Romania gold project at Rosia Montana back on track

Rosia Montana lies on top of one of Europe's largest gold deposits Continue reading the main story A Canadian mining firm has welcomed a new Romanian government push to let it develop a controversial gold mine. The Rosia Montana Project in Transylvania, northern Romania, has been held up for more than a decade by a row over its environmental impact. An open-cast gold mine was established in the communist era, but now Canada's Gabriel Resources Ltd wants to expand and modernise the site. The mine would cut into mountain peaks and involve heavy use of toxic cyanide. Source bbc.com