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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Marty Vergel Baes

Trump's Greenland Play: Oil and Minerals the Real Prize for Bezos and Gates?

The renewed US fixation on Greenland is less about missiles and maps than about minerals, money and who profits from the Arctic's untapped wealth.

When Donald Trump first suggested acquiring Greenland, the proposal was framed as a national security move. Years on, that explanation is being questioned as attention shifts to what lies beneath Greenland's ice, with analysts pointing to a growing network of private investors, including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, whose interests intersect with the region's emerging mining sector.

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