Public Information On Contracts JOGMEC
Public Information On Contracts JOGMEC
I. ANNEX
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
1. Contract Information ....................................................................................................................... 2
2. Coordinates and Illustrative Chart of the Exploration Area ............................................................. 3
3. Plan of Work.................................................................................................................................. 19
4. Programme of Activities and Exploration Expenditure .................................................................. 20
5. Training Programme ...................................................................................................................... 23
6. Standard clauses............................................................................................................................ 25
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Introduction
The information contained in this ISA Contract for Exploration – Public Information Template is
made available to the public in response to the request by the Council of the ISA to make contracts
publicly available, subject to restrictions on confidential information, industrial secrets and proprietary
data.
The content of the present template is in accordance with the Regulations on Prospecting and
Exploration for [Polymetallic Nodules in the Area] [ISBA/19/C/17] (the “Regulations”).
1. Contract Information
Annex III of the Regulations.
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1. List of coordinates
The area allocated to the Contractor is bounded by lines joining the following turning points, the
coordinates of which (in accordance with the World Geodetic System WGS 84 UTM zone 57N)
are listed below in decimal degrees:
Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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Northing Easting
Clust Block UTM UTM Area Lat. N Lat. N Lat. N Long. E Long. E Long. E
er No. Zone57N Zone57N (km 2 ) degrees minutes seconds degrees minutes seconds
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The area allocated to the Contractor comprises 150 blocks, each with an area of 20
square kilometres, and is located over six seamounts in the Western Pacific. The blocks
are grouped into eight clusters, each containing five to 40 contiguous blocks. Each block
is rectangular in shape, measuring five kilometres from east to west and four kilometres
from north to south. All the blocks are located entirely within a geographical area
measuring not more than 545 kilometres from east to west and 550 kilometres from
north to south, or 299,750 square kilometres.
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3. Plan of Work
Summary of Plan of Work for Exploration including the Programme of Activities for the first
and/or the current 5-year period (Regulation 18).
The Contractor will conduct exploration activities as a long-term plan covering a 15-year
period. The exploration activities will take place in each block of the exploration area,
mainly on the top of seamounts, where cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts are not
buried in sediments.
The objectives and survey activities are divided into three stages, as follows.
After completion of stage 1, stage 2 will be revised and stage 3 will be further elaborated on.
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processing
2018/2019 5 Conduct of resource survey and Objective for 2018/2019 was
environmental survey, and completed
consideration of mining system and
processing
2019/2020 6 Conduct of resource survey and Objective for 2019/2020 in under
environmental survey, and implementation
consideration of mining system and
processing
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5. Training Programme
Schedule 3 of Annex III of the Regulations.
I. Training Programme
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6. Standard clauses
Annex IV of the Regulations.
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