April 27, 2024

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Bezos and Gates-Backed Mining Company Prepares to Drill in Greenland

High North News

By Alina Bykova

The company, called KoBold Metals, states that it is focused on finding “materials critical for the electric vehicle and renewable energy revolutions,” and it has a 51 percent stake in the Disko-Nuussuaq project on Greenland’s west coast.

The project is run by London-based company Bluejay Mining, and is approximately 2,776 km², containing large deposits of nickel, copper, platinum and cobalt. Bluejay Mining estimates that the area may contain a substantial deposit of minerals similar to that found in Norilsk, Russia, which is currently home to the world’s largest nickel/copper sulphide mine.

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