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It is not only uranium in Kuannersuit, former Kvanefjeldet, a few kilometers outside Narsaq. Calculations show that Kvanefjeldet contains nearly five million tonnes of Rare Earth Metals Arts and 0.99 million tonnes of zinc, 0.12 million tonnes of uranium oxide and 3.09 million tons of sodium fluoride.

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The Australian-owned company Greenland Minerals & Energy, which has exclusive permission to the presence of Kuannersuit, has since 2007 invested around 100 million kroner in studies of the prevalence of rare earth metals Arts (Reo).

- It is important to emphasize that with the new official calculations, as indicated above, the presence of Kuannersuit in no way a uranium occurrence, and that Greenland Mining and Energy has not applied for exploration permit for a uranium mine but in a mine with Rare Earth Arts Metals. The Rare Earth Metals Arts company interested in and seeking exploration license. Uranium is a part of the material which lies underground by Kuannersuit and will be a by-product in the event a mine will be opened, shall Greenland Mining and Energy.

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Rare Earth Metals Arts is strategically important in the context of the electronic industry and used in particular in PCs, mobile phones, navigation equipment and other electronic devices, like the metals used in super alloys including used for turbine blades in gas generators and other "green" technologies.