Currently, those resources were nickel and cobalt but, in the future, it would perhaps be a question of oil and gas-reserves that had been discovered on the continental shelf, which was bound to attract the attention of major economic and financial powers.
目前，这些资源包括镍和钴，但是将来可能是在大陆架已发现的石油和天然气储存，这必将吸引主要经济和金融强国的注意。