Rough and polished rubies from the True North
Gems Aappaluttoq Project 160 km south of
Nuuk, southwest Greenland. Photo courtesy True
North Gems Inc.
nered up with Korea Resources Corp.
London-based
private
company,
Avannaa Resources Ltd. has an agreement with senior Swedish miner, Boliden
AB [BOL-Stockholm] to explore for zinc
in Greenland and plans to search for copper in eastern Greenland with Anglo
American PLC [AAL-London].
Australian-Based Ironbark Zinc Ltd.
[IBG-ASX] and China Non-ferrous Metal
Industry has spent over $50 million on
their 13 billion-lb Citronen zinc-lead project on the northern coast of Greenland
where there is a shipping access three
months per year.
Another
Australian,
Greenland
Minerals & Energy Ltd. [GGG-ASX] has
the Kvanefjeld Project with resources of
10.3 million tonnes of rare earth oxide, plus
575 million lbs of U3O8 and zinc credits.
Feasibility studies are well advanced.
West Melville Metals Inc. [WMMTSXV] is acquiring the Isortoq property
from Hunter Minerals Pty Ltd. The irontitanium-vanadium prospect is located
in southern Greenland. In January 2013,
West Melville stated that there is an initial
NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource of
70.3 million tonnes grading 29.6% total
iron, 10.9% titanium oxide and 0.144%
vanadium pentoxide. The property is on a
deep, ice-free ocean inlet. n
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november 2013
