Naalakkersuisut has refused Greenland Minerals A/S the company’s application for an extension of the license period for the company’s exploration license at Kuannersuit.
The mining company Greenland Minerals has conceded yet another defeat in the case of the country’s most controversial raw material project.
On Thursday, Naalakkersuisut refused the company’s application to extend the permit period for the company’s investigation at Kuannersuit.
This is what Naalakkersuisut writes in a press release.
It is stated that the decision has been made because further investigation in the area is not considered to be able to lead to the discovery of deposits that can be exploited in accordance with the Uranium Act.
Greenland Minerals is owned by Australian Energy Transition Minerals (ETM), and the company’s director said earlier this year that they feared the prospecting permit would be revoked. If the application for extension were rejected, in the director’s view, it would be a violation of the company’s rights.
The company is already in conflict with the Self-Government over the reintroduction of the uranium ban, which has made the controversial mining project impossible. In this connection, the company has raised a claim for a billion in compensation, because the company believes that it has been wrongfully denied an exploitation permit.
The case between the mining company and the Self-Government must be heard at Greenland’s High Court. In October 2025, an arbitration court determined that it does not have jurisdiction to process the case between the company and Naalakkersuisut, and in that connection Greenland Minerals A/S was sentenced to pay 90 percent of Naalakkersuisut’s expenses, corresponding to DKK 14,354,937.07.
Since 2007, the mining company has worked to obtain permission to mine the rare earths in Kuannersuit.
