“If the draft legislation is rejected then the Company will assess
all possible actions open to it, including the formal notification of
its intentions to commence litigation for multiple breaches of
international investment treaties,” a statement from Gabriel Resources
reads.
Activists, environmentalists and other anti-mine protesters
took their issues with the open-cast mine and the use of cyanide in
gold extraction to the streets for eight straight days, with between
8,000 and 10,000 people (estimates vary) rallying on Sunday, clearly swaying political opinion on a project that has been in the works for about 15 years.
Experts
in mining and earth sciences say talk of using cyanide — a very toxic
substance that is used to extract gold from ore in most of the world’s
open-cast gold mining operations — often becomes the big issue, but it
shouldn’t be the main concern.
http://globalnews.ca/news/831675/protests-cyanide-concerns-may-halt-canadian-romania-gold-mine-project/
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