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Kvanefjeld mine

Kvanefjeld mine, Greenland. In development, mining rare earths.

Why Kvanefjeld is famous

Kvanefjeld is a proposed mine and mineral deposit in Kujalleq in southern Greenland. Greenland has no rare earth mine output, and USGS puts its rare earth reserves at 1.5 Mt of oxide. The status here is a Wikidata description; the deposit size, the uranium law and the licence dispute are not yet sourced from a page we opened.1,2

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Kvanefjeld today

Where rare earths is mined todayMining in Greenland

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An example ofMount WeldGreenland has no rare earth mine output. Mount Weld has produced concentrate since 2011.3

Sources

  1. Kvanefjeld (Q2907386) Wikidata
  2. Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Rare earths US Geological Survey
  3. Appendix 4E and annual report for the year ended 30 June 2025 Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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