Over a planned 16-year period the contentious mining project was set to reap 314 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver, flatten four mountain tops, allegedly expropriate hundreds of families, and leave behind a waste lake containing 215 million cubic metres of dammed water containing cyanide – a toxic chemical commonly used in the process of gold extraction.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rosia-montana-campaigners-celebrate-court-ruling-over-canadian-mining-companys-plans-to-build-gold-mine-in-europe-9286844.html
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