The open-top mine, run by the Canadian company
Gabriel Resources, is sitting on an estimated 314 tons of gold and
1,500 tons of silver. It would be the biggest gold mine in Europe.
Proponents have been trying to get permits for 14 years but so far no
date has been set for it to begin operating.
The mine has been widely
criticized. Environmentalists complain that it would use cyanide in the
extraction process and say four mountains must be razed to build it.
Financial critics say Romania stands to earn too little from the
project, while some locals say the gold, which has been mined there
since Roman times, would be depleted within 20 years.
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