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April 2008

Joint ASEG & GSA

Technical Meeting

Wednesday 30th April at 5:15pm

the Theodore Club

333 Adelaide Street

Brisbane

COST: Free

Soft drinks, beer, wine, and finger food provided for attendees

Schedule:

5.15 Pre-Presentation Food and Drinks.
6.00 Technical Presentation - Mike Johnston, Joel Jansen & Craig Riley: World’s first seafloor copper-gold mine: Solwara 1 Project, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

About the Presentation:

World’s first seafloor copper-gold mine: Solwara 1 Project, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea: Nautilus Minerals Inc ("Nautilus") is following the lead of the petroleum industry to tap vast offshore resources and is planning to mine high grade seafloor massive sulphide ("SMS") deposits of copper, zinc, gold and silver. Mine planning is well underway for the world's first seafloor copper-gold mine at depths of 1,500 metres below sea level, at the Company’s Solwara 1 Project located in the Bismarck Sea, 50kms north of Rabaul, the main port of the east New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. The Company holds more than 365,000 km2 of tenement licences and exploration applications in the territorial waters and Exclusive Economics Zones of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Nautilus staff will review the exploration concepts behind the Company’s activities, the special challenges encountered, geological and geophysical results to date and what the future may hold.

About the Speakers:

Mike Johnston – Vice President Corporate Development – New Vision, New World, New Resources
Joel Jansen – Senior Geophysicist – Nautilus Minerals’ Geophysical Work over the Solwara 1 SMS System
Craig Riley – Exploration Manager – Nautilus Minerals’ Geological Work over the Solwara 1 SMS System

The Theodore Club: