and energy limited type proprietary limited company traded as asx ggg industry minerals exploration headquarters perth australia key people john mair md anthony ho chairman website http www.ggg.gl greenland minerals and energy limited is an australian 1 exploration company focusing on acquisition exploration and development of its license area over the northern ilimaussaq intrusive complex in greenland . ggg currently aims at exploring of its flagship project kvanefjeld project in southern greenland . 2 contents 1 kvanefjeld project 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links kvanefjeld project edit the kvanefjeld project is located near the southwest of greenland consisting of multi element deposit including rare earth elements ree zinc and uranium within marginal phases of the ilimaussaq intrusive complex . 3 as at march 2011 the project has defined a total resource of 619 mt with 71 % indicated category 10 585 ppm treo 257 ppm u3o8 9 721 ppm reo 864 ppm y2o3 2 189 ppm zn which contained 6.55 mt treo 350 mlbs u3o8 1.36 mt zn using 150 ppm u3o8 cut off . the project shows higher grade portions located close to the ground surface . ggg aims to produce light and heavy re concentrates zinc concentrate uranium concentrate large scale outpur and long life of mine in the project area . 3 controversy edit according to a 2009 article by the sydney morning herald 20 % of ggg was at the time owned by companies controlled by a mining prospector known as mihran shemesian . the authors of the article said they had tracked shemesians investments through a number of listed companies including one named range resources which owned the oil rights to the somalian pirate centre of puntland . a former police sergeant named joseph obeid who was dismissed from victoria police after being found guilty of five of seven disciplinary charges against him was said to work for the company . 4 according to another article by the sydney morning herald from 2008 range resources has paid millions of dollars in controversial fees to somali rebels responsible for a surge in international piracy . 5 in november 2013 an opinion piece published in the danish newspaper dagbladet information signed by members of the danish parliament johan lund olsen and finn s rensen and 4 other individuals raised concern that greenlandic and danish authorities had not properly investigated the allegations made by australian newspapers of ties between ggg s owners and various figures with criminal backgrounds . 6 references edit chinese workers in greenland february 10 2013 businessweek greenland minerals and energy . reuters . retrieved 21 june 2011 . a b greenland minerals company presentation april 2011 pdf . retrieved 2011 04 01 . http www.smh.com.au business at last a face to the many names and deals 20090923 g2qw.html http www.smh.com.au business mining firm tied to somali oil pirates 20081119 6bld.html ixzz2qc0i7qiy http www.information.dk 480186 external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greenland minerals and energy & oldid 662713287 categories mining companies of australiahidden categories use dmy dates from april 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 may 2015 at 04 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view