While communities, NGOs and scientists are meeting in Madang to discuss the impacts of deep sea mining on the environment and people, Nautilus, the company leading deep sea mining in PNG, has announced that it has contracted a Norwegian company to provide a ship to conduct its operations in PNG territorial waters.
Meanwhile , Nautilus has yet to publicly release an Environmental Impact study of the proposed deep sea mining operations. With operations planned to begin as early as 2010, Nautilus is not providing a lot of time for the public to analyze and respond to potential environmental impacts.
