en.Wedoany.com Reported - Greenland Mines has signed a diamond drilling contract with Nordisk Fundering for its 80%-owned Skaergaard precious and critical metals project, located in southeastern Greenland.
The drilling program, part of the 2026 field campaign, is expected to include nearly 7,500 meters of helicopter-assisted core drilling. The field work will focus on several technical objectives, including upgrading resource categories and collecting additional metallurgical samples for ongoing studies. It also involves geotechnical characterization aimed at assessing potential open-pit mining development options. The company stated that helicopter and logistical support for the 2026 operating season have been arranged, and access to an icebreaker and an accommodation vessel with a helideck has been secured.
Drilling activities will utilize three helicopter-portable rigs, each capable of operating on rock and certain selected ice cap sites within the Skaergaard license area. Operations will combine HQ and NQ core drilling, using both vertical and inclined holes, with specific targets selected for future resource conversion, geotechnical data collection, and metallurgical studies.
Nordisk Fundering is a Scandinavia-based contractor with extensive experience in Arctic and Greenland drilling projects. Greenland Mines emphasized that the contractor's geotechnical expertise is valuable for obtaining the rock mass characterization data required for mine planning and potential pit wall design. This drilling is part of broader work at Skaergaard, where Greenland Mines is collaborating with GTK Mintec on metallurgical and processing test work, as well as process flowsheet development. These studies aim to provide additional data to support future economic evaluations.
Greenland Mines President Bo Møller Stensgaard stated that signing the drilling contract with Nordisk Fundering marks another important execution milestone for the 2026 Skaergaard field campaign. The company is integrating drilling, metallurgy, bulk sample preparation, logistics, and engineering-oriented field work into a coordinated plan designed to strengthen the project's technical foundation and advance Skaergaard toward future open-pit assessments and broader development studies.
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