1000s Romanians protest Canada project

Thousands of Romanians have staged demonstrations against a controversial Canadian project that would open Europe’s largest gold mine in the country.

On Sunday, approximately 4,000 people, who were carrying Romanian flags, marched in the capital Bucharest to show their opposition to the project, chanting “United we can save Rosia Montana.”
Demonstrators are against the plans by Canadian company Gabriel Resources to mine in the village of Rosia Montana in the region of Transylvania.
In addition, some 2,000 protesters rallied in Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as Cluj and the second most populous city in Romania, chanting, “Rosia Montana is the heart of Romania.”
Critics warn that the project would damage the environment, as the Canadian company plans to destroy four mountaintops and wipe out three outlying villages in the area.
The project would also involve using an average of 12,000 tons of cyanide a year to mine, which is 12 times more than the amount used in the mining industry in the entire European Union.
Experts have said that the area holds an estimated 314 tons of gold and 1,500 tons of silver.