Greenland officials deny Trump’s 14th claim that the US was about to begin
large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration on the island, saying such activity
is “still a long way off”. Denmark’s foreign ministry said the September
agreement among the US, Denmark and Greenland did not grant the US preferential
access to Greenland’s natural resources. Greenland deputy mining minister Jorn
Hammeken-Holm told CNN some US firms have conducted small-scale prospecting on
the island, but large-scale exploration is not imminent.
