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Monday, September 30, 2013

Romanians protest in Trafalgar Square against cyanide mining in Rosia Montana

Hundreds of Romanians protested today in Trafalgar Square against a draft bill passed by their government that will allow a Canadian firm, Gabriel Resources, to create Europe's largest open-cast gold mine in the village of Rosia Montana.

The project is set to extract 314 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver over a 16-year period. It will destroy four mountain tops, force the relocation of hundreds of families, and leave behind a lake containing 215 million cubic metres of water contaminated with poisonous cyanide.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/romanians-protest-in-trafalgar-square-against-cyanide-mining-in-rosia-montana-8847614.html

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