DORDPMN12016 Mn2016 ENV

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research In accordance with Section 10, Appendix II of the Contract for Exploration, Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., LTD (DORD) hereby submits to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) the Annual Report of 2016 (the 1st year of the 4th 5-year plan) on exploration of polymetallic nodule. This report contains the results of the analysis work done in 2016 on resource survey and environmental studies, the results obtained by the research and development on mining systems and metallurgical processing and some considerations for economic assessment, and also contains the data on the environment studies obtained during the survey cruise conducted in 2016.