS FORUM
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What are the Goals?
Support development of resources
Commercially viable*
Technologically achievable
Ensure responsible environmental management
Minimise impacts to the environment
Maintain biodiversity and overall ecosystem health
and function
What do we need to achieve this?
A Single Environmental Management Plan? – or –
Over-arching Guidelines and Principles?
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Questions
Who will do the work on the APEIs to find out what
is there and if they are representative?
Is a contractor likely to go into (spend money in) an
area that has been “sterilised”?
“Adaptive APEIs” – does this increase or decrease
risk? For the contractor? For the environment?
“Nice to Haves” vs “Need to Haves”?
Continual Improvement?
Artificial substrates?
What proportion of lease area is typically covered in
nodules?
Can APEIs be established sequentially?
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What has been done before?
ISA guidelines
IMMS code
Gorda Ridge EIS
Solwara 1 EIS
DSTP Guidelines
InterRidge Guidelines
International Maritime
Legislation
etc.
What do we know?
What are the gaps?
Seek independent
expert advice to help
fill gaps
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What Makes Good Minerals Policy Framework?
Clear guidelines, timelines
Transparency
Consistency
Efficiency
Benefits justify risk(s)
Environmentally and Socially
responsible
Economically viable
Independence of reviewers
Agreement from governing body/ies and
affected stakeholders
Provision for Adaptive Management
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