Greenland will work to develop its mineral wealth until the "last stone" is turned, despite low prices for everything from oil to iron ore that have discouraged some foreign investors, Prime Minister Kim Kielsen said.
Fisheries will remain the mainstay of the North Atlantic island's economy for many years, he told Reuters in his office in the capital, Nuuk. Shrimp, halibut and other species account for almost 90 percent of exports.
"Changes will not happen overnight," Kielsen said of government efforts to promote mining, tourism and industry for the island's 56,000 people to diversify from fisheries.
"As yet we're not aware of the mineral potential, how extensive it is. We will not find this out until we have turned the last stone," he said, vowing to keep up exploration and to send experts abroad to explain investment opportunities.
Kielsen, who is 49, heads Greenland's biggest political party, Siumut. He predicted that existing policies to encourage investment would work in the long term, twinned with efforts to improve infrastructure along remote coasts.
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