Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Could Pave Way to Independent Future

Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Could Pave Way to Independent Future

NUUK, Greenland—Taatsi Olsen knows what it takes to start searching for minerals in Greenland. In a warehouse on the outskirts of the capital, Nuuk, he walked through the nuts and bolts of mining exploration in the cold, sparsely populated country: walls of tools and harnesses and small trailers flown to remote sites by helicopter, essential in a place where no roads go from town to town. Olsen pointed out that Greenland’s unique settlement patt…