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Greenland Mines departs Reykjavik for Skaergaard as Argus sails with full 2026 field season fleet
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40+ person expert team, complete drilling, bulk sampling and geophysical survey, with expanded Environmental and Engineering Program onboard
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Survey vessel already on-site acquiring seabed data ahead of Argus’s arrival; full air and logistics network secured for the season
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Program spans resource growth, environmental baseline, and engineering work to advance Skaergaard toward its next phase of development
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via IBN – Greenland Mines Ltd (“Greenland Mines” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: GRML) is pleased to announce that Argus, the support vessel currently deployed for the Skaergaard Project, has departed Reykjavik, Iceland, bound for southeast Greenland, marking the official start of the Company’s 2026 field season.
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Argus was loaded over recent days at a quay in central Reykjavik, adjacent to the headquarters of IceTug, with the full complement of drill rigs, geophysical survey equipment, machinery, drone survey systems, exploration support infrastructure, fuel, and environmental monitoring equipment required for the season’s program.
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To start the season, the field team totals more than 40 topic experts, drillers and logistics personnel, with additional specialists scheduled to rotate into the program as the season progresses.
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“This is the moment the whole season has been building toward,” said Dr. Bo Moller Stensgaard, president of Greenland Mines Ltd. “Argus is loaded, the team is aboard, and we are underway to Skaergaard with everything we need to have a great season — more than 40 experts, three drill rigs drilling, machinery and equipment for bulk-sample blasting and sampling and advanced geophysical survey equipment, aerial drones, and a fully resourced field logistics network, in a program that in our opinion is materially broader than anything that has been run at Skaergaard before.
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“Beyond the drilling that will support further upgrading of the resource, we are running an extensive program of environmental, operational, geotechnical and engineering work and investigations this summer that is specifically designed to move Skaergaard into its next phase of development. Everything is lined up. We are ready.”
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Season Logistics: Sea, Air and Advance Survey Support
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The 2026 field season is supported by a comprehensive, multilayered logistics network built for the scale and pace of this year’s program:
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- Argus, the Company’s purpose-equipped support vessel for this stage of the season, boasts large accommodation capacity and a helideck, and is transporting the full complement of drill rigs, geophysical equipment, bulk-sampling machinery, drone survey equipment, exploration infrastructure, fuel and environmental monitoring equipment from Reykjavik to Skaergaard, where it will remain anchored as the season’s primary offshore logistics and accommodation hub.
- A dedicated advance survey vessel, MS Byr, has already arrived at Skaergaard and has begun acquiring seabed and coastal mapping data across the fjord approaches. While Argus has visited the Skaergaard fjords on prior expeditions, this is the first season supported by this level of advance survey data, which is being used to identify a safe, optimal anchoring location near the area of primary drilling and operational focus for the early part of the season. This mapping data will also be central to planning future mine infrastructure.
- Besides geophysical equipment for advanced down-hole measurements and televiewing capabilities, the season’s survey program includes ground-penetrating radar, aerial drone magnetic, LiDAR and photogrammetric surveys, and additional aerial photogrammetric survey work.
- A dedicated air support network, provided by GreenlandCopter A/S, an experienced operator based in Tasiilaq — the nearest large town, approximately 400 km south of Skaergaard — together with scheduled fixed-wing connections via the airstrip at Sodalen, adjacent to the Skaergaard licence area, will provide reliable personnel transport and logistics support throughout the season.
- Additional topic experts will rotate into the program over the course of the summer, supported by this vessel-based and airstrip-based logistics network.
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