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Greenland Minerals and Energy has contracted Orbicon, a Danish engineering firm, to carry out the Environmental Baseline Study. Orbicon specialises in EIA studies, and also undertook the environmental work for the Danish Atomic Energy Agency during their studies on Kvanefjeld in the 1970’s and 80’s. In addition to data collected during 2007 and 2008, the Environmental Baseline Study for the Kvanefjeld project will be based on an additional six years worth of data that was generated by Orbicon prior to Greenland Minerals and Energy acquiring the project. This will ensure that the baseline studies will be robust and accurately represent the state of the environment prior to any disturbance relating to mining. The Environmental Baseline Study addresses two key components; 1) chemical and ecotoxilogical aspects (pollution), and; 2) disturbance aspects (impacts on plant and animal populations).

The EIA guidelines that are provided by the BMP draw on information presented in the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy developed by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment; the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency; Danish EIA rules; and the Australian Federal Environmental Department’s “Best Practice Environmental Management in Mining”, amongst numerous other sources.