TIDMNUS 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc.: Fiji Update on Partnering Arrangement 
FOR:  NAUTILUS MINERALS INC. 
 
TSX, AIM SYMBOL:  NUS 
 
February 22, 2012 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc.: Fiji Update on Partnering Arrangement 
 
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 22, 2012) - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) 
confirms it has received formal notification that Teck Resources Limited has elected not to participate in 
exploration activities in Fijian waters under a regional area of interest agreement signed in December 2007. 
 
In August 2011 Nautilus became the first private sector organisation to be granted offshore exploration 
licences in Fiji covering a total area of approximately 60,000 km2  triggering Teck's rights to jointly 
participate in exploration. 
 
Teck retains an interest in Nautilus as a significant shareholder. 
 
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 gold, copper and silver. The company has been granted all necessary environmental and 
mining permits. 
 
Nautilus also holds approximately 600,000 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 and AIM stock exchanges and has its corporate 
office in Brisbane, Australia. Its major shareholders include Metalloinvest, the largest iron ore producer in 
Europe and the CIS, which has a 21% holding, and global mining group Anglo American, which holds an 11% 
interest. 
 
 
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto) 
Investor Relations 
+1 (416) 551 1100 
investor@nautilusminerals.com 
www.nautilusminerals.com 
 
OR 
 
Numis Securities Limited 
Nominated adviser: Stuart Skinner 
Corporate broking: James Black 
+ 44(0) 20 7260 1000 
 
Neither the TSX nor the London Stock Exchange accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this 
press release. 
 
 
Nautilus Minerals Inc. 
 

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