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Ten Golden Myths: Ten Outrageous Myths Peddled About the Gold Mine in Rosia Montana, Romania
Contents
Introduction
MYTH 1. The gold mine will involve thousands of local people being
forcibly removed
MYTH 2. The new gold mine will create long term
environmental problems through the use of cyanide.
MYTH 3. The new gold mine will destroy local
archaeological heritage
MYTH 4. The gold mine will destroy an environment of great
natural beauty and prime farmland
MYTH 5. The World Bank and its International Finance Corporation (IFC) now oppose the
project
MYTH 6. The gold mine is a short-term project, with no
long-term positive impact on the local or national economy.
MYTH 7. This is an illegal project.
MYTH 8. There are viable and
preferable sustainable alternatives to the new gold mine.
MYTH 9. The Goldman Grassroots Environmentalism Award
MYTH 10. The "New Eldorado" film - one big myth!