Nautilus Minerals reported continued progress on the Solwara 1 seafloor production system, still targeting first production in H1 2019 subject to financing.
Nautilus Minerals signed a financing mandate with shareholder-backed Deep Sea Mining Finance to arrange up to $350-million (U.S.) for the Solwara 1 project.
Nautilus Minerals says it needs about $41-million (U.S.) in new financing before the end of 2017, including at least $15-million (U.S.) by Oct. 31, 2017, to keep developing Solwara 1.