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2012
January 2012	Asia Pacific Water Summit :: Meeting EMT, Suva :: Meeting DSD-RH to Cook Islands for consultations/meeting :: Meeting
February 2012	SPC Climate Change :: Meeting Meeting in Sydney :: Meeting
March 2012	6th World Water Forum :: Meeting
July 2012	Regional Steering Committee :: Meeting Regional Steering Committee Meeting :: Meeting
October 2012	Pacific DRM Platform :: Meeting
November 2012	STAR Meeting :: Meeting SOPAC Division Meeting :: Meeting

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With the first mining of Seabed Massive Sulphides (SMS) deposits less than three years from startup in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Island countries have been urged to encourage mineral exploration within their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by SOPAC’s Akuila Tawake, SOPAC’s Aggregate Geologist.

EEZ is the two hundred nautical miles internationally recognized ocean zone reaching out from a coastline of a Pacific island country. All economic activity within the zone belongs to that country including its mineral wealth.

Mr. Tawake, speaking at the SOPAC/STAR meeting held in Nadi this week, said that based on the results of previous studies, a number of the island countries have marine mineral potential.