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Wide of old open pit where they used to mine for gold in Rosia Montana2. Detail of Rosia Montana old state company logo in a deserted courtyard3. Wide of old state gold company courtyard4. Close up of metal cart toeing...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRosia Montana \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of old open pit where they used to mine for gold in Rosia Montana\u003cbr/\u003e2. Detail of Rosia Montana old state company logo in a deserted courtyard\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of old state gold company courtyard\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of metal cart toeing assembly\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide low angle of waste water going out of old gold mine\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of toxic water flowing directly into a stream\u003cbr/\u003e7. Sorin Jurca, director of the Rosia Montana Cultural Association in his office\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway of pictures of rural Romania\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Sorin Jurca director of the Rosia Montana Cultural Association:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What would this mining project mean? Well it would mean the disappearance of Rosia Montana. The project would cover the whole village and another three that are somehow part of Rosia Montana, it would be the largest project of its kind in Europe, which would, as it''s known, use aggressive methods against the environment, against the people, against the heritage.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up of old mining boots and helmet on display at a museum in Rosia Montana\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of old mining objects in museum\u003cbr/\u003e12 SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Ileana Bordeianu, of the Pro-Dreptate mining union which is financed by Rosia Montana Gold Corp:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is no other possibility for living in Rosia Montana but mining. This is what our ancestors have been doing for the last two thousand years.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of pictures advertising various festivals that took place in Rosia Montana \u003cbr/\u003e14. Local newspapers with Rosia Montana on front pages\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Catalin Hosu, media spokesman for Rosia Montana Gold Corporation:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The greatest advantage of the project would be that the inhabitants of this whole region would do what they''ve been doing through their entire history and what they know best and that is mining.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of hay stacks at dusk\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of moon through clouds\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close up of cow \u003cbr/\u003e19. Cows entering traditional barn preparing for night\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up of cow being milked\u003cbr/\u003e21. Cat being fed milk from the cow\u003cbr/\u003e22. Cat drinking milk\u003cbr/\u003eTurda, 100 miles (161 kilometres) northeast of Rosia Montana\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of horse drawn cart on an unfinished sector of Turda Cluj Napoca highway\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of car driving down highway\u003cbr/\u003e25. Travelling shot of car driving down highway\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of village next to highway\u003cbr/\u003ePetresti village, near Turda Cluj Napoca highway, 100 miles (161 kilometres) northeast of Rosia Montana\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of Indrei Ratiu, co-founder of Pro-Patrimonium, Romania''s national heritage organisation\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (English) Indrei Ratiu, co-founder of Pro-Patrimonium, Romania''s national heritage organisation:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The trouble around Rosia Montana Gold is of course Rosia Montana Gold''s shareholders are all over the world, many of them probably have no idea what''s at stake here in the Rosia Montana area. I wish that we could somehow inform them individually and personally for sustainable mining combined with tourism.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRosia Montana\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of Douglas McFarlane, editor of Romanian Environmentalist News\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE (English) Douglas Mcfarlane, editor of Romanian Environmentalist News:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They say themselves that the whole project will last 19 years. So after 19 years there''s no future at all. I mean basically a child who is born today, once they grow up and leave school in Rosia Montana what future will they have?\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. Various of traditional marketplace\u003cbr/\u003e32. Various of traditional historical buildings \u003cbr/\u003eA quiet corner of Romania could be about to change in the search for gold, and many are worried that a centuries old rural lifestyle could be destroyed.\u003cbr/\u003eWith the precious metal at an all-time high, a Canadian company is eager to start blasting out mountains and demolishing parts of the ancient town of Rosia Montana to build a huge open-cast mine and extract up to 300 tons of gold and 1,600 tons of silver.\u003cbr/\u003eThe plan, which would use cyanide in the extraction process, faces fierce opposition from ecologists and many local people who want to preserve the region''s unique heritage.\u003cbr/\u003eTransylvania, best known as the home of the fictional bloodsucking character Dracula, is a land of majestic mountains, huge forests, and meadows dotted with cones of hay, horse-drawn carts and medieval churches.\u003cbr/\u003eSupporters of this rural paradise are battling to preserve an ancient way of life, even as Romania''s economy lingers in the doldrums. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the lures of gold and cash-generating asphalt are reeling in developers to a region beloved, among others, by Britain''s Prince Charles, who hails Transylvania as a \"national treasure\" and Romania''s \"best export.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCanada''s Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, set up by a consortium of investors, said it will be careful to preserve the environment, and is committed to paying villagers compensation and investing in the restoration of historical monuments, including Roman galleries. \u003cbr/\u003eThe company says the mine will bring in (m) millions of dollars of investment.\u003cbr/\u003eBut some are not convinced.\u003cbr/\u003e\"What would this mining project mean? Well it would mean the disappearance of Rosia Montana,\" said Sorin Jurca, director of the Rosia Montana Cultural Association. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The project would cover the whole village and another three (villages) that are somehow part of Rosia Montana, it would be the largest project of its kind in Europe, which would, as it''s known, use aggressive methods against the environment, against the people, against the heritage,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eIleana Bordeianu, of the Pro-Dreptate mining union, which is funded by Gold Corporation, said that without mining, the future of Rosia Montana (Red Mountain in English) is bleak. \u003cbr/\u003eCatalin Hosu, regional communications manager of Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, said the greatest advantage of the project would be that locals \"would do what they''ve been doing through their entire history and what they know best, and that is mining.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe company said it has invested 400 million (m) US dollars (279 million (m) euros) in the mine, in which the Romanian state has a 20 percent stake. \u003cbr/\u003eThe operation is estimated to create more than 2,000 jobs while the mine is built and keep about 150 people employed once it is running.\u003cbr/\u003eThe town of about 4,000 has about 80 percent unemployment, although some residents, technically jobless, live off proceeds from small farms, while many are retirees.\u003cbr/\u003eIndrei Ratiu, a British-Romanian co-founder of Pro-Patrimonium, Romania''s national heritage society, said juggling past and future is the key to Transylvania''s prosperity.\u003cbr/\u003eBut he says the gold mine project goes too far.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the shareholders of Rosia Montana all over the world have no idea what is happening here and I''d like to inform them,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eLike others he believes less invasive mining methods, combined with tourism, is the best way forward.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Rosia Montana, tensions run high between supporters and opponents of the proposed gold mine.\u003cbr/\u003eThe use of cyanide is also sending jitters beyond Romania''s borders.\u003cbr/\u003eRomania had one of the worst cyanide spills in 2000 when an estimated 100 tons of the lethal substance spilled from Romania into Hungary''s Tisza River and the Danube, killing large numbers of fish in Hungary and Serbia, in what was considered one of the worst environmental disasters of recent times.\u003cbr/\u003eHungarian Environment State Secretary Zoltan Illes wrote to Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely this week telling him Hungary did not want the mine on its border with Romania because of the cyanide used in the extraction process.\u003cbr/\u003eRomania''s President Traian Basescu dismissed Hungary''s position on Wednesday, saying Romania was \"a sovereign state\" and his country needed the business, with gold prices soaring. \u003cbr/\u003eSome parts of the town will be blitzed as will mountain faces, but the company says it''s trying to cooperate with the community, and has already made dozens of modifications to its original project.\u003cbr/\u003eDouglas Mcfarlane, a British resident of Transylvania and editor of the Romanian Environmentalist News, is sceptical.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They say themselves that the whole project will last 19 years. 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