Five Eyes alliance urged to forge ties with Greenland to secure minerals

FILE PHOTO: View of the Narsaq Valley in southern Greenland toward Kvanefjeld mountain, one of the worldÕs biggest deposits of rare earth elements and the site of a proposed mine planned to be developed by Australian-listed company Greenland Minerals, in this undated September 2020 handout photo. Greenland Minerals Ltd/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The intelligence sharing alliance known as Five Eyes should forge ties with Greenland to boost supplies of critical minerals and cut dependence on China, a think tank said on Thursday.

Greenland has huge deposits of rare earths, a set of 17 minerals used in a myriad of applications from electric vehicles to defence goods, a report by the London-based Polar Research and Policy Initiative said.