Interesant ... .
Personal sunt convins proiectul Rosia Montana va fi realizat de firma
canadiana. Dar asa cum am mai spus unora pe privat cu ani in urma, privsc la
jocul "se face nu se face" si urmaresc bursa cu zambt pe buze. Va imaginati
profitul facut de cei ce cumpara acum dupa ce cand proiectul va fi repus in
functiune prin hotarare judecatoreasca ?
Oare nu este vizibil actul de separare a ministrului mediului de elementul
decizional lasand pe mana justitiei decizia finala ?!
Vasile Bouleanu .
Vali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... si, mai nou, si-a modificat strategia de atac, pedaland acum pe
chestiunea suveranitatii si apeland la nationalism, in incercarea (disperata)
de a-i atrage pe romani de partea proiectului atat de mult hulit ("Aveti grija,
ca ungurii vor sa va fure Rosia Montana! Mai bine il lasati pe Gabriel sa o
fure..."). Slabe sperante, cred...
44 la suta... Cam abrupt toboganul! Mr. Hill goes down the hill...
Cica daca te opui unei mari tzepe se cheama ca faci ceva "arbitrar si ilegal",
transformi Romania in wild, wild West si alungi toti investitorii straini,
actuali si viitori. Totusi e de inteles supararea lui domnu' Dealu -- sa vezi
filoanele stralucitoare scurgandu-se printre degete, lingourile
galben-rosietice transformandu-se in fum si miliardele de dolari in amintiri,
nu-i de colo...
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Vali
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greatness." (Carlo Goldoni)
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know
peace." (Jimi Hendrix)
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Globe and Mail
MINING
Gabriel assails Romania for Rosia Montana roadblock
CEO calls minister's halting of gold project plans 'illegal'
ANDY HOFFMAN
MINING REPORTER
September 14, 2007
Romania risks gaining a reputation as an unscrupulous place to do business, the
head of Gabriel Resources Ltd. warned, after the country's environment minister
halted the company's plans to build a massive gold mine.
Shares of Toronto-based Gabriel fell as much as 44 per cent yesterday after the
review process for an environmental permit for the Rosia Montana gold mine in
central Transylvania was suspended.
Alan Hill, Gabriel's president and chief executive officer, called the decision
by Atilla Korodi, Romania's environment minister, "arbitrary and illegal."
The review of Gabriel's environmental impact assessment was shut down after a
pair of non-government organizations (NGOs) filed a lawsuit challenging the
validity of documents the company said are unrelated to the environmental
review process.
"This is not rule of law, this is a flagrant ignorance of the rule of law," Mr.
Hill said in an interview from Romania.
Mr. Hill contends that the minister is personally opposed to Gabriel developing
Rosia Montana and said the decision threatens to derail Romania's attempts to
attract foreign investment after enduring decades under communist dictator
Nicolae Ceausescu.
"He's making it look like the wild west ... anybody thinking of investing in
Romania must be having second thoughts when a minister can make such an
arbitrary and illegal move," said Mr. Hill.
Gabriel has been trying to develop Rosia Montana for nearly a decade, but has
faced ardent and well-funded opposition from NGOs as well as some members of
the government of neighbouring Hungary. Opponents say the mine would poison the
environment, displace locals and destroy historic landmarks.
An NGO called Alburnus Maior, a long-time enemy of Gabriel's mining plans,
along with Open Society Institute, a group funded by billionaire financier
George Soros, have filed a legal challenge to Gabriel's so-called "urbanism
certificate." While a court ponders the validity of the document - which simply
details the list of documents needed to apply for a construction permit -
Gabriel has been left spinning its wheels.
Gabriel had hoped to win approval for its environmental impact assessment by
the end of the summer, but now says it doesn't expect the approval until the
fourth quarter.
Rosia Montana is believed to be the largest undeveloped gold deposit in Europe,
with proven and probable reserves of 10.1 million ounces. Winning the needed
approvals to begin extracting the valuable gold, has, however, become a
protracted odyssey for the Canadian mining firm.
The NGOs have enlisted celebrities including British film star Vanessa Redgrave
to publicly voice their opposition. The mining company has fought back with its
owns public relations campaign and has aired commercials on Romanian television
in an attempt to convince the public of the project's merits.
The company says the mine will create more than 600 jobs and foster more than
â¬2-billion ($2.87-billion) of activity including nearly â¬1-billion in
direct revenue to the Romanian government which owns a 20-per-cent stake in the
project.
Last year, Gabriel even funded an anti-environmentalist documentary titled Mine
Your Own Business, that some opponents branded as corporate propaganda.
Mr. Hill has begun taking a different tack of late, raising the issue of
Romanian sovereignty.
The executive has noted that Mr. Soros and the environment minister are both of
Hungarian descent and has suggested that the fight against the mine is
connected to the Hungarian government "with its long-standing interest in
Transylvania."
David Stein, an analyst at Cormark Securities, said raising the sovereignty
issue is "a good move" by Gabriel. He rates the stock, which pared intraday
losses yesterday to close down 21 per cent, a "buy."
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