i contacted the greenland bureau of minerals and petroleum. i inquired about any changes in the last 3 years with regards to changing of the availability/restriction of land available for mining. there have been 0 (zero) such changes. so, the red zone story line of losing rights to their $13.5 mil ruby jackpot has no basis in fact. so what can we conclude from this?
most likely: it never existed in the first place! it was a fictitious story line created to create viewer interest. obviously, it had to be sidelined going into the next season. if they hadn't, the show folks would have been up a creek with out a paddle. without killing the story line, they would have had to produce millions in rubies from a find that never existed. less likely: they actually found the red zone and it was as valuable as they said. if they had gone ahead and followed up next season, viewer interest would have decreased. the lure for the viewer is constant struggling characters with small occasional rewards. rich folks aren't as interesting. who knows, animal planet may be mining it themselves!
the skeptic guy