Rare-earth minerals

The Gardar Province in South Greenland includes rare-earth occurrences at Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld, Kringlerne/Killavaat Alannguat and Motzfeldt. The EURARE research inventory identifies distinct mineral hosts and additional carbonatite occurrences.1–2

Minerals and the ice sheet

Mineral resource study1–2

GEUS identifies 24 of the EU’s 34 critical raw materials in Greenland. Its 2023 review covers known occurrences, deposit estimates and assessed mineral potential. About 80% of Greenland is ice-covered; its ice-free land exceeds 400,000 square kilometres.1, 3

Documented connections

Minerals and the ice sheet →Mineral resource study1–2

Sources and documents
  1. GEUS: Review of critical raw-material resource potential in Greenland, MiMa 2023/1
  2. EURARE: Greenland rare-earth mineral occurrences
  3. GEUS: Greenland mineral resources and the ice-sheet distinction

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