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| | May 07, 2008
Phase One Deep Sea Exploration Program Completed in PNG
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| | News Release Number 2008-14
Toronto Ontario, May 7, 2008 - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX & AIM: NUS) (the "Company" or "Nautilus") announces that Teck Cominco Limited ("Teck") has completed the first phase of its $US12 million 2008 offshore exploration program over Nautilus' exploration tenements. These tenements are located in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea ("PNG") and exclusive economic zone of Tonga. The phase one program was completed on Tuesday May 6, 2008 with the demobilisation of the MV Sepura in Port Moresby. This phase involved a 28-day bathymetric mapping program within the territorial waters of PNG that was designed to define targets for subsequent geochemical surveying and Remote Operated Vehicle ("ROV") based sampling.
VP Exploration for Teck, Fred Daley commented: "Our dedicated crew of technical, safety, and logistics personnel has been able to complete this program on time and under budget, without a single lost time injury or safety incident and with greater seabed coverage than was originally planned. We are excited by both the quality of the data and the results which are a significant improvement on previous data sets (http://www.nautilusminerals.com/i/photos/new-bathymetry-map.jpg). Our geologists and geophysicists are currently working with Nautilus personnel to interpret this new data and prioritise targets for our follow-up sampling program which we are planning to launch in mid-May."
Nautilus CEO-David Heydon commented: "The bathymetric survey is phase one of Teck's $US12 million 2008 exploration program. After this program Teck can elect to form a joint venture with Nautilus and invest to earn an interest in up to six countries, as per our December 2007 agreement
(http://www.nautilusminerals.com/s/Media-NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=278422). Nautilus is fortunate to have a company of Teck's size and "ore finding" expertise spending significant money on Nautilus ground in parallel with our own exploration to fast track a resource pipeline. We are eagerly awaiting the results of their follow-up program."
Options Exercised
As a result of the exercise of options, the Company has made an application for 98,700 common shares to be admitted to the AIM and TSX. The shares are expected to be admitted to trading on May 13, 2008.
About Nautilus Minerals Inc.
Nautilus is the first company to commercially explore the ocean floor for gold and copper seafloor massive sulphide deposits and subject to timely permitting is positioning itself to become an emerging producer in 2010. The Company's main focus is the Solwara 1 Project, which is located in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean. Nautilus is listed on the TSX and on AIM, and has among its largest shareholders two of the world's leading international resource companies, Teck Cominco (7.2%) and Anglo American (5.7%). Epion (22.4%) is controlled by the founder of Metalloinvest one of the largest and fastest growing mining and metallurgical holdings in Russia.
For more information please refer www.nautilusminerals.com or contact:
Investor Relations
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto)
Email: investor@nautilusminerals.com
Tel: +1 (416) 551 1100
Australian Project Office
Tel: +61 (7) 3318 5555
Numis Securities Limited (NOMAD)
John Harrison/James Black
Tel: + 44(0) 20 7260 1000
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