Canadian Gold Mine Sows Discord In Romania

Tens of thousands of tons of cyanide will be needed to extract 300 tons of the previous metal -- a scale unseen in Europe where only one percent of the world's gold is produced.

In Rosia Montana, RMGC expects it will use an average 12,000 tons of cyanide a year, according to an assessment sent to the ministry of environment in 2007 and still valid today, the company said

This is 12 times the amount used in gold mining in the whole of Europe, according to industry group Euromines.

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