The project, which aims to use cyanide to mine 314 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver, has drawn fierce opposition from civic rights groups and environmentalists, who say it would destroy ancient Roman gold mines and villages.
"Never mind that this project is an utter environmental catastrophe waiting to happen, but it is also the worst possible business from a financial point of view for the Romanian state,"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-romania-protests-rosiamontanatre80r0qj-20120128,0,5497943.story
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