Name of the Mine
Nalunaq mine.

Location  
About 30 km north-east of Nanortalik, Greenland.

Mine Owner/s  
Greenland-focused mining company Amaroq.

Brief Description  
Nalunaq Nalunaq is one of the highest-grade gold projects in the world and is Amaroq’s flagship project.

Brief History  
Amaroq acquired the Nalunaq gold project in 2015. The mine entered production with its first gold pour achieved on November 27, 2024.

Primary Metals/Minerals  
Gold.

Secondary Metals/Minerals  
Not indicated.

Geology/Mineralisation  
Nalunaq is situated within the wider Psammite Zone, in Southern Greenland, which hosts the Nanortalik goldbelt. 

The geology of the Nalunaq mountain is dominated by fine- to medium-grained tholeiitic basalt flows and locally coarser, subconcordant doleritic sills. This package is part of the Nanortalik Nappe and has been thrust over metasediments. The sequence is intruded by later granites and several generations of late aplite and pegmatite dykes. 

The sequence is intruded by later granites and several generations of late aplite and pegmatite dykes. Owing to the lack of primary volcanic textures and a lack of age relations of the rock sequence, the true stratigraphic way up is unknown. The stratigraphy has, therefore, been assigned into the structural footwall and structural hanging wall with respect to the main gold mineralised quartz vein (Nalunaq main vein, MV).

The MV varies in width from 0.05 m to 2 m, maintains an average dip of 38° towards the south-east, and contains high and sometimes bonanza gold grades. The vein also often displays perpendicular quartz-filled tension gashes. Gold occurs mostly as native gold and occasionally as the gold-bismuth alloy, maldonite. Gold mineralisation is commonly associated with native bismuth and rare lollingite and arsenopyrite. Native gold particles range in size from a few microns up to 8 mm across, with coarse visible
gold being common in the high-grade sections of the MW.

Reserves  
No mineral reserves disclosed.

Resources  
As at March 26, 2025, the mine had indicated and inferred resources of 499 521 t grading 30.13 g/t gold. No measured resources were declared.

Type of Mine
Underground.

Mining Method  
Not stated.

Major Infrastructure/Equipment  
At the mine area, infrastructure currently consists of an underground mine; process facility, mobile equipment, and maintenance shops; an office/administration complex; critical spares stores; waste rock management areas, electrical power generation, of substation and distribution; and fuel storage.

At beach/mouth of Kirkespir river/Sarqå fjord, infrastructure includes a beach landing area; a port jetty; a more than 100-person accommodation camp; a wastewater treatment plant; fuel storage (main camp and mine site); and incinerator and material storage areas. 

Prospects  
Amaroq received the final impact benefit agreement for the Nalunaq mine in 2025. The agreement is a requirement for mining operations in Greenland and sets out the framework for benefits to local communities and stakeholders. 

Contact Details 
Amaroq
Email info@amaroqminerals.com
Website https://www.amaroqminerals.com/