Update (Dec 22, 2025):
Reuters and AP reported that U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as U.S. Special Envoy to Greenland, framed in national security terms amid renewed discussion of Greenland’s strategic importance.
Securing Strategic Supply Chains
Greenland’s mineral potential has become a focal point for supply-chain security, industrial policy and defense-adjacent materials planning.
This hub is designed as a neutral, source-led gateway: tracking projects, policy signals, enabling conditions, and constraints that affect timelines and valuation.
Editorial policy:
- Source hierarchy: government publications, regulators, major wire services, and technical reports are preferred.
- No promotion: unsupported claims, hype language, and unverifiable numbers are excluded or clearly labeled as “reported”.
- Change discipline: updates are dated; older items remain accessible for auditability.
Critical Minerals
What is tracked
- Project signals: permitting, financing, offtake, and public policy signals.
- Constraint-first lens: Arctic logistics, permitting reality and social license often decide timelines and valuation.
- Neutral framing: no promotional claims; wording remains conservative and source-bound.
Example: reported financing signal
Public reporting has referenced EXIM interest around Greenland rare-earth development (project-specific; always verify against primary filings).
Example coverage:
Mining Technology (reported).
Note: Secondary press is treated as a pointer; primary technical/regulatory documents remain the standard.
Critical Materials
“Minerals” become “materials” through processing, logistics, offtake structures, and regulatory constraints.
This section is focused on midstream relevance and supply-chain logic where public sources allow.
Rare Earths
Rare earths are treated here as a high-leverage subset for magnet materials, industrial policy, and strategic supply constraints.
Project references are presented with sources and update stamps.
The 17 Rare Earth Elements (REE)
In geology and supply-chain reporting, “rare earth elements” refers to a standard set of 17 metals:
the 15 lanthanoids (La–Lu) plus scandium (Sc) and yttrium (Y).
Greenland projects and official geology publications typically report REE distributions using this standard set,
while the economic mix (which elements dominate) can differ significantly by deposit.
Standard REE list (IUPAC names)
- Scandium (Sc) — 21
- Yttrium (Y) — 39
- Lanthanum (La) — 57
- Cerium (Ce) — 58
- Praseodymium (Pr) — 59
- Neodymium (Nd) — 60
- Promethium (Pm) — 61
- Samarium (Sm) — 62
- Europium (Eu) — 63
- Gadolinium (Gd) — 64
- Terbium (Tb) — 65
- Dysprosium (Dy) — 66
- Holmium (Ho) — 67
- Erbium (Er) — 68
- Thulium (Tm) — 69
- Ytterbium (Yb) — 70
- Lutetium (Lu) — 71
Note: Promethium (Pm) is part of the standard REE list; it has no stable isotopes and occurs only in extremely small natural concentrations.
Analyst focus in Greenland REE discussions
Public briefs and technical disclosures often emphasize “magnet REE” (notably Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb)
due to permanent-magnet relevance. The actual distribution is deposit-specific and should be taken from primary geology sources or regulated technical reports.
Core references
Energy
Energy availability and infrastructure are enabling conditions for development.
This section focuses on constraints and enablers (power, ports, transport, seasonal access) rather than promotional narratives.
Investment Pathways
Greenland’s official Mineral Resources Strategy 2025–2029 frames sustainability, investment attraction and governance priorities for the sector.
Official publication:
Greenland Mineral Resources Strategy 2025–2029 (PDF)
This site is informational and does not provide investment advice.
Climate & Access
Arctic access windows, logistics, and climate-linked operational constraints often determine timelines and capital costs.
This section summarizes access dynamics with a risk-first framing.
Sources & Method
Method: Source-led summaries, dated updates, conservative wording. Claims without public corroboration are intentionally excluded or framed as “reported/considered”.
Compliance note: External links are provided for verification. No affiliation is implied.