The village of Rosia Montana lies in the picturesque Apuseni Mountains of Transylvania. But the area is known not only for its beauty. It also has a wealth of mineral deposits, with a history of gold mining that dates all the way back to Roman times. In 1995, Gabriel Resources, a company based in Canada, stepped into the picture with plans to build the biggest open-pit gold mine in Europe using cyanide extraction. It would be an ambitious and irreversible undertaking, involving the destruction of four mountain peaks and three villages, including Rosia Montana. It also brought environmental concerns: While the mine was supposed to operate for 16 years, a cyanide-waste lake created in its wake would remain for generations to come.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/17/how-romanian-people-power-took-on-mining-and-corruption-rosia-montana/
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