The area in South-East Greenland between 62°30’N and 66°30’N was targeted for its mineralisation potential through data collection and renewed mapping during the collaborative ‘SEGMENT’ project (2009-2014) between the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP, now Ministry of Mineral Resources, MMR). The main aims of the ‘SEGMENT’ project included:

• Compiling a regional stream sediment geochemical and till indicator mineral survey;

• Compiling a regional aeromagnetic survey of South-East Greenland;

• Conduct geological field investigations in order to characterise the main lithology

and as the basis for geological research, including petrology, structural geology,

geochemistry and geochronology;

• Evaluate economic geology and mineral potential through field investigations, using

geological parameter in order to be able to predict possible mineralisation;

• Revise the existing 1:500 000 geological map of South-East Greenland; and

• Integrated data interpretation to describe and provide a geological model for the

geological evolution of South-East Greenland and assess the mineral of potential of

the region.

The details behind the data collection and mapping efforts under the ‘SEGMENT’ project are summarized in the GEUS report by Kolb et al. (2016) which provides an overview of the geology and the lithological units within the mapping area between 62°N and 66°30’N.