Eclipse’s Ivigtût project is home to the historic Ivigtût cryolite mine – the world’s only commercial natural source of the rare mineral. Over its 120-year history, the mine produced 3.8 million tonnes of cryolite. Historically referred to as Greenland Spar, cryolite is a colourless to white, soft halide mineral that was once the primary source of aluminium.
The mine waste created from the quest for the curious metal is laden with silver, zinc, gallium and copper, offering a potential early-stage revenue stream for the junior explorer.
Ivigtût also houses a high-grade 5Mt quartz resource averaging 99.9 per cent silica. Its exceptional purity makes it ideal for premium markets, including photovoltaic panels, semiconductors and other high-end electronic applications – offering Eclipse exposure to multiple growth sectors.
Eclipse Metals executive chairman Carl Popal said: “Signing this drilling contract marks the beginning of a highly active phase for Eclipse in Greenland. With strong global momentum behind securing rare earth supply chains, Eclipse is well-positioned to demonstrate the scale and quality of its Greenland prospects.”
Sitting in a geopolitically safe jurisdiction, Greenland is rapidly emerging as a strategic rare earths hub, hosting some of the world’s largest undeveloped rare earths deposits, including Kvanefjeld and Kringlerne.
A stone’s throw from Grønnedal, the shovel-ready Kvanefjeld project, owned by ASX-listed Energy Transition Minerals, has a JORC-compliant resource topping one billion tonnes and an ore reserve of 108Mt – enough to sustain a 37-year mine-life. Positioned to be a world-class supplier of rare earths, Kvanefjeld is rich in the magnet metals neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium, which are critical for the global energy transition.
With rig mobilisation imminent, Eclipse is about to deliver its most significant drilling campaign yet at its Ivigtût and Grønnedal rare earths and critical minerals projects. The program is designed to test key zones across both projects and the results should shed light on the scale and quality of Greenland’s rare earth potential. In a market hungry for secure and alternative sources of magnet metals, success in this drilling campaign could position Eclipse as a key player in the global energy transition.
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