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Nautilus takes delivery of SPTs

The Solwara 1 deep-sea mining project, a JV between Nautilus Minerals (85%) and Eda Kopa (15%), has taken delivery of three seafloor production tools (SPTs) from the Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) facility in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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The three seafloor production tools are on their way to to Oman

The three seafloor production tools are on their way to to Oman

The three SPTs are now en route to Oman, where they are scheduled to undergo extensive wet testing at Duqm Port. Nautilus plans to use the SPTs to cut and extract high-grade copper and gold from the...

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