Opposition to experimental seabed mining should be viewed as investing in our future including our environment. We must not accept to be the guinea pig , but pass it on to more technologically advanced countries and we learn from them. Why should technologically advanced countries choose a country that is least in technological developments by its own citizens and institutions? It is not morally proper and lacks moral conscience. China and India are two of the leading countries in knowledge and technology on seabed mining and have been major participants in international conferences. The experiments should be carried out in their waters, not in Papua New Guinea. Nautilus is a Canadian company and therefore must carry out this seabed mining experiment in its own waters. Experimental Seabed Mining must be carried out in the waters of the technologically advanced countries and countries like Papua New Guinea then can learn from this and prepare to go into seabed mining in the future. ...