Overview

Location

The Motzfeldt Project  comprises Exploration Licence 2010/46 and is located in the Gardar Province of Southern Greenland (see Figure 1).  The project takes its name from Motzfeldt Sø (lake), which lies at the foot of the project.

The Motzfeldt Centre lies in a mountainous area, some 18 km in a straight line from the nearest fjord.  To the north and east, mountainous and glaciated terrain continues until the Greenland Icesheet is reached.  To the west and south, the Centre is bounded by high and rugged cliffs which form the shores of a large land-locked and glacially fed lake (Motzfeldt Sø), the southern end of which discharges into the valley of Qôrqup kûa which then runs westwards to the Qôroq fjord.

The mountain plateaus, which include the exploration targets, are at altitude, with elevations of around 1,300-1,500 m above sea level.

Picture : Site visit  2010 - Aries zone on top of Motzfeldt Plateau

Motzfeldt Lake and Project area on the top of the plateau to the left

The nearest major town to the Motzfeldt Project is Narsarsuaq, which lies approximately 24 km to the west of Motzfeldt.  Narsarsuaq is a regional centre in Southern Greenland and is serviced by an international airport and harbor.  This part of Greenland is relatively well populated and regional services are well established.

Another explorer, Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited (ASX:GGG) has announced a resource of 4.79 million tonnes of Rare Earth Oxide in a  457 million tonne orebody at their Kvanefjeld Project, located some 60km to the south east of Motzfeldt.  The Kvanefjeld ore resource also includes uranium, zinc and sodium fluoride.  The deposit is said to be the largest rare earth resource in the world.

Figure 1: Motzfeldt Project Location

Tenements

The Motzfeldt Project is contained within Greenlandic Exploration Licence 2010/46 which comprises 3 adjacent areas totaling some 84 km2 and which is shown in blue on Figure 2.  Most of the detailed exploration work to date, which includes Anomalies 4 and 5, has been carried out in the central area of this licence.

Ram has also applied for Exploration Licence 2010/009 (shown in pink on Figure 2) covering an area of approximately 970 km2 and which surrounds the existing Exploration Licence 2010/46.  This licence has yet to be granted by the Government of Greenland.

Figure 2 : Motzfeldt Project Licences