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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Protests, cyanide concerns may halt Canadian-Romania gold mine project

“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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