The firm plans to use cyanide to extract 300 tonnes of gold in the village of Rosia Montana, thought to hold Europe's largest single deposit.
It promises to invest $1.7 billion (1.2 billion euros) and says the mine will respect all European standards on environmental protection.
Environmentalists, archaeologists, historians and international organisations oppose the project however, claiming the mine threatens the environment and priceless Roman-era mining galleries
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