{"id":10393,"date":"2026-09-21T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=10393"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:57:24","slug":"etm-kvanefjeld-resource-65x-larger-than-critical-metals-crml-tanbreez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/etm-kvanefjeld-resource-65x-larger-than-critical-metals-crml-tanbreez\/","title":{"rendered":"ETM&#8217;s Kvanefjeld Resource 65x Larger than Critical Metals (CRML) Tanbreez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"width:100%; max-width:650px; margin:0 auto; padding:0 10px; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6; color:#333333; -webkit-text-size-adjust:100%; -ms-text-size-adjust:100%; text-size-adjust:100%; mso-line-height-rule:exactly; display:block;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">gained by 33.33%<\/span><\/strong> last night to <strong>$0.06 per share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/etmgains33percent.jpg\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto; border:0;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>ETM&#39;s Kvanefjeld Project<\/strong> in Greenland has total resources of <strong>1.01 billion tonnes <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">grading<\/span> 1.10% TREO<\/strong> for <strong>11.14 million tonnes <\/strong>of contained<strong> Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>Critical Metals (CRML)&#39;s Tanbreez Project<\/strong> in Greenland has total resources of <strong>44.87 million tonnes <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">grading<\/span> 0.38% TREO<\/strong> for <strong>170,000 tonnes <\/strong>of contained<strong> Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>ETM&#39;s Kvanefjeld Project<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>65.53x more<\/strong><\/span> <strong>resources of TREO<\/strong> than <strong>CRML&#39;s Tanbreez Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>CRML<\/strong> closed today with a market cap of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>US$1.37 billion<\/strong><\/span> or <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">14.48x<\/span> ETM&#39;s market cap<\/strong> at <strong>$0.06 per share<\/strong> of <strong>US$94.584 million<\/strong> when <strong>ETM<\/strong> has <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">65.53x more<\/span> TREO<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong> has <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>no idea<\/strong><\/span> <strong>CRML<\/strong> even exists. Everything taking place in <strong>Greenland<\/strong> between the U.S. and China is <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>centered<\/strong><\/span> around <strong>ETM&#39;s Kvanefjeld<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>If you ask AI what the world&#39;s <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">largest<\/span> undeveloped REE resource is&#8230; it will always provide <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">incorrect<\/span> information and say CRML&#39;s Tanbreez is the <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">largest<\/span>, but it is all a <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">lie<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">Prior to <strong>CRML <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquiring<\/span> Tanbreez <\/strong>most of the work was done by one <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">local geologist<\/span> Gregory Barnes<\/strong>. When <strong>CRML <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquired<\/span> Tanbreez<\/strong> from <strong>Rimbal Pty Ltd.<\/strong>, a company controlled by <strong>Gregory Barnes<\/strong>, there was a press release issued on July 23, 2024, (<a href=\"https:\/\/tanbreez.com\/critical-metals-corp-completes-stage-1-of-the-tanbreez-acquisition-one-of-the-worlds-largest-rare-earth-deposits\/\"><strong>click here to read<\/strong><\/a>) and it said in this press release:<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>&quot;Gregory Barnes and his Greenland-based team are expected to remain actively involved and engaged with Tanbreez, ensuring that the project benefits from their local expertise and deep understanding of the asset. <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">Tanbreez management has estimated the resource at 4.7 billion tonnes, including 28.2 million tonnes of total rare earth oxides, with heavy rare earth elements comprising more than 25% of the resource<\/span>, a notable differentiator for Tanbreez.&quot;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">The <strong>AI<\/strong> is <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>relying on this<\/strong><\/span> to give everyone <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">false<\/span> information<\/strong>&#8230; and everyone believes it!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">This estimate of <strong>&quot;4.7 billion tonnes, including 28.2 million tonnes of total rare earth oxides&quot;<\/strong> is what one local guy in Greenland said who <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>isn&#39;t<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>qualified<\/strong><\/span> to calculate a resource estimate.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">Early exploration at <strong>Tanbreez<\/strong> in the 1980s\/1990s had a total of <strong>296 holes <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">drilled<\/span><\/strong>, but most of them were <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">less than<\/span> 20 metres deep<\/strong>. Between 2007 and 2013, <strong>Gregory Barnes&#39; Rimbal <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">drilled<\/span> <\/strong>a total of <strong>184 holes<\/strong> but totaling only <strong>6,445.5 metres<\/strong> or <strong>35 metres per hole<\/strong>. <strong>CRML<\/strong> itself in 2024-2025 did a <strong>diamond drilling program<\/strong> totaling <strong>~4,580 metres<\/strong> in <strong>33 diamond holes<\/strong> or <strong>138.79 metres<\/strong> per hole.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>This is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">nowhere near<\/span> enough drilling to <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">define<\/span> a resource of &quot;4.7 billion tonnes, including 28.2 million tonnes of total rare earth oxides&quot;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">The <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>deepest<\/strong><\/span> documented <strong>Tanbreez drill hole<\/strong> we could find is <strong>drill hole DX-01<\/strong> which <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">intercepted<\/span> 338 metres<\/strong> of <strong>0.42% TREO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">For <strong>Gregory Barnes<\/strong> to <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>estimate<\/strong><\/span> a resource of <strong>&quot;4.7 billion tonnes, including 28.2 million tonnes of total rare earth oxides&quot;<\/strong> he must be assuming that this one successful <strong>338 metre drill hole<\/strong> will be the <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">same<\/span><\/strong> for <strong>Tanbreez&#39;s <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">full footprint<\/span><\/strong> of <strong>5 km by 2.5 km<\/strong> or <strong>12.50 sq km<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\">The bottom line is&#8230; <strong>CRML<\/strong> is being valued at <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>US$1.37 billion<\/strong><\/span> when it is an <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\"><strong>unproven<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">early-stage<\/span> project<\/strong> that is <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">nowhere near<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">ready<\/span><\/strong> for <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>development<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong> only cares about <strong>Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM)&#39;s Kvanefjeld Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px; padding:0; font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.6;\"><em>Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 3,700,000 shares of ETM and can buy or sell shares at any time. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) gained by 33.33% last night to $0.06 per share. ETM&#39;s Kvanefjeld Project in Greenland has total resources of 1.01 billion tonnes grading 1.10% TREO for 11.14 million tonnes of contained Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO). Critical Metals (CRML)&#39;s Tanbreez Project in Greenland has total resources of 44.87 million tonnes grading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[199,198,26,197],"class_list":["post-10393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-crml","tag-etm","tag-politics","tag-rareearth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10397,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393\/revisions\/10397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}