Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Pacific_Culture_Areas.pngNauru has abundant phosphate rock deposits , which permit very simple strip mining, Nauru’s phosphate was thoroughly mined around the island in the 1980’s and early 1990’s , by the late 1990’s Nauru’s phosphate reserves have been fatigued as well as the islands setting had been devastated by mining. , http://Cloverjuice.com