Environmentalism and local opposition remain the biggest obstacle to gold mining in Greece, according to Euromax’s Sharpe. “There is a strong groundswell of opposition to those mines going ahead. These are not brownfield industrial sites, there is a clear choice between tourism and mining,” said Sharpe. “They can just point to TVX and the mess they left. It’s a very easy case to make.”
Local villagers and mining protesters from Thessaloniki clashed with police at the Skouries site last month, according to local press reports.
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