U.S. eyes Greenland’s resources
As the U.S. already has near-unrestricted military access to Greenland under a 1951 agreement, there is no national security imperative to own the island, but the Trump administration covets its vast natural resources
Undiscovered reserves*
Oil (billion barrels)
Natural gas (trillion cubic ft)
Natural gas liquids (billion barrels)
0
0
0
*USGS estimates Arctic holds about 22% of world’s undiscovered oil and gas resource base
GREENLAND (DENMARK)
Banned in 2021: Fossil fuel exploration and extraction
Uranium mining
Pituffik Space Base (U.S.)
Nuuk
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Jameson Land Basin
Estimated 3.5 Bboe recoverable resources
Arctic Circle
West Greenland-East Canada
7.27
1.15
51.82
East Greenland Rift
Third largest volume in Arctic
8.9
8.12
86.18
Mining operations
KoBold
Exploratory venture backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg
Lumina
Feldspar
Critical Metals
Rare earths
Amaroq
Gold
400km
250 miles

EU critical minerals list
Total
34
25 found in Greenland
Antimony
Phosphorous
Platinum Group Metals
Phosphate rock
Baryte
Titanium
Beryllium
Scandium
Niobium
Vanadium
Tantalum
Strontium
Silicon
Nickel
Lithium
Helium
Hafnium
Graphite
Flurospar
Light rare earths
Heavy rare earths
Feldspar
Copper
Cobalt
Tungsten

Precious metals
Precious gemstones
Rare earth minerals
Uranium
Coal
Others
Sources: EIA, GEUS
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