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SEABED EXPLOTRATION INTONGA

MINISTRY OF LANDS,SURVEY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

KINGDOM OF TONGA



` INTORDUCTION

` EXPLORATION HISTORY IN TONGA

` NEW INDUSTRY IN TONGA

` POLICY AND LEGISTRATION

` COMPANIES EXPLORE IN TONGA

` CONCLUSION

Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources



` The Kingdom of Tonga is a small South Pacific Nation

comprising of 171 islands of which 37 are inhabited.

`

Total land area ±

700sqkm, territorial waters coversabout 700,000 sqkm.

` Location : Located bxn Lat 15 - 23 Deg South and

Long 173 ± 177 Deg West

` Population: Last Census 2006 ± 10,1991` Religious: - 99.9% Christian

` Industries : - Tourism and Fisheries




` First began in search for hydrocarbon was publicity in 1968and first exploration license in 1970 to the Shell company

` The first 2 wells were drilled in Tonga for hydrocarbonclose to oil seeps in a basin defined on the basis of gravity

and magnetic data but without onshore seismic control.Both were plugged as dry holes at the depth of 1676m. Notget to basement

` After 120m depth of Plio-Pleistocene reef limestone penetrated a thick sequence of fine to coarse volcaniclastic

interbedded with thin limestone

` 1976 second phase began with new agreement with anAmerican company ± WEBB Resources.




`

3 more wells were drilled without success. 2 of thewells bottom in sills, since dated as Miocene intrusion

within Oligocene or late Eocene volcaniclastic. The

maximum depth is of drilling was 2364m

`

Currently 3 companies have license for MineralExploration

Blue Water Metal

KORDI (Korean Oceanography Research Development

Institute)

Nautilus Minerals Tonga

` One Company for Hydrocarbon exploration

Modulus Baringer Group




` Since research surveys have been done in our

area some the companies interested for Mineral

Exploration

` There are 3 Companies are conducting mineralexploration in Tonga

` One company is explore for Hydrocarbon

` These companies were given by the Government a

license conduct this exploration




` License expires 2012

` Explore for Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc,

Molybdenum, Nickel, Iron, Barite, Cobalt, Sulphur,

Platinoids



` License expires 2013

` Minerals Explore are ± Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead,

Zinc, Molybdenum, Nickel, Iron, Barite, Cobalt,

Sulphur and Platinoids




` 3 companies

x Modulus Pacific Tonga

x Baringer Tonga Central Ltd

x Baringer Tonga South Ltd

` License expires ± 2018

` Explore for hydrocarbon




` No legislation and policy has been created

`



` Technical Assistance on Legal Advise for Tonga to

create Legislation and Regulation


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