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Lawrence Roulston Nautilus Minerals Inc. NUS-T TOP PICK Jul 02, 2008

Pioneering seafloor mining and well advanced on their first development project off Papua New Guinea. Trading at not much more than the value of its cash in the banks.
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TOP PICK
Huge underwater land package in the Pacific Ocean. Have a resource in Papua New Guinea. Market cap of $150 million and its cash position is about $250 million.
SELL
(Market Call Minute.) Have a lot of cash, but it is more of a science project than at mining project.
DON'T BUY
Ocean floor exploration. Have a little rift off the coast of New Guinea. An interesting scientific experiment but doesn't think it is really an economic endeavour.
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HOLD
Pushing the envelope by mining under the ocean. If you buy this, you are buying into what they are trying to do and you ride it out. Still at the stage where it looks really good but he can't put numbers to it.
COMMENT
Ran into difficulties with the Papua New Guinea government. These are sub-sea miners and are going under the ocean where there are huge deposits of base and precious metals. (Haven’t found the precious metals yet.) Being backed by some of the majors. In a 5 to 10 year time frame, he thinks this is going to work.
DON'T BUY

It is an interesting science project. It is hard to tell if they will make money or not. It is hard enough mining this, but at these depths even harder. It is hard to get a handle on their reserves. Prefers techniques that he knows work.

COMMENT
They have been around for over a decade. The idea was to mine on the ocean floor, where there could be silver, copper and some precious metals. Environmentally, there is a lot of resistance to this. It is low tonnage, but high grade. They eventually ran out of capital and went bankrupt.