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Thousands rally in Romania against Canadian-controlled gold mine on Bucharest #33339634
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Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied late on Sunday to protest against the leftist governmentââ¬â¢s support for a plan to open Europeââ¬â¢s biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana (Bucharest 01 September 2013) The project, which aims to use cyanide to mine 314 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver, has drawn fierce opposition from civic rights groups and environmentalists, who say it would destroy ancient Roman gold mines and villages.
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