SPC Geoscience Division

More than l00 delegates from around the world are attending a three-day workshop in Nadi, from today through June 8, to explore the development of deep-sea mineral mining in the Pacific.

In opening the Deep Sea Minerals Project, Dr. Russell Howorth, Director, SOPAC a division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, said that the objective of the workshop is to expand the economic resource base of Pacific ACP States.