GreenX secures major arbitration win against Poland, upholding £252m award. New assays validate thicker, high-grade copper zones at Tannenberg project.
This article covers information on GreenX Metals Limited.
LON:GRXGreenX Metals has cleared a major legal hurdle. The Singapore International Commercial Court has rejected, in full, Poland’s bid to set aside the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) award. That upholds GreenX’s right to compensation under the award made in October 2024.
Here’s what has actually been confirmed:
Opinion: This is a clear positive. Set-asides are hard to win, and Poland didn’t. An appeal remains, and the UK set-aside process on the BIT side is still running, so timelines to cash are uncertain. However, the compounding interest strengthens GreenX’s hand the longer this drags on.
At the Tannenberg Copper Project in Germany, GreenX has both scale and validation signals. Historical work from 1940 compiled a historical estimate (not JORC-compliant) of 728,000 tonnes contained copper at an average grade of 2.6% copper. That estimate only captured the thin Kupferschiefer shale horizon, ignoring the broader system.
Modern re-assays of archived core now show thicker mineralised widths than assumed in 1940, with copper and silver into both the sandstone footwall and limestone hanging wall:
Separately, St Joe Exploration’s 1980s work (also historical, not JORC) over part of Ronshausen estimated 169,000 tonnes contained copper at 2.1% copper plus 25 g/t silver (6.5 million ounces silver), with mineralised widths up to 3.45 m. That covered only 28% of the Ronshausen zone.
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Why it matters: Kupferschiefer deposits can host most of their mineable copper outside the paper-thin shale. The modern intercepts support GreenX’s epigenetic model and point to resource upside. The project area has also expanded roughly seven-fold since 2024 to around 1,900 km2, and it sits in the industrial core of Germany where copper is a strategic EU raw material.
Important caveat: All Tannenberg tonnages and grades cited above are historical estimates or early assay datasets and are not reported in accordance with the JORC Code. A competent person has not done sufficient work to classify them as mineral resources or ore reserves. GreenX plans 2026 work including further data reprocessing and drilling to underpin future JORC reporting.
Kupferschiefer is a sediment-hosted copper system common in Germany and Poland. Older work assumed copper sat only in a thin shale; modern mining shows significant copper can occur up to tens of metres above and below that layer. That’s the upside GreenX is chasing at Tannenberg.
In East Greenland, Eleonore North offers a second leg. At the Noa prospect, outcropping gold and high-grade antimony have been documented, with a geophysical “bullseye” anomaly about 6 km wide. The geological concept is a RIRGS – a reduced intrusion-related gold system – a bulk-tonnage style seen in places like Canada.
At the Margeries prospects, historical estimates (not JORC) highlight critical metals:
Planned 2026 work includes hyperspectral processing, field mapping and sampling at Noa to define drill targets, plus bulk samples and review of archived core for tungsten/antimony test work at Margeries. Again, these are historical numbers and not JORC resources.
For the half-year to 31 December 2025, GreenX posted a net loss of A$8.2 million (2024: A$2.1 million). The main swing factor was a non-cash A$4.4 million impairment as it winds up the Arctic Rift Copper joint venture and prepares to relinquish the licence. Arbitration-related expenses were A$1.0 million, while exploration and evaluation expenses were A$0.8 million.
Cash at 31 December 2025 was A$2.2 million. After period end, GreenX raised approximately A$13.6 million via a placement, taking cash reserves to about A$14.6 million. Net assets at period end were A$6.8 million.
| Key numbers | Figure |
|---|---|
| Net loss (H1 FY26) | A$8.2 million |
| ARC impairment | A$4.4 million |
| Arbitration expenses | A$1.0 million |
| Cash at 31 Dec 2025 | A$2.2 million |
| Post-period placement | A$13.6 million |
| Estimated cash post-raise | ~A$14.6 million |
| ECT/BIT award (Oct 2024) | ~£252 million total |
| Interest accrued to Dec 2025 | ~£17 million |
GreenX has not recognised the award as an asset due to ongoing set-aside and appeal processes, so it remains a contingent asset. Note that litigation funding isn’t free: upon recovery, GreenX must repay US$11.3 million to its funder, pay a five-times multiple on that amount, and interest at 30% per annum (from 1 January 2025, compounding monthly). In addition, 6% of the balance is due to key management and 3% to key legal advisers, as previously approved. That’s a chunky take, but it comes with the territory of non-recourse funding.
This read-across is encouraging: GreenX has de-risked the legal pathway on the ECT award and strengthened the geological case at Tannenberg with thicker, grade-bearing intercepts. The company has topped up its cash, exited a lower-priority Greenland copper JV, and sharpened focus on copper in Germany plus gold/critical metals in Greenland.
The prize is large, but still contingent. For investors, this is a classic catalyst set-up: drill verification at Tannenberg and enforcement progress on the award. If GreenX can convert historical potential into JORC resources while pushing the award towards cash, the equity story could re-rate. Until then, expect volatility and keep an eye on the pace of both the drill-bit and the courts.
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