Recently our Romanian friend invited us to participate in protest against controversial mine Europe’s largest gold deposit, located under the ancient mountain town of Rosia Montana in Transylvania. These street protests against the Rosia Montana gold mining project have been taking place every weekend in September, also in different cities around Europe. Political commentators have described the growing movement as one of the largest anti-environmental protests in post-CommunistEurope. Project, which aims to use cyanide (highly toxic substance) 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.It is led byRosia Montana Gold Corporation, majority-owned by Canada’sGabriel Resources Ltdwith the Romanian government holding 19 percent.
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