Power to the people: Romania gold mine headed for referendum

Thousands of Romanians in the streets and on the internet have made their opposition to the project felt, particularly concerned about the proposed use of cyanide in the extraction process, which has pushed the President to propose a vote for next Tuesday.
In order to mine the gold and silver, Gabriel would also need to "level four mountain tops and wipe out three villages, to which campaign groups objected because it would ravage ancient Romanian sites and could possibly trigger an environmental catastrophe," International Business Times reports.
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