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Greenland Day
Presented by
Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) &
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Monday, March 5 th 2012
Location: Room 206 DC
Address: MetroToronto Convention Centre, North Building
Program
9.00–9.15 Seating and welcome by Director of the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, Greenland, Jørn Skov Nielsen.
9.15–9.30 An update of Greenland mineral exploration and new initiatives by Jørn Skov Nielsen, BMP.
9.30–9.45 Archaean geology and evolution in the North Atlantic Craton of South-East Greenland by Jochen Kolb, GEUS
9.45–10.00 Mineral systems in the North Atlantic Craton of South-East Greenland by Bo Møller Steensgaard, GEUS
10.00–10.15 The zinc potential of Greenland. Recent assessment data, and ongoing evaluation and research by Per Kalvig, GEUS
10.15–10.30 Coffee break.
10.30–10.45 Review of geophysical data and an outlook on the 2012 aeromagnetic project by Thorkild M. Rasmussen, GEUS.
10.45–11.00 Oxygen isotopes and geochemical characteristics of corundum from Greenland. Constraints on their origin by P. Kalvig, GEUS
11.00–11.15 Critical minerals and their distribution in Greenland by Henrik Stendal, BMP
11.15–11.30 Greenland Mineral Resources Portal - a new interactive web-facility developed by GEUS and BMP by Leif Thorning, GEUS
11.30–11.45 New possibilities for travelling between Greenland and Canada by Hans Peter Hansen & Christian Berg, Air Greenland
11.45–12.00 Concluding remarks by Jørn Skov Nielsen, BMP.
All are welcome
Greenland has experienced a very positive development of mineral licence
interests during the last fi ve years, where the numbers of mineral licences
have at least tripled. A large number of the companies involved in the
Greenland exploration and exploitation activities are domiciled in North
America, Australia and Europe.
Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) and the Geological Survey of
Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) will present the latest results from
exploration in Greenland at a ‘Greenland Day’ during the PDAC in
Toronto. The exploration highlights comprise new geological information
from South East Greenland, base metals, and critical minerals such as
rare earth minerals (REE), niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta).
The newest data from the 2011 fi eld campaign from SE Greenland will
be released at the session. The geology has been reinterpreted based on
new data gathered during the 2009 – 2011 fi eld seasons. New initiatives
concerning zinc in North Greenland, a new Greenland web portal and
fi ngerprinting results of rubies will also be highlighted.
About BMP
The Bureau of Minerals and
Petroleum is responsible for
the whole chain of tasks linked
to the exploration to production
of minerals and petroleum.
The task is to ensure the legal
and political framework for
reliable, environmentally
sound and clean exploitation
of energy and minerals
resources in Greenland.