AFP:Lower cyanide level in Romanian gold mine to cost millions
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Reducing cyanide levels in the tailings pond of a future Romanian gold mine would cost "several dozen million dollars", a manager of the Canadian company seeking to exploit it told AFP.Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC), which is 80 percent held by Canadian firm Gabriel Resources, wants to use cyanide to extract 300 tonnes of gold from an open-cast mine in Rosia Montana, a picturesque Carpathian mountain village.In August, Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely, who ...