Afri-Can Marine Minerals completed the first phase of its Block J resources delineation program in Namibia on Nov. 22, 2006, and will proceed with a $500,000 private placement.
Nautilus Minerals has applied for 47 new exploration licences covering 108,295 square kilometres of the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea, bringing its total prospective acreage to 122,309 square kilometres.
Anglo American, through subsidiary Taurus Investments S.A., acquired 8,333,334 treasury shares of Nautilus Minerals for US$25 million in a private placement, representing approximately 11.46% ownership.
Nautilus Minerals agreed to a US$68.5-million private placement, with Anglo American investing US$25-million and signing a technical-cooperation agreement.