** Shares of Energy Transition Minerals ETM.AX rise as much as 53.9% to A$0.08, their strongest trading session since September 2010
** The critical minerals explorer hits its highest level since April 19, 2022
** U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of Greenland
** Greenland is rich in rare-earths deposits and hosts various resources including uranium
** Energy Transition operates Kvanefjeld project in Greenland, which contains one of the biggest rare-earths deposits in the world
** The project has been under arbitration after Greenland banned uranium mining and ceased development of the project in 2021
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
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