London | Perth-based miner Ironbark Zinc looks set to surf a wave of geopolitical project funding aimed at curbing China’s global influence, as it looks to get a project in remote northern Greenland over the line.

The junior miner, whose Citronen zinc-lead project was formerly backed by a Chinese state-owned enterprise, on Wednesday unveiled a $US657 million ($934 million) funding deal with EXIM Bank, under the US government lender’s special “402A program” that aims to help companies compete with China.