NAUTILUS MINERALS INC. (TSX & AIM: NUS)
(OTCQX: NUSMF)
Suite 1400
400 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3A6
Press Release
Number 2012 - 21
Nautilus Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement
Toronto, Ontario, September 11, 2012 - Nautilus Minerals Inc ("Company" or "Nautilus") has
received gross proceeds of C$18.6 million from the issue of the second and final tranche of shares
forming part of the non-brokered private placement first announced on August 1, 2012.
A total of 20,632,382 shares were issued today in the second tranche at an issue price of C$0.90
per share. The second tranche shares form part of a total capital raising of C$33.9 million, before
expenses, involving the issue of 37,673,124 shares. The closing of the first tranche was announced
on August 3, 2012. No finders’ fees or commissions are payable by the Company in connection
with the private placement. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company is
now 234,097,865.
The shares will be listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Application has also been
made to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange for the second tranche
shares to be admitted to trading on September 17, 2012.
Following the closing of this second tranche, Metalloinvest maintains its interest in Nautilus at 21%,
Anglo American maintains its interest at 11.1% and MB Holding Company LLC (the "MB Group"),
through its subsidiary Mawarid Offshore Mining Ltd ("Mawarid") now owns approximately 16.9% of the
Company's shares. As noted in the news release dated August 1, 2012, Mawarid has been granted
the right to nominate a director to the board of Nautilus as long as it maintains its ownership interest in
Nautilus at 15% or more. The appointment of Mawarid's nominee, Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Barwani has
now been made effective.
Dr. Al Barwani, age 60, is founder and Chairman of the MB Group, has a Bachelor’s Degree in
Science from Miami University, Ohio, USA, was awarded a Master’s Degree and PhD in Petroleum
Engineering from Herriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and is a member of the International
SeaKeepers Society, an organisation dedicated to the protection of the environment through the
world’s oceans.
The MB Group has operations in 20 countries, 6,000 employees of 51 nationalities and generates
revenues in excess of US$1.2 billion. Dr. Al Barwani is also the non-executive Chairman of
Transgulf Holding (a publicly listed company) and Al Madina Insurance SAOC, is a member of the
Board of Oman Air (the national airline) and held the following directorships/partnerships in the five
years prior to this appointment:
MB Century Drilling Pty. Limited
MB Air Limited
UCL Resources Limited
MB Drilling Overseas Limited
Oceanco Shipbuilders & Partners Ltd
MB Petroleum (Asia Pacific) Limited
MB Overseas Limited
MB Informatics Private Limited
Mawarid Offshore Mining Ltd
Biogenomics Limited
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Musstir Limited
MB Oilfield Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Ali M Barwani Investment Co (BVI) Ltd
MBPS Malaysia SDN BHD
Petrogas E&P (India) Limited
MB Holding Mauritius Limited
Razan International Limited
MB Petroleum B.V.
MBPS Finance Company
Alblasserdam Yatchbuilding Shipyards Limited
MB Aviation Limited
Blue Ocean Engineering B.V
Hamad Limited
Alblasserdam Yatchbuilding B.V
Alblasserdam Yatchbuilding Holding B.V
Transgulf Investments Holding Co.SAOG
Alblasserdam Yatchbuilding Properties B.V
Oman Aviation Company SAOC
Century Resources Services Limited
Al Madina Insurance Company SAOC
Century Drilling & Energy Services Limited
Al Madina Financial Services Company SAOC
MB Petroleum Services LLC
MB Investment LLC
Mawarid Mining LLC
MB Holding Co.LLC
Petrogas E&P LLC
MB Petroleum Services Company Limited
United Engineering Services LLC
MB Century Holding Pte Limited
Mawarid Mining Company Ltd
Other than as set out above, there is no information with regards to the above mentioned appointment
that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
For further details of the private placement please refer to:
http://www.nautilusminerals.com/s/Media-NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=539896&_Type=NewsReleases&_Title=Nautilus-to-raise-funds-and-continue-equipment-build
The common shares of Nautilus have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act or the
securities laws of any state of the United States. This news release does not constitute an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
For more information please refer to www.nautilusminerals.com or contact:
Investor Relations
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 (416) 551 1100
Numis Securities Limited
Nominated adviser: Alastair Stratton/Stuart Skinner
Corporate broking: James Black
Tel: + 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
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adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
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 approximately 600,000 km 2 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%
interest and MB Holdings, an Oman based group with interests in mining, oil & gas, which holds a 17% interest.
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