"Cyanide Beach" is a 23 minute documentary made by investigative journalist John Dougherty warning about the environmental damage likely to be caused by the Rosemont Mine. Most of the film is set in Sardinia, where a gold mine which was owned by a corporation directed by five of the same men who are on the governing board of Augusta Resource (the company behind Rosemont) is now an abandoned site which is a potential pollution time bomb. "Cyanide Beach" is the local name for an open pool of toxic chemicals, including cyanide, which came from the mine and now sits virtually untended. Potential leaks and regular spillovers pose a constant threat to the region. Since Augusta Resource has no track record, the Sardinia mine is the best indication for the way the company's directors plan to treat the proposed Rosemont mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.
http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2012/08/second-free-showing-of-anti-rosemont-cyanide-beach-monday.html
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