Far from all young people dreaming about the student's cap, they would ratherhave black nails and a craftsman-education - and they are needed. The problem is that many small businesses can not afford to hire apprentices. Greenland Minerals and Energy has a good idea, so on with boiler suit!

A mine on Kvanefjeld means not only new and unprecedented opportunities inSouth Greenland. The mine will also have an enormous impact on other industriesin the region. For every job in the mine is there as a kind of bonus at least one jobin the related industries that are dependent on the mining industry - the ILO, the International Labour Organization headquarters in Geneva, has calculated that.

The mine on Kvanefjeld also brings entirely new opportunities for the youth inSouth Greenland. First, there are good training opportunities in mining relevant disciplines and in the company's administration. Secondly, it creates neweducational and job opportunities in the undergrowth of companies that provideservices to the mining company.

Greenland Minerals and Energy A/ S will use the good cooperation we have withSouth Greenlandic businesses and companies are contacted individually todiscuss our future needs and how each company can service us. Based on these discussions, we will initiate a more formal collaboration with the companies wethink can help us in future - now we have established the type of collaboration witha handful of companies. We feel it is important that future business relationships are based on clear mutual knowledge and understanding between the collaborating companies. For us as a mining company it is important that the requirements of our partners is abundantly clear.

A tangible cooperation between us and the companies can be a stepping stone, which can simultaneously remedy a serious youth problem. We propose anapprenticeship model, which we will shortly present to south Greenland industry and as we are already in dialogue with the Greenland Employers Association andemployee organization SIK about it. The idea is that we will support small South Greenlandic businesses economically, making it possible for them to hire and train apprentices