Nautilus Minerals Issues Options and Loan Shares
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/02/12 -- Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX: NUS)(AIM: NUS)(OTCQX: NUSMF) ("Nautilus" or "Company") has granted 900,000 options and issued 200,000 loan shares to its non-executive directors as their full remuneration for 2012.
The options and loan shares were granted under the Company's Stock Option Plan and Share Loan Plan which were approved by shareholders in July, 2011, and which limit the total number of shares under the two plans to a combined maximum of 10% of the Company's issued capital. The two plans are described in the Company's Information Circular filed on SEDAR on June 29, 2011.
The details regarding the options granted under the Stock Option Plan are as follows:
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No. of Exercise Expiry
Name Options Price Vesting Period Date
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20% commencing on April
A. Geoffrey 2, 2013 and 20% every six October 2,
Loudon 300,000 C$0.91 months thereafter 2015
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Mohammed 20% commencing on April
Ali Al 2, 2013 and 20% every six October 2,
Barwani 200,000 C$0.91 months thereafter 2015
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20% commencing on April
Cynthia 2, 2013 and 20% every six October 2,
Thomas 200,000 C$0.91 months thereafter 2015
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20% commencing on April
Matthew 2, 2013 and 20% every six October 2,
Hammond 200,000 C$0.91 months thereafter 2015
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Total
options
granted 900,000
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The details regarding the loan shares issued under the Share Loan Plan are as follows:
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No. of Loan
Loan Issue Expiry
Name Shares Price Vesting Period Date
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20% commencing on April
Russell 2, 2013 and 20% every six October 2,
Debney 200,000 C$0.91 months thereafter 2015
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Total
loan
shares
issued 200,000
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For more information please refer to www.nautilusminerals.com
About Nautilus Minerals Inc.
Nautilus is the first company to explore the ocean floor for polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide deposits and is developing its first project at Solwara 1, in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea, where it is aiming to produce copper, gold and silver. The company has been granted all necessary environmental and mining permits.
Nautilus also holds more than 500,000 km2 of highly prospective exploration acreage in the western Pacific; in PNG, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga, as well as in international waters in the eastern Pacific.
A Canadian registered company, Nautilus is listed on the (TSX: NUS) and (AIM: NUS) stock exchanges and (OTCQX: NUSMF). Its corporate office is in Brisbane, Australia. Its major shareholders include Metalloinvest, the largest iron ore producer in Europe and the CIS, which has a 21% holding, global mining group Anglo American, which holds an 11.1% interest and MB Holdings, an Oman based group with interests in mining, oil & gas, which holds a 16.9% interest.
Neither the TSX, London Stock Exchange, nor the OTCQX accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
Contacts:
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto)
Investor Relations
+1 (416) 551 1100
investor@nautilusminerals.com
www.nautilusminerals.com
Numis Securities Limited
Nominated adviser: Alastair Stratton/Stuart Skinner
Corporate broking: James Black
+ 44(0) 20 7260 1000
Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC
Christopher R. Weekes
1301 Avenue of the America's
New York, NY 10019
Direct: +1 212 372 5766
