Greenland Mines has entered into a framework agreement with GTK Mintec of Finland to execute an extensive mineralogical, metallurgical and environmental investigation program for the Skaergaard project in East Greenland. The accord formalizes collaboration on end-to-end testing, from ore characterization to tailings evaluation, leveraging GTK Mintec’s industrial-scale pilot plant and research laboratories.

Under the agreement, GTK Mintec will carry out advanced mineralogical characterization using MLA/QEMSCAN and EPMA to define liberation and deportment of gold, palladium, platinum and critical metals. Beneficiation testwork will cover gravity and magnetic separation, bench-scale flotation and hydrometallurgical leaching including pressure-leach and low-emission chloride or molten-salt processes. A bulk sample of 10–20 tonnes will support continuous pilot campaigns to validate process flowsheets.

The collaboration aims to de-risk the Skaergaard multi-metal intrusion by optimizing recovery of precious and bulk metals while assessing tailings and water management from project inception. Results will inform definitive flowsheet design, enhance environmental performance and strengthen Greenland Mines’ position to attract strategic partners and financing as it advances toward development decisions.