Nanortalik project is located in the area of Nanortalik Gold Belt with a high number of identified Au anomalies which are characterized by ab Au-Bi-(Ag-As-Cu-W-Mo) elemental association typical of granite-related gold.

The presence of Au mineralization was previously known from regional mapping works mainly from slag and stream sediment samples. Interest in this area was aroused by finding a sample with a content of 109 ppm Au in the national competition Ujarassiorit in 2002.

The anomalies in river sediments are in fact extended throughout the entire region along the contact zone of the regional units and their frequency indicates the extensive, probably mostly still undiscovered, potential of the area.

Nanortalik project is situated in the south-western part of Greenland.  The licence consists of two parts – the Akuliarusek peninsula and the smaller Qeqertarssuatsiaq island towards the south. The peninsula represents the westernmost narrow extension of the larger complex called Niaqornarssuk.

Geologically, Nanortalik project is found in the rocks of the Julianehab batholith. The rocks of the post-tectonic cycle, the hornblende granites, the diorites and the mafic tonalites and the gabbro-diorites are represented only sporadically. Gabbros to gabbro-diorites occur only very minorly on the southernmost tip of the northern part of the area covered by the licence. The middle part of the licence is characterised by ochrecoloured shear zones emerging in steep slopes.

The area of the Nanortalik Gold Belt with a high number of identified Au anomalies is defined in the wider surroundings of the contact of the Julienehab intrusive complex with the domain of the crystalline mantle of the Southern unit. Based on the available geochemical data from the river sediment samples and their statistical comparison, it can be said that both sides of the contact between the above-mentioned units are characterised by an Au-Bi-(Ag-As-Cu-W-Mo) elemental association typical of granite-related gold (Steenfeld et al., 2016).

The anomalies in river sediments are in fact extended throughout the entire region along the contact zone of the regional units and their frequency indicates the extensive, probably mostly still undiscovered, the potential of the area (Hőnig and Šešulka, 2017).

Subarctic Exploration Group’s aim is to define deposits of gold and other raw materials in this area. The exploration program is carried out in a combination of conventional field work and advanced interpretation of multispectral and hyperspectral data.