Nautilus Nautilus Minerals Issues Options and Loan Shares

 
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Nautilus Minerals Issues Options and Loan Shares 
FOR:  NAUTILUS MINERALS INC. 
 
TSX SYMBOL:  NUS 
OTCQX SYMBOL:  NUSMF 
AIM SYMBOL:  NUS 
 
October 2, 2012 
 
Nautilus Minerals Issues Options and Loan Shares 
 
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 2, 2012) - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS)(OTCQX:NUSMF) 
("Nautilus" or "Company") has granted 900,000 options and issued 200,000 loan shares to its non-executive 
directors as their full remuneration for 2012. 
 
The options and loan shares were granted under the Company's Stock Option Plan and Share Loan Plan which were 
approved by shareholders in July, 2011, and which limit the total number of shares under the two plans to a 
combined maximum of 10% of the Company's issued capital. The two plans are described in the Company's 
Information Circular filed on SEDAR on June 29, 2011. 
 
The details regarding the options granted under the Stock Option Plan are as follows: 
 
 
 
 
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                No. of    Exercise                              Expiry 
Name           Options      Price    Vesting Period             Date 
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                                     20% commencing on April 
A. Geoffrey                          2, 2013 and 20% every six  October 2, 
Loudon         300,000     C$0.91    months thereafter          2015 
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Mohammed                             20% commencing on April 
Ali Al                               2, 2013 and 20% every six  October 2, 
Barwani        200,000     C$0.91    months thereafter          2015 
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                                     20% commencing on April 
Cynthia                              2, 2013 and 20% every six  October 2, 
Thomas         200,000     C$0.91    months thereafter          2015 
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                                     20% commencing on April 
Matthew                              2, 2013 and 20% every six  October 2, 
Hammond        200,000     C$0.91    months thereafter          2015 
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Total 
options 
granted        900,000 
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The details regarding the loan shares issued under the Share Loan Plan are as follows: 
 
 
 
 
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                No. of                                          Loan 
                 Loan       Issue                               Expiry 
Name            Shares      Price    Vesting Period             Date 
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                                     20% commencing on April 
Russell                              2, 2013 and 20% every six  October 2, 
Debney         200,000     C$0.91    months thereafter          2015 
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Total 
loan 
shares 
issued         200,000 
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For more information please refer to www.nautilusminerals.com 
 
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 more than 500,000 km2 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 11.1% interest and MB Holdings, an Oman based group with interests in mining, oil & 
gas, which holds a 16.9% interest. 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto) 
Investor Relations 
[phone] 
[e-mail] 
www.nautilusminerals.com 
 
OR 
 
Numis Securities Limited 
Nominated adviser: Alastair Stratton/Stuart Skinner 
Corporate broking: James Black 
+ 44(0) 20 7260 1000 
 
OR 
 
Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC 
Christopher R. Weekes 
1301 Avenue of the America's 
New York, NY 10019 
Direct: [phone] 
 
Neither the TSX, London Stock Exchange, nor the OTCQX accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of 
this press release. 
 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc.