Mineral extraction from Greenland isn't a short term payoff, it's a long term multi decadal slog, once climate changes hits harder, ice retreats, seasons length

Mineral extraction from Greenland isn't a short term payoff, it's a long term multi decadal slog, once climate changes hits harder, ice retreats, seasons lengthen, geophysical surveys drape the landscape, surface geochem samples, drilling tests, and infill drilling proves prospects then maybe new grounds can raise capital to open mines and processing. In the more immediate short term (of a US Presidental term): Trump looks to The Democratic Republic of the Congo for potential deal on rare earth minerals https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/trump-drc-cobalt-mining-rare-earth-minerals-china/105063278 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/trump-drc-cobalt-mini... The DRC are rich mineral grounds and ground zero for an unspoken proxy mineral battle during the Cold War when the US sourced uranium for the bulk of its post WWII weapons programme from the region. Now it's primed for another rare earth proxy battle between the US and the already established Chinese foofhold there.