FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO CEE

32. No further amendments to the CEE are planned for continued drilling in 1999/2000 season. However, the fact that the Project has been extended an extra year raises the question of whether the 'life' of the CEE can be simply extended to allow for this or whether a review of the process and/or the Project needs to be undertaken. The Project Manager and Antarctica New Zealand's CEO and Environmental Manager will address this issue in due course.

16 February 1999