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Roşia Montană - o
problemă
naţională ca o
Cuvânt înainte durere personală
Fac parte dintre cei pentru care Roşia Montană şi Roşia Poieni sunt o
problemă personală. Mama mea şi bunicii mei dinspre mamă s-au tras
dintr-un sat din Munţii Apuseni. În copilărie, în fiecare vară treceam
Mureşul cu brodul şi mergeam pe jos până spre Piatra Bulbucului, de
unde se vedea Zlatna. Satul mamei semăna cu o verigă din lanţul de
rezistenţă al cetăţilor de apărare a Apusenilor. Fiecare casă era cocoţată
pe o stâncă, ascunsă după un umăr de piatră sau proptită într-o margine
de vale prăpăstioasă. Acolo am copilărit şi acolo am fost silit să văd
lumea şi cu ochii minţii. Universul de piatră mă obliga să gândesc mai
mult şi mai repede decât la casa noastră din îngusta luncă a Mureşului.
Mama mea a suferit enorm pentru că în orice dispută, mai ales când ea
avea dreptate iar ceilalţi rămâneau fără argumente, îi ziceau:
Jurnalist, publicist, director al De ce nu sunt de acord cu proiectul Roşia Montană? Pentru că în satul
ziarului Cotidianul bunicilor ploaia venea şi mai vine de obicei de la Abrud. Şi dacă vine
de acolo aduce ceva şi de la Roşia Montană, de la Cîmpeni şi de la
Zlatna. Şi pentru că în Apuseni, pentru prima oară în viaţa mea, am
călărit o mânză pe care am atins-o ca pe o domnişoară. Şi pentru că în
Apuseni am văzut primii stupi în coşniţe împletite din nuiele, pentru că
acolo am auzit valea cântând în coroanele brădetului, pentru că acolo
moara de apă a bunicului avea miros de plăcinte, pentru că acolo m-am
jucat prima dată de-a sălbaticii, sărind dintr-un mesteacăn în altul.
- Băiete, nu se poate!
Roşia Montană – a
national problem
becoming a
Foreword personal matter
I am one of those people for whom Roşia Montană and Roşia Poieni
represent a personal matter. My mother and my grandparents from my
mother side were from a village in the Apuseni Mountains. As a child,
every summer I crossed the Mureş River with the ferry and I walked
on foot up to Piatra Bulbucului, from where one could see Zlatna. My
mother’s village looked like one link in the chain of strength of
Apuseni defense fortresses. Each house was up on a rock, hidden after
a shoulder stone or stranded on the edge of an abrupt valley. There I
was raised and there I had to learn how to visualize the world. The
universe of stone made me think more and faster than in our house
from the narrow meadow of Mureş River. My mother has suffered
tremendously for that in any dispute, especially when she was right and
the other had no arguments, they were saying:
-You should shut up, you are not from here, you are from Apuseni and
Cornel Nistorescu
if don’t like it you should go to your own people!
Journalist, Publisher, Director
of Cotidianul newspaper Why am I against Roşia Montană project? Because, in my
grandparents’ village, the rain used to come and still does, from Abrud.
And if it comes from there, it brings something also from Roşia
Montană, Zlatna and Cîmpeni. And, because it was in the Apuseni,
when, for the very first time in my life, I have ridden a filly that I’ve
touched like she was a miss. And because there, in the Apuseni, I’ve
seen for the first time beehives in twigs braided baskets, because there
I have heard the valley singing in the crowns of the fir forest, because
there my grandfather’s watermill smelled like pies, because there I’ve
played for the first time “wild men game”, jumping from a birch to
another. Also there, under the slabs I fished by hand and I’ve
experienced the dread of death. For a moment I had the illusion that I
was bitten by a snake. Also in a rural village in the Apuseni, I saw the
first couple kissing. Then, at a wedding, I tried the same thing with a
little girl who ran away crying. Also, at the same wedding, I drove mad
the guests with hollers and some joyful and satirical verses and I tried
to solve an impossible riddle told by the accordionist of the feast:
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-How can you remove a stone from the bottom of water, without
getting wet, without using a tool or a glove and without having to dry
out the bottom of the river or lake on which the stone rests?
Monday morning, when the wedding was ending, when everybody was
sleeping who knows where, in just four words he cleared up for me
forever.
Simple logic is also valid in Roşia Montană case. You cannot draw off
the gold from beneath the houses and hills of the famous villages
without damaging them, without drying the waters and destroying the
ancient galleries. And neither dug huge careers without the clouds and
rains to change their water properties.
On behalf of the grandparents and friends that I’ve played with, I’m
trying to join the voice of everyone from Roşia Montană and Apuseni
who oppose this Canadian-Romanian project (more Canadian). I’ve
grounded my defence position also on the arguments of the scientists
whose studies are contained in this book. Other, equally important, for
reason of space, were not included. Documents which demonstrate that
Roşia Montană project is an abuse, a crooked business of some
individuals (not of the Romanian State), an environmental risk and a
bomb placed between national history’s relics are multiple. They make
up a huge file with multiple counts. To these, some other arguments are
added.
We are dealing with a gross economic sale without any integration into
an economic project of proportions. Romania has placed at the disposal
of the Canadians the ore maps without any official and lawful basis.
The closure of a criminal investigation file is not sufficient argument.
Millions of Euros used in the advertising campaign to bend Romanian
State institutions will in terms of permits and approvals indeed count
for something. With this kind of weight on the shoulders and
conscience, there is no rightful judgement. With the testimonials of the
locals, designed and processed by Roşia Montană Gold Corporation,
no Romanian official can decide without the risk of error. The
advertising attack conducted on the funds of the beneficiaries, is the
most powerful argument against sine die postponement.
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And then, if all-good and beautiful, why was I overwhelmed with all
kinds of offers of advertising? And why all the media channels as soon
as enjoying the advertising budgets of the Canadian company, no
longer spoke of the situation nor had opposite points of view?
And if the idea of selling the gold and copper is so clever, why doesn’t
Romania has other development project or a long-term strategy? And if
the Romanian Government has so many resources of creativity, why
aren’t there any solutions identified for Orăştie, Simeria, Brad, Călan,
Titu, Tecuci, Hunedoara, Haţeg, Pleşcoi and Basarabi or for Cugir or
other disfavoured cities?
Isn’t it the mere sale of resources and raw materials the clearest sign of
the economic primitivism mentality of those who lead us?
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Prefaţă
Volumul „Roşia Montană în dezbaterea europeană“ este un demers
unic în România în ceea ce priveşte totalitatea abordărilor proiectului
minier de la Roşia Montană. Deşi prezentările şi sintezele expuse în
această antologie au mai fost publicate, ele nu şi-au găsit niciodată un
spaţiu unitar de prezentare până acum.
Mediul natural e una din puţinele valori care ne-au rămas şi nu cred că
ar trebui să fie jertfit în numele profitului unei companii, aşa cum s-a
întâmplat cu multe alte valori pe care le-am distrus în ultimele decenii.
Victor Boştinaru
Membru al Parlamentului European
Roşia Montană
Foto: Roşca Marius
www.scriericulumina.ro
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Preface
The volume “Roşia Montană in the European debate“ is a unique
approach in terms of all approaches regarding Roşia Montană mining
project. Although the presentations and speeches presented in this
anthology have been published, they have never found a unitary
presentation framework before.
Since the protests spread all over Romania, in January 2012, the
opposition to the mining project was among the four key demands of
the protesters. It is a genuine European issue because over 100.000
Romanian citizens decided to put their signature on a petition for Roşia
Montană that was submited to the Romanian Government and the
Parliament.
The Romanian public does not have a decent and fair access to
impartial information regarding the project, there is an embargo within
the media regarding the opposing arguments of which even Ceauşescu
regime would be very proud.
This being the context, the purpose of this volume is to present the
main critical arguments regarding the current features of the project
developed by RMGC at Roşia Montană.
Also, an important key aspect is showing that there are better and
much less polluting gold exploitation technologies and also alternatives
for the sustainable development of Roşia Montană region.
That is why, now, in the spring of 2012, I get back to what I’ve said
two years ago before the vote for the resolution regarding the general
ban on the cyanide mining technologies in the European Union:
The natural environment is one of the few remaining values and I think
that it shouldn’t be sacrificed in the name of some company’s profit as
it happened with other values that we have destroyed in the last
decades.
When editing this volume, the future of the project lies in the hand of
the Romanian authorities and it is important to take note, even from the
start, of the statement made by the Minister of Environment and
Forests on 11 March 2012. The minister of environment stated for
“Adevarul” newspaper that if he had negotiated the contract between
the Romanian state and the Canadian company he would have imposed
more favorable conditions for the Romanian state. Also, Minister
Laszlo Borbely said regarding the stage of approval: “there still are
some technical issues that need clarification, with guarantees, with the
environmental security, with the eco-rehabilitation, not to give the
money in the last years but in advance” and that at Roşia Montană only
the best available technologies in the European Union are going to be
used like in Sweden and Finland.
The fact is, Laszlo Borbely openly admits that the exploitation from
Roşia Montană does not meet the criteria of the best available
technology because, in the Scandinavian countries, the cyanide is used
in closed system, thus avoiding the contact with air or soil.
This anthology does not represent a criticism of the project but intends
to set an example for all actions of this case that, in the absence of a
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genuine debate and implemented outside the legal framework, are
likely to irreparably prejudice our environment, health and inheritance.
Faced with media blockage that rivals and, in terms of efficacy and
rapacity, sometimes even surpasses the political censorship, those who
sacrifice their welfare and still stand tall for the ideals they defend
deserve to have their arguments heard. The only principles that should
matter in deciding Roşia Montană future must be the truth, the national
interest and the sustainable development of the region. At this moment,
we are very far from meeting these criteria, but all our efforts aim to
this purpose and the anthology you are reading is an important step on
this path.
Victor Boştinaru
Member of the European Parliament
Protestul „Roşia
Montană pentru Piaţa
Universităţii”
“Roşia Montană for University
Square” protest
(28.01.2012)
5 §
Cuprins//Content
Cuvânt înainte
8 Foreword
Prefaţă
11 §
15 Preface
122 §
Cuprins//Content
Ilegalităţi la Roşia Montană
131 Illegalities at Roşia Montană
Concluzii
175 §
178 Conclusions
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Situl minier
Text preluat de pe website-ul
Roşia Montană
Asociaţiei ARA Roşia Montană este situată în Munţii Apuseni, în Cadrilaterul aurifer –
teritoriu din Munţii Metaliferi bogat în zăcăminte de metale preţioase
www.simpara.ro cunoscute şi exploatate încă din Antichitate.
criteriul vi) să fie direct asociat sau intrinsec legat cu evenimente sau
tradiţii vii, cu idei sau credinţe, lucrări artistice sau literare de
valoare universală excepţională.
Celebrele tăbliţe cerate care au făcut cunoscut situl de la Alburnus
Maior au fost una dintre cele mai importante surse ale
redescoperirii Dreptului Roman de către marele istoric german
Theodor Mommsen, ale cărui lucrări au influenţat Codul Civil
german şi apoi au constituit baza reglementărilor similare pentru
mai multe ţări ale lumii: Portugalia, China, Japonia, Coreea de Sud,
Taiwan, Grecia, Ucraina s.a.
Asocierile frecvente făcute de cercetători între istoria Imperiului
Roman din perioada antoninilor şi aurul dacilor sau cel extras din
Dacia, chiar dacă nu sunt încă demonstrate, deschid o direcţie de
abordare care se adresează istoriei culturii europene – ieşirea din
criză a Imperiului Roman, debutul marilor programe edilitare
iniţiate de Traian, dintre care construirea Forului şi ridicarea
Columnei sunt poate elementele cele mai importante.
Importanţa galeriilor de la Roşia Montană nu se limitează la
Antichitate. De la încheierea cruciadelor până la descoperirea
Americii, Munţii Apuseni au fost principala sursă de aur a
Europei. În vremurile moderne extragerea aurului a fost una dintre
ocupaţiile de bază ale moţilor. Administraţia austriacă a adus în
zonă mineri de pe tot cuprinsul Imperiului şi astfel a luat naştere o
aşezare miniera pe cât de pitorească, pe atât de europeană.
DECLARAŢIE DE
AUTENTICITATE ŞI/SAU Peisajul cultural de la Roşia Montană este compus dintr-o concentrare
INTEGRITATE extraordinară de vestigii care atestă evoluţia exploatărilor miniere într-
un interval de timp excepţional – 2 000 de ani – din perioada pre-
romană până în epoca contemporană.
Situl Alburnus Maior – Verespatak – Roşia de Munte – Roşia Montană,
celebru încă din secolul al XIX-lea pentru vestitele tăbliţe cerate
romane (contracte redactate în scriere latină cursivă) este reprezentat,
în lumina cercetărilor din ultimii ani, de un sistem de exploatare roman
excepţional care conservă mai mult de 7 km de galerii, la care se
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adaugă peste 80 km de galerii medievale şi de epocă modernă, un târg
minier păstrat exemplar încă din perioada preindustrială şi un peisaj
presărat de multe urme ale activităţii miniere dintre care excepţionale
RECUNOAşTERE PRIN LEGI DE sunt lucrările hidrotehnice datând din prima jumătate a secolului al
PROTECŢIE – ASIGURAREA XVIII-lea.
INTEGRITAŢII
Roşia Montană este unul dintre siturile cele mai bogate în resurse de
patrimoniu cultural ale României, cuprinzând într-un teritoriu întins pe
cca. 650 ha 50 monumente istorice clasate, dintre care 7 desemnate ca
monumente de valoare naţională şi universală. De asemenea,
patrimoniul cultural de la Roşia Montană este recunoscut şi prin Planul
de Amenajare a Teritoriului Naţional – Secţiunea a III-a, Zone
protejate, unde monumentele sale sunt desemnate ca monumente
istorice de valoare naţională excepţională şi întreaga comună este
recunoscută ca unitate administrativ-teritorială cu concentrare foarte
mare a valorilor de patrimoniu cultural.
Roşia Montană
Text taken from ARA
Mining Landscape
Association website Roşia Montană – Alburnus Maior - Rubeo Flumine - Verespatak -
Rotbach - Roşia de Munte – is situated in the Metalliferous Mountains,
www.simpara.ro part of Apuseni Mountains, the Western section of Romania’s
Carpathians, in the area named the Golden Quadrilateral (Cadrilaterul
Aurifer) - a territory rich in deposits of precious metals, known and
exploited since antiquity.
Of all the known historic exploitation points, the site of Roşia Montană
CATEGORY: CULTURAL is characterised by an exceptional concentration of cultural heritage
LANDSCAPE values that are grouped in a configuration with a rich temporal and
DESCRIPTION physical stratification, defined by the dense layering of vestiges
belonging to Roman, medieval, modern and present-day mining.
Those pertinent elements, relevant for the universal value of the site
are presented hereby.The historic development of the site can be
followed starting from the deepest level - which is represented by
mining galleries, air shafts and water channelling systems, including
spectacular drainage systems, carved within four mountainous
‘massifs’ - Cetate, Cârnic, Orlea and Letea. These elements make one
of the most extensive and important mining systems in the Roman
world. To these one must add the widely developed traditional mining
works which took over and extended the Roman network in successive
epochs until shortly after 1948. In addition to the subterranean universe
of the extraction sites, the traditional mining generated the components
of the two other cultural heritage levels of the site of Roşia Montană:
the historic industrial landscape of the site, of which one can see
artificial lakes (reservoirs) that were built starting with 1733,
hillside galleries with wooden frame supports, surface exploitation
areas and mining waste piles (partly re-vegetated today) which
punctuate the mountain slopes and the barren rocky faces;
the settlement stretching along the river Roşia – with nuclei grown
in direct relation to the exploitation areas of mounts Orlea and
Cetate – and unfolding up the valley, in the area of a natural
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amphitheatre surrounded by mounts Cârnic, Jig and Letea, where
lies the central area of the town. Starting off from this point, the
Central Market Square, where the numerous public functions were
concentrated and grouped in an architectural-urban ensemble with
a strong representational character, the urban structure gradually
dilutes into the industrial suburbs which are represented by mining
households and their traditional processing installations or even
gallery entries. The architectural image is dominated by a
typological background identified throughout the town, that of
traditional structures with exterior distribution space (porch), from
which stand out borrowings from the classical and baroque
repertoire, to be found mostly in the area of the Central Market
Square, manifested primarily in the configuration of façades facing
the public space. These features, interwoven, outline the unique
character of this traditional mining village frozen in time from the
beginning of the urbanisation process. The ‘surface’ vestiges of
Roman habitat (necropoleis, sacred areas, administrative areas), the
five churches dating from the dawn of the modern age and bearing
witness to the ethnic and cultural diversity of the place, the still
preserved elements of modern mining (narrow gauge railway, the
sloping plane, buildings of the processing plant and of the
administrative headquarters of the state mining society), premises
and edifices dating from the late nineteenth century and early
twentieth century, along with the exceptional values already
mentioned and the surrounding natural setting, complete the
cultural landscape of Roşia Montană.
JUSTIFICATION OF
OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL criterion iv) be an outstanding example of a type of building,
VALUE architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which
CRITERIA MET illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;
The industrial mining operation systems preserved are exceptional
testimonials for the history of Roman, medieval and modern
mining exploitations:
For the Roman age, the underground landscape is highly significant,
proof of a concerted effort of the Roman administration to extract
gold - in no more than 50 years it developed one of the most
extensive mining complexes of that time, known to this day;
The evidence of medieval and modern mining activities is
significant for the pre-industrial operation technique caught in the
moment of transformation of production means, in the dawn of the
Industrial Revolution.
Reţeta secretă
a afacerii Roşia
Autor: Daniel Bojin
Montană
Schema de finanţare a afacerii blochează accesul statului la
Centrul Român pentru profituri ani de zile, până când vor fi achitate datorii de sute de
Jurnalism de Investigaţie milioane de dolari către investitori.
(19 decembrie 2011)
www.crji.org O mică companie canadiană, cu bilanţul gol, a devenit o afacere de
aproape 2,6 miliarde de dolari, după ce a listat pe bursă resursele
noastre de aur de la Roşia Montană.
Vasile Frank Timiş, devenit între timp unul dintre cei mai bogaţi
români, a căpătat cu acest prilej titulatura de fondator al companiei
Gabriel Resources Ltd şi a preluat funcţia de preşedinte.
Mihail Ianăş spune acum că Vasile Frank Timiş nu ar fi trebuit să
ajungă să se fotografieze cu zăcămintele noastre pe bursa canadiană
fără aprobarea ANRM, dar are o explicaţie ciudată: „Fapta s-a
petrecut şi, din fericire, proiectul este foarte bun. Probabil, din această
cauză nimeni nu a mai căutat nod în papură ”.
Nici acordul iniţial, nici actele care l-au modificat nu au fost făcute
publice vreodată. Ele sunt de negăsit chiar şi la sediul fostei regii,
ocupat astăzi de actuala companie a statului Minvest care i-a luat locul.
Aflată în subordinea Ministerului Industriei, regia avea doar drepturi
de administrare şi de operare asupra zăcămintelor.
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Minele de aur erau exploatate aşa încă din perioada comunistă.
Dar compania statului va putea avea acces la profituri doar după ce vor
fi stinse datoriile companiei mixte de 330 de milioane de dolari către
investitori. Termenul limită până la care aceste datorii ar trebui achitate
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de compania Roşia Montană este decembrie 2013. Cel puţin până
atunci compania statului nu poate încasa niciun leu din profiturile
afacerii de la Roşia Montană, chiar dacă Guvernul ar debloca rapid
proiectul prin aprobarea avizului de mediu, iar investitorii ar reuşi să
obţină toate terenurile necesare proiectului.
The secret
recipe of Roşia
Author: Daniel Bojin
Montană affair
The financing scheme of the project blocks the state’s access to
Romanian Centre for profits for years, until hundreds of millions of dollars of debts will
Investigative Journalism be paid to the investors.
(December 19, 2011)
www.crji.org A small Canadian company, with zero balance, became an almost
$ 2.6 billion business, after the listing of the gold resources from
Roşia Montană on the stock exchange.
The first days of the business explain how the investors assumed,
free of any cost, the control over the deposits and then used them
This journalistic document on the stock exchange to raise money.
was elaborated with the
support of Soros Foundation The money raised on the stock exchange was then sent to Romania
Romania, during the program as interest loans.
Investigative journalism in the
service of public interest. The The key-characters of the gold story recognize today, for the very
content of this document first time, the irregularities of the business, where large
does not represent the official investments funds and small investors have placed their money
position of Soros Foundation during the last fourteen years.
Romania. www.soros.ro
The money trail of Roşia Montană affair proves how a small Canadian
company became the largest investor in Romania, based on the
deposits from Apuseni Mountains. The former executives of the
business and state officials are now acknowledging the problems of the
operation through which the resources were freely given away and then
used without legal permits to raise the necessary amounts for gold
mining. The original documents of the association between the first
investors and the Romanian state are now missing from the former
state administration that facilitated the business. Through an offshore
circuit, connecting the Canadian company to the business in Romania,
over $ 500 million were spent in Roşia Montană. Money for which, the
company in Romania, where the Romanian State is partner, paid an
interest of tens of millions of Euros. The stake of Roşia Montană affair
has now reached almost $ 18 billion, the estimated amount of the
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deposits, after the spectacular increase of the international price of
gold.
New details of the affair shows that the Vancouver stock exchange
listed in 1997 was performed in secrecy, even from the arbitrator of the
deposits market - National Agency for Mineral Resources (NAMR),
the one approving the prospecting, exploration and exploitation of
resources.
The listing on the stock Mihail Ianăş, former president of NAMR at the time, reveals today that
exchange was one of the key the listing was a great mystery even to those who would have had to
points of the affair in Roşia approve it: “The listing of the deposits in 1997 was a surprise for us.
Montană providing early I’ve found out by chance about it from other foreign investors. I’ve
investors with the necessary immediately demanded explanations from the Ministry of Industry and
money to finance the project learned that they had given the approval, but they did not motivate
in Apuseni Mountains. their action”.
Also subject to the stock Mihail Ianăş argues that the answer came from the State Secretary for
exchange, the ownership of Mining, Nicolae Stăiculescu.
the company radically
changed until today, the The former State Secretary says that he does not remember such an
company placing its money in approval: “I did not approve such thing and I don’t remember the
investment funds. Ministry to be given such approval. As Secretary for mining issues I
ought to know. There are two options: either the approval did not exist
or it has been approved without my knowing, although it's hard to
believe it”.
The listing on the stock exchange was one of the key points of the
affair in Roşia Montană providing early investors with the necessary
money to finance the project in Apuseni Mountains.
Information on the association with the Romanian state for the gold
resources was listed on the market, in early 1997, by an atypical
operation: an exchange of shares between an offshore company Gabriel
Resources Jersey, with a share capital of only L 10,000 and Starx
Resources, with a share capital of nearly USD 22,000.
Neither the initial agreement nor the addenda amending it were ever
made public. They are no were to be found even at the headquarters of
the former state administration, occupied today by the current state
company Minvest that took its place. Subordinated to the Ministry of
The administration provided a Industry, the state administration had only managerial and operating
30 days term for those rights on the deposits.
interested to tender, although
the contract had been already The gold mines were as such exploited since the early communist
signed. period.
The current general director of the RMGC, Dragoş Tănase, says that
the loans money is provided in the balance sheet of the company in
Romania: ”The loans are published here, in the balance sheets of the
company Roşia Montană Gold Corporation”. Only those paying to the
Trade Registry the fee for obtaining documents and for the balance
sheets of the company, could see that the access of the state company
to the first profits is blocked, thus being forced to settle one fifth of the
expenses made so far by the joint venture.
The calculations show that the state company will have to give up
dividends amounting 62 million USD so that to extinguish the debts of
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330 million USD, that RMGC dues to its shareholder from Jersey
Island.
The state company came with those 39 million dollars within the
Due to the negative financial capital increase so that to maintain the share of 19,4% of the business.
status caused by the massive Otherwise, the share of the state within the company would have been
expenses with loaned money, reduced to less than 1%. Initially, the conditions required to Minvest
the administrators of the for granting loans included a bond on the states’ shares and some
business always had to find interests. Under the pressure of dissolution, the company from Jersey
solutions to save the accepted to grant the 39 million dollars loan, without bound or loan,
company from frequent cases providing that the state company will return it in business dividends.
of dissolution. Daniel Andronache, former manager of the state company in 2009,
refuses to comment the conditions in which Minvest contracted that
loan invoking the confidentiality: “The operation of capital increase
took place in October-November 2009, in that turbulent period when
Boc Government was dismissed by the Parliament. The ministry of
Economy left as to manage by ourselves. It was a huge pressure on us
because the issue of dissolution had to be solved up until the end of
December 2009”. In the end, the state company engages itself to pay
for the loan in business dividends. The same dividends the state
company does not have access to up until the financing scheme of the
business will not be concluded by paying of those 330 million dollars.
The decrease of the profit share after receiving the license raises
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questions also for Mihai Ianăş, former manager of the National Agency
for Mineral Resources (ANRM): “I do not understand why this
decrease was approved. We granted the license to the state
administration so that it will have an ace up its sleeve during the
negotiations with the foreign company. Without the approval of the
state administration no foreign company could step in the respective
perimeters. Unfortunately this advantage was modestly exploited.” The
Government is now taking into account the renegotiation of the profit
share but the investors are conditioning this issue in exchange for a
more permissive legal framework for the investment. A draft law
regarding the possibility for the investors to expropriate the
landowners has already passed the Senate and is in the phase of
receiving the final approvals within the Chambers of Deputies.
The discussions for renegotiating the share of profits and rate of losses
are taking place, in discretion, within the Government and the Ministry
of Economy.
In today’s prices, the benefits the state company gave up 11 years ago
represent 1.7 billion dollars.
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Neither the 19,34% profit rate the state company still helds is not safe
until the state company pays its debt to the shareholder. But Dragoş
Tănase states that there are no risks for the current package of shares
because the state company will pay its debts through dividends.
But the state company will only have access to profits after the 330
million dollars debts of the joint venture are paid. The deadline for
paying these debts is December 2013. At least till then the state
company cannot charge any penny from the profits of Roşia Montană
project even if the Government rapidly discharges the project by
approving the environment agreement and the investors succeed in
getting all the necessary lands.
Sierra Leone.
The bloody dust from the small rich in resources African state
hosts the past, present and future of Roşia Montană business. The
business founder, Romanian businessman Vasile Frank Timiş
became billionaire in dollars, last year, in Sierra Leone, after
announcing the sale of a quarter of the most important iron ore
deposit from the African continent. It was the second major
jackpot in his career for the Romanian businessman after the
business with the gold deposits from Roşia Montană that he left in
2003. Israeli Benny Steinmetz became the third shareholder of
Roşia Montană business when, four months ago, he bought 30
million shares on the stock exchange for 75 million dollars.
Steinmetz strengthens his position in Sierra Leone as a major
player on the diamond market. From Sierra Leone also, the
Russian tycoon Vitaliy Machitski supplies with raw material his
aluminium combine groups from Romania (Alum Tulcea and Alro
Slatina) whose privatisation were investigated by prosecutors.
Vimetco Group, led by Vitaliy Machitski secretly gropes to
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takeover 10% from Gabriel Resources business, the Canadian
company that controls the deposits from Roşia Montană, now in
the process of obtaining the last necessary certificates to start
production. The participation of the Russian tycoon into Roşia
Montană project would increase the proportion of the investors
related to Romania within this project, as BSG group, led by
Benny Steinmetz developed important real estate businesses in
Bucharest before the financial crises. The representatives of
Vimetco group did not want to comment in any way this
information and RMGC head, Dragoş Tănase says he does not
know about possible negotiations of some investor or by the
leadership from Canada for co-opting Vitmenco group into the
business. The mining activity from Sierra Leone is not the only
thing that the two business groups sponsored by Steinmetz and
Machitski have in common. A Cypriot company represented by
Romania has eight large gold Sandra Merloni Horemans, a great manager of Benny Steinmetz
deposits in Apuseni Mountains businesses took over, in 2008, the Romanian company Enerom
and Roşia Montană is not the Services. One of the partners of the company was Marian Daniel
largest one of them, says Năstase, financial manager of Vimetco group.
unequivocally Ştefan Marincea,
former general manager of the The enormous resources from Apuseni Mountains.
Romanian Geological Institute
and one of our renown Romania has eight large gold deposits in Apuseni Mountains and
international experts. He Roşia Montană is not the largest one of them, says unequivocally
shows us a map with the Ştefan Marincea, former general manager of the Romanian
distribution of the eight large Geological Institute and one of our renown international experts.
deposits and other 61 smaller He shows us a map with the distribution of the eight large deposits
ore parts. Among them there and other 61 smaller ore parts. Among them there are significant
are significant reserves of reserves of cooper and other ores. He is, for two years, member in
cooper and other ores. the technical approval committee for the gold mining project from
Roşia Montană. From this capacity he says the project could be
blamed for the deviation from the complex exploitation of
resources: “Among gold and silver, at Roşia Montană there are
significant quantities of high pure germanium, tellurium and
potassium feldspar. The technology proposed by RMGC involves
complete cyanide processing of a huge amount of ore from which
only 80% gold and 61% silver will be recovered. The rest of it will
remain within the cyanide sludge many years from now on. The
biodegradability of the sludge means tens of years. There are more
modern preparation solutions involving the ore concentration and
only after cyaniding the concentrate. Thus, the cyanide sludge will
be reduced by 25 times”. Ştefan Marincea claims that due to the
historical vestiges from Roşia Montană this deposit should have
been left behind. “There could be exploited other deposits from
Apuseni Mountains, there are plenty of gold deposits there”.
Crossing his fingers on the riches circled on the map he sadly
says: “Romania is a frightening rich country. But we don’t have
yet a National geological service that could make sustainable
exploitation strategies. We only have the National Agency for
Mineral Resources which approves the concessions. It has nearly
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a tactic, not a strategic role. It is like having only the Ministry of
Finance but without the National Bank“. He says that he came
back to Romania several years ago because he believed in a real
sustainable development project for resources. Now he thinks he
will leave the country with the team of experts he formed at the
institute.
Poziţia Academiei
Române privind
proiectul de
exploatare minieră de
03.11.2009 (reactualizat şi
la Roşia Montană
aprobat de Prezidiul Academiei Academia Română şi-a exprimat punctul de vedere în legatură cu acest
Române în 27.07.2011) proiect de exploatare minieră de la Roşia Montană dorind să prevină o
eroare cu efecte negative asupra comunităţii, mediului înconjurător şi
vestigiilor arheologice din zonă şi să semnaleze consecinţele riscante
pentru Statul Român.
Romanian Academy’s
standpoint on the
mining project from
03.11.2009 (updated and
Roşia Montană
approved by the Presidium of The Romanian Academy expressed its view regarding the mining
the Romanian Academy on project from Roşia Montană striving to prevent an error with negative
27.07.2011) consequences over the community, environment and historic relics in
the area and to point out the dangerous outcomes for the Romanian
state.
6. The planned dam, build from tailings, is not guaranteed for extreme
situations, as proven by the experience of many countries where severe
accidents took place in various mines. The presence of such a tailings
pond and dam near the town of Abrud represents a high risk and there
is no guaranty that no accident will occur, and the subsequent
punishment of the guilty party would not solve anything.
11. One can not overlook some recent legal rulings regarding this
project. The premature proclamation of Roşia Montană as ”industrial
area”, thus preventing other potential economic activities (such rural
and cultural tourism) was considered as a violation of the legislation.
12. The Romanian Academy believes that the numerous individual and
collective protests of the civil society, scientific and religious
(including the Romanian Orthodox Church), cultural institutions in the
country and abroad, of various public figures, scientists and man of
culture can not be ignored. You can not overlook the resistance and
discontent of a part of the local population affected by the project
which is likely to lose their proprieties and to leave the place where
they lived their entire life, as so did their ancestors.
Rezoluţia
conferinţei Roşia
Montană în Istoria
Conferinţa internaţională
Universală
ROŞIA MONTANĂ ÎN ISTORIA Conferinţa ROŞIA MONTANĂ ÎN ISTORIA UNIVERSALĂ,
UNIVERSALĂ, Cluj-Napoca organizată de Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Academia Română şi
(11-12 Noiembrie 2011) ICOMOS România, cu participarea unor specialişti geologi, geografi,
chimişti, biologi, istorici, arheologi, arhitecţi, economişti, ingineri,
sociologi, agronomi, lingvişti etc. din ţară şi străinătate (Germania,
Italia, Marea Britanie, Ungaria), analizând patrimoniul natural, istoric,
arheologic şi cultural al zonei Roşia Montană, în contextul
implementării proiectului RMGC, a ajuns la următoarele concluzii:
Resolution of
Conference “Roşia
Montană in
International Conference
Universal History“
“Roşia Montană in Universal The conference ROŞIA MONTANĂ in Universal History, organized
History”, Cluj-Napoca by Babeş-Bolyai University, Romanian Academy and ICOMOS
(11-12 November 2011) Romania, with the participation of geologists, geographers, chemists,
biologists, historians, archaeologists, architects, economists, engineers,
sociologists, agronomists, linguists specialists etc. from Romania and
other countries (Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Hungary), analysing the
natural, historical, archaeological and cultural heritage of Roşia
Montană area, in the context of RMGC project development, reached
the following conclusions:
16. The participants argue with irrefutable scientific evidence, the need
to continue making the necessary steps to include Roşia Montană on
UNESCO World Heritage list.
Figura 2. Schema Proiectului Flotarea sulfurilor pentru obţinerea unui concentrat trebuie luată în
de la Certej, propusă de considerare foarte serios, din motivul unei mai bune potriviri cu
European Goldfields Ltd. principiile europene: nevoia de a avea o Europă socială (utilităţile de
flotare vor crea un număr suplimentar de locuri de muncă), o mai bună
potrivire cu principiul utilizării tehnologiilor cel mai puţin poluante (se
va cianura doar un concentrat, şi nu întreaga masă minieră,
producându-se cantităţi mai mici de deşeuri toxice), o dezvoltare
durabilă ca opţiune pe termen lung (procesarea suplimentară va lungi
durata de viaţă a proiectului), o valorificare completă a zăcămintelor
(vezi Iniţiativa Europeană pentru Materii Prime). Mineritul şi
prepararea „sălbatică” a zăcămintelor, cu cianurarea integrală a masei
mineralizate, nu sunt opţiuni corecte din punct de vedere economic,
social şi de mediu. Acest fapt trebuie să fie luat în mod serios în
consideraţie de proiectul Roşia Montană.
The medium contents are of 1.45 g/t Au and 7.3 g/t Ag. 52 % of the
estimated reserve is located in the Cârnic ore body. The contents have a
noticeable tendency to decrease with the deep (Ghiţulescu &
Socolescu, Anuarul Institutului Geologic, vol. XXI, 1941). The RMGC
feasibility study from 2006 considered processing the mineral reserves
at a nominal rate of 13 million tons per year providing a productive life
of approximately 16 years. The total life-of-mine production is
estimated at 7.9 million ounces of gold and 29 million ounces of silver.
In fact, the criticism of the project is larger and has as elements: (1) the
loss of valuable and critical-for-EU raw materials; (2) the wrong
selection of the processing technology, with huge environmental post-
mining costs (neglected by the project) and unnecessary “abuse” of
cyanides; (3) the lack of data concerning the metal recovery through
other considered technologies (the “efficiency study”); (4) the unusual
short lifespan of the project; (5) the lack of previous mining experience
of the company; (6) the incomplete geological study of the
emplacement of the tailing pond; (7) the absence of similar projects on
run (most of the other projects uses the cyanides, but not the integral
leaching of the mined mass); (8) the huge mass of cyanide-bearing
tailings.
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Other 64 gold deposits are recognized in the “Golden Quadrilateral”
(see map) from which only 14 are of “porphyry copper and gold” type,
which precludes the integral cyanide leaching (resulting in the integral
loss of copper). Thinking in terms of the symmetry, for the other 50
deposits, the use of the same processing technique will generate about
2900 hectares of cyanide-laced waste!
On the other side, the option “no cyanides in mining” will kill the
medium and small mining projects and companies, because no medium
and small disseminated gold deposits could be exploited efficiently in
Europe by the junior companies in restrictive conditions. Romania has
also big-sized gold deposits and a good concentration of ores in
distinct mining fields and disposes by the economically-efficient
option to export the concentrate toward more “tolerant” countries.
Even if Romania and will not be substantially affected by this option,
we must consider the on-running projects in other countries (e.g.,
Finland, Greece, Sweden).
Perspectiva
geologului asupra
exploatării miniere
Ing. Justin Andrei, cercetător
de la Roşia Montană
În perioada august 2006- octombrie 2011 am luat de nenumărate ori
ştiinţific gradul I, fost director
ştiinţific al Institutului atitudine sub formă de memorii adresate conducerii politice, inclusiv
Geologic al României în Preşedintelui României, articole în presa scrisă şi vorbită şi articole
ştiinţifice împotriva proiectului minier promovat de Roşia Montană
perioada 08.01.1990-15.06.1999.
Gold Corporation (RMGC)-Gabriel Resurces (GR) privind exploatarea
în cariere a mineralizaţiei auro-argentifere reziduale (în principal
diseminată) de la Roşia Montană, şi de procesare a rocilor mineralizate
cu cianuri de Na. Experienţa mea, de aproape 50 de ani, în
Punct de vedere personal
prospectarea geologică şi geofizică a zonei Roşia Montană-Roşia
prezentat la întâlnirea cu
Poieni şi Bucium, succesele mele profesionale în descoperirea sau doar
Comisia de Petiţii a
intuirea de noi zăcăminte aurifere şi cuprifere-aurifere în zona sus
Parlamentului European
menţionată şi în alte arii ale Munţilor Metaliferi şi-a spus greu cuvântul
privind contestarea proiectul
în trecutul apropiat. Aşa s-a întâmplat la începutul lunii ianuarie 2010,
minier Roşia Montană.
Bucureşti, 24 noiembrie 2011
când m-am adresat cu un memoriu tuturor membrilor civili ai
Consiliului Superior de Apărare a Ţării (C.S.A.T.), în frunte cu
excelenţa sa domnul Traian Băsescu Preşedintele României, precum şi
preşedinţilor celor două camere ale Parlamentului României. Acest
demers a avut atunci urmări salutare, C.S.A.T. nemailuând în discuţie
proiectul Roşia Montană.
La NE de Roşia Montană se Primul obiectiv îl constituie partea estică a corpului dacitic de Cârnic,
află cel mai mare zăcământ mascat de andezitele sterile de Rotundu. După opinia mea,
diseminat cuprifer-aurifer din perspectivele respective pot fi foarte mari, deoarece avem de-a face cu
România, cel de la Roşia Poieni, o structură metalogenă tot atât de bogată în aur si argint ca şi corpul
exploatat în carieră din 1988. dacitic din dealul Cârnic în faza iniţială preromană. Căile de
Acest zăcământ interesant şi prospectare nu sunt eminamente geologice, ci se bazează pe
pentru acumulări de molibden, investigaţii geofizice ample şi ultramoderne. În mod asemănător,
a fost descoperit prin foraje de aceleaşi andezite şi piroclastite de tip Rotundu maschează la NV de
către Remus Ştefan şi Traian acest vârf, spre localitatea Vârtop, o serie de alte corpuri de dacite de
Cristescu. Subsemnatul a fost tip Cârnic, dar de dimensiuni mai mici, ca cele de la Jig, Igre -
primul geolog şi geofizician Văidoaia şi Lechi, care ar conţine mineralizaţii auro-argentifere aşa
care l-a conturat cu multă cum au demonstrat cu 75 de ani în urmă marii geologi metalogenişti
acurateţe. Rezervele acestui profesorii Toma Petre Ghiţulescu şi Mircea Socolescu. Tentative de a
uriaş zăcământ (la suprafaţă descoperi asemenea mineralizaţii auro-argentifere s-ar realiza tot prin
are un diametru de investigaţii geofizice complexe ultramoderne.
aproximativ 900 m, extins la o
adâncime de peste 1200 m) La NE de Roşia Montană se află cel mai mare zăcământ diseminat
asigură o exploatare în carieră cuprifer-aurifer din România, cel de la Roşia Poieni, exploatat în
şi apoi în subteran, pentru o carieră din 1988. Acest zăcământ interesant şi pentru acumulări de
perioadă de peste 50 de ani. molibden, a fost descoperit prin foraje de către Remus Ştefan şi Traian
Cristescu. Subsemnatul a fost primul geolog şi geofizician care l-a
conturat cu multă acurateţe. Rezervele acestui uriaş zăcământ (la
suprafaţă are un diametru de aproximativ 900 m, extins la o adâncime
de peste 1200 m) asigură o exploatare în carieră şi apoi în subteran,
pentru o perioadă de peste 50 de ani. Se va recupera cuprul (cu
conţinuturi până la 1.2%) aur, argint, molibden şi posibil o serie de
elemente rare şi disperse.
Nocivitatea procedeului de Prin bararea văii Corna cu un dig care în final va atinge înălţimea de
cianurare a întregii mase 185 m şi o lungime de peste 1000 m s-ar crea volumul necesar
miniere rezidă deci atât în depozitării celor circa 215.000.000 t de reziduuri nocive planificate.
cianurile metalice care rămân Această nocivitate rezultă din procesul de cianurare a întregii mase
în iazul de decantare, cât şi în miniere, fără a executa o flotare prealabilă. Vechea tehnologie, aplicată
faptul că aici se regăseşte o până în 2006, inclusiv în cazul carierei Cetate, presupunea separarea
cantitate importantă de acid sulfurilor aurifere sau slab aurifere (aprox. 2-3% din masa rocilor),
sulfuric, metale grele toxice precum şi a granulelor de aur liber prin flotare, urmată de cianurarea
(mercur, plumb, cadmiu etc.) şi acestui concentrat. Acesta era apoi tratat prin procedee pirometalurgice
arsen, de pe seama sulfurilor care distrugeau compuşii cianometalici obţinându-se acid sulfuric.
neseparate în prealabil. Astfel, în iazul de decantare se depozita un steril foarte sărac în sulfuri
şi total lipsit de cianuri. Este drept, aici rămânea şi 20% din cantitatea
de aur iniţială, conţinută în cuarţ şi în celelalte minerale de gangă
(diverşi carbonaţi, care însoţesc mineralele metalice).
Concluzii
Lupta cu Gabriel Resources a fost dură şi, din păcate, nu s-a terminat
încă. Din fericire, în ultima vreme numărul celor care se opun
proiectului care implică distrugerea vestigiilor antice ale lui Alburnus
Gabriel Resources şi-a format Maior, poluării iremediabile a mediului în zona Roşia Montană –
convingerea că în România Corna – Bucium – Abrud – Câmpeni, precum şi condamnării întregii
totul este de vânzare. Acum, regiuni de sud-est a Munţilor Apuseni la o îndelungată stagnare
în ultimul ceas, să-i facem să economică, s-au înmulţit în progresie geometrică. Dar această opoziţie
înţeleagă că s-au înşelat. nu este suficientă, atât timp cât îmbracă doar forme platonice. Aici
locuiesc oameni care au nevoi, griji şi necazuri, care doresc să fie
fericiţi. Deci, fiecare dintre noi cei care ne opunem „planului diabolic”
al Goldului trebuie să luptăm cu toată energia pentru a-i ajuta să obţină
dreptul lor elementar la o viaţă demnă, cât mai îmbelşugată posibil.
Fireşte, asemenea deziderate se obţin în primul rând prin lupta fiecărui
roşian, cornean şi buciuman, dar noi, cei străini de aceste locuri, să ne
gândim cum putem să le facilităm această luptă. În acest scop nu există
decât o singură cale: conştientizarea clasei politice din România şi
din Europa, în vederea interzicerii utilizării cianurilor de Na, în
tratarea maselor miniere cu conţinut aurifer, de către Comisia
Europeană şi Guvernul României, singura formă acceptabilă de
utilizare a acestor cianuri fiind tratarea concentratelor rezultate în urma
proceselor de flotaţie. S-o facem fiecare dintre noi după priceperea şi
puterea noastră de luptă.
Geologist’s
perspective on
Roşia Montană
Engineer Justin Andrei, first
mining project
degree scientific researcher, In the period August 2006 - August 2011, dozen of times, in the guise
former scientific director of of written reports addressed to the political leadership, including the
the Geological Institute of President of Romania, and written and spoken media articles as well as
Romania, in the period scientific articles, I’ve took a stand against the mining project
01.01.1990-15.06.1999, retired. promoted by Roşia Montană Gold Corporation (RMGC) – Gabriel
Resources (GR) as regards the quarrying exploitation of residual gold-
argentiferous mineralization (mainly disseminated) from Roşia
Montană and the processing of mineralized rocks with natrium
Personal opinion presented
cyanide. My experience of almost 50 years in geological and
during the PETI Committee’s
geophysical prospecting of the area Roşia Montană - Roşia Poieni and
visit to Romania
Bucium, my professional advancements in discovering or just
Bucharest, 24 November 2011
understanding of new gold and copper-gold deposits in the above
mentioned area as well as in other areas of the Metaliferi Mountains,
have significantly marked the recent past.
It seems that the power of scientific reasoning won and the national
mining potential must indeed be rendered but without prejudicing our
historic vestiges, the environment and our healthy economic
development, future and present (I’ve quoted the statement made by
the President of Romania, H.E. Mr. Traian Băsescu, during 2009
presidential campaign).
These are part of our history. RMGC project, as well as the previous
RMGC claims that the historic one, started by the Romanian state in 1970, is based, primary, on
centre of Roşia Montană will quarry exploitation of gold and silver disseminated mineralization. We
not be affected by Cârnic strongly emphasize that the disseminated mineralization of gold and
quarry, located near by. Given silver increases to lower depths. Thus, at Cetate quarry, gold
that the respective quarry, disseminated mineralization, for the height 900-1000 m, has a content
which would be dug in highly of 2-3 gr./t, from which precious metals decreased under the heights of
silicified dacite, located 100- 846-795 m (depending on the host rock’s nature) to smaller contents of
250m from the main historical 0,5 gr./t (the limit of exploitability being of 0,6 gr./t gold).
edifices which the daytime
explosions shall soon put Consequently, RMGC statement that both quarries Cetate as well as
them down. the one from Cârnic hill are descending up to a height of 660 m is a
bluntly false. For the quarry Cetate authorized information was at my
disposal (engineer Adriana Golgoţ, former chief geologist of quarry
Cetate until the mining works were abandoned in 2006) and engineer
Aurel Sântimbreanu (former chief geologist of Roşia Montană Mining
Exploitation, for 40 years). As regards Cârnic quarry, planned by
RMGC, I don’t have concrete information regarding the gold and silver
content disseminated towards depth, but, similar to the situation of
Cetate, we believe that there is a gold reserve of about 80 t.
RMGC claims that the historic centre of Roşia Montană will not be
affected by Cârnic quarry, located near by. Given that the respective
quarry, which would be dug in highly silicified dacite, located 100
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250m from the main historical edifices which the daytime explosions
shall soon put them down. RMGC claims that by fractioning the
explosions at interval of tenths of seconds, the shocks will be reduced.
But this procedure is applied for all large quarries (including Cetate, in
the period 2002-2006), without lasting consequences for the daytime
explosions in highly elastic rocks such as highly silicified dacite.
But, there is an even greater risk. In the north side of Cârnic, exploited
during the Middle Age, most of the veins are NS approx. orientated;
being present over 10 submeridian orientated directional galleries,
crossed by various orientated galleries. The explosions from the
respective area can thus generate a “wave of fire” and a bombardment
with highly silicified dacite blocks directed by the respective galleries
towards the historic centre of Roşia Montană. This “gunnery” will hit
the historic centre and will destroy both the houses rebuilt by RMGC
RMGC makes a lot of fuss as well as those unconsolidated and the historical cemetery where Popa
about the current pollution of Balint, Avram Iancu’s tribune rests in peace. It will destroy everything!
the historic mine waters. Such
pollution sources are This will be the future of the historic centre of Roşia Montană if the
presented in all the galleries iron hand of the Romanian people will not stop such a disaster in time.
from the regions with a mining The leaders of the Romanian people, as well as the honest media in
past. When the planning of Romania have to understand all these great dangers ignored by RMGC.
Roşia Montană for cultural This honest media has to understand and relentlessly fight against them
tourism will start, the mining and make the politicians understand that not all that glitters is gold.
engineers will also identify
solutions, with private and RMGC makes a lot of fuss about the current pollution of the historic
European funding, for limiting mine waters. Such pollution sources are presented in all the galleries
these local pollution sources. from the regions with a mining past. When the planning of Roşia
Montană for cultural tourism will start, the mining engineers will also
identify solutions, with private and European funding, for limiting
these local pollution sources.
Some people rhetorically wonder where the tourists wanting to visit the
ancient galleries are. In this respect, engineer Aurel Sântimbreanu
recently presented a design plan for several low costs tourist tours
through the Roman galleries, crossing the connection galleries. Simple
and cheap solutions exist, but with one condition: no interference from
the local authorities, which are at RMGC’s beck and call and which
sabotage any measure that is not in its benefit. If, on the contrary, the
Ministries of Tourism, Transport and Culture will seek practical and
simple solutions that will encourage such measures, cultural and rural
tourism will develop.
Let’s not forget that the golden future of Roşia Montană does not lay in
the exploitation of precious metals reserve (not as large as RMGC
claims), but in developing a cultural tourism from which all the
inhabitants of Roşia Montană will benefit from tomorrow, the next and
the future millenniums. Indeed, the ancient galleries were cut in highly
silicified rocks that lasted for two millenniums. That’s why we have to
preserve Roşia Montană and all its wonders.
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The mining future of the regions Roşia Montană, Roşia Poieni,
Bucium Şasa, Bucium Rodu and Bucium Tarniţa
The first objective is represented by the eastern side of the dacite body
At NE of Roşia Montană lies of Cârnic, masked by the sterile andesite of Rotundu. In my opinion,
the largest disseminated the respective perspectives can be very large, given the fact that we are
copper-gold deposit from dealing with a metal structure just as rich in gold and silver as the
Romania, the one from Roşia dacite body from Cârnic hill was in its pre-Roman initial phase. The
Poieni, quarry exploited since prospecting methods are not purely geological, but are based on
1988. This deposit also extensive and modern investigations.
interesting in terms of
molybdenum accumulation Similarly, the same Rotundu type andesite and piroclastite masks, on
was discovered by drilling, by the northwest side of this peak, towards town Vârtop, a number of
Remus Ştefan and Traian other bodies of Cârnic type dacite, but smaller, like those of Jig, Igre -
Cristescu. I was the first Văidoaia and Lechi, which contains gold-argentiferous mineralization,
geologist and geophysicist as demonstrated 75 years ago, by the geologists, professors Toma Petre
who sketched it with great Ghiţulescu and Mircea Socolescu. Other attempts to discover gold and
accuracy. The huge reserve of silver mineralization were conducted through modern complex
this deposit (on the surface geophysical investigations.
with a diameter of about 900
m, extended to a depth of At NE of Roşia Montană lies the largest disseminated copper-gold
over 1200 m) provides a deposit from Romania, the one from Roşia Poieni, quarry exploited
quarrying mining and then since 1988. This deposit also interesting in terms of molybdenum
underground one, for a period accumulation was discovered by drilling, by Remus Ştefan and Traian
of over 50 years. Cristescu. I was the first geologist and geophysicist who sketched it
with great accuracy. The huge reserve of this deposit (on the surface
with a diameter of about 900 m, extended to a depth of over 1200 m)
provides a quarrying mining and then underground one, for a period of
over 50 years. Copper, gold, silver, molybdenum and possibly a
number of rare and dispersed elements will be recovered (with contents
of up to 1.2%).
All these deposits will boost mining in this area, without using natrium
cyanide and without destroying our sacred national treasure.
The issue of the tailings dam on Corna valley, the real major
source of pollution in Roşia Montană
Harmfulness of cyanide
process of the entire mining By impounding Corna valley with a dam that will eventually reach a
mass consists both in the height of 185 m and a length of over 1000 m, the necessary volume for
metal cyanides remaining in storing about 215 million tons of planned hazardous waste would be
the tailings dam as well as in created. The harm results from the cyanide process of the entire mining
the fact that, here is found a mass, without running a pre-flotation. The old technology applied until
large quantity of sulfuric acid 2006, also for Cetate quarry, implies the separation of gold sulphides
and toxic heavy metals or weak gold sulphides (approximately 2-3% of the rock mass as well
(mercury, lead, cadmium, etc.), as of the free gold grains) through flotation, followed by cyanide
arsenic, generated from the process of the concentrate. It was then treated by pirometallurgical
sulphides that were not processes which destroyed cyanide-metal compounds resulting in
previously separated. sulfuric acid. Thus, in the tailings dam was stored a sterile, very poor
in sulfur and totally free from cyanide. It is true; there, also remained
20% of the original gold quantity, contained in quartz and other gangue
minerals (quartz and various carbonates, accompanying metal
minerals).
The so-called solution of compacted clay bed on the bottom and the
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slopes of the tailings is another bluff of RMGC. These masters of
mystification intend to bring from nowhere over 70 million cubic
meters of clay needed for the project (not even being able to purchase
it, on a radius of 100-150 km). They simply want to use the rocks from
the future cyanide plant platform (clays with intercalations of
calcareous sandstones), obviously improper.
Older tectonic studies (Bordea et al., 1979) and very recent (Andrei,
2011) showed that the entire Corna valley basin is strongly affected by
a general faults system, NW-SE oriented, located at an average
distance of 235 m. Tracing these faults, perpendicular located on Corna
valley between the basin of Abruzel valley and that of Abrud valley,
was made in 2011, especially assisted by topographic maps, scale
1:10.000, prepared by S.C IPROMIN S.A Bucharest, based on the
photogram ordered by RMGC. However RMGC does not mention in
We are dealing with an the documentation presented, since 2006 until 2010, this disastrous
“ecological bomb” that will situation for the construction of the tailings on the project site.
operate continuously, the
contaminated wave slowly, Also, RMGC did not specify either that on the east side of Corna
but inexorably, advancing up valley there are no compact clays present (as are on the right side), but
to Arieş basin. This ecological a shaly - sabulous flysch, where sandstones (not so compact) have a
disaster will stop tourism frequency of approximately 80% (Sever Borlea, oral communication,
development in this beautiful 2006), which would lead to a strong penetration in deep aquifers of
part of Ţara Moţilor. the harmful solutions from the tailings dam. In vain we are shown, in
detail, the soundness of the dam - the arguments being provided by a
competent geotechnical institute in Norway (although it is not
mentioned the fact that the top of the dam will be built in silicified
dacite, impregnated with sulfides), unless we are told that no one has
studied the geological situation (lithologic and tectonics) of the
tailings. This, as mentioned above, is downright disastrous, both on the
left side (based on lithological and tectonic criteria) as well as on the
right one (based on tectonics). Are we dealing only with geological
incompetence or with a conscious masking of a very serious situation
for the environmental health?
One last remark. During the twentieth century and until the
abandonment, in 2006, of the quarry Cetate, gold and silver mining in
Roşia Montană was done by floating process, with a yield of 80% (A.
All environmental issues, Sântimbrean, verbal communication). By applying the cyanide process
social, political, economic, etc. to the entire mass of mineralized rock, a gold extraction efficiency of
are to be borne by the 90-92% is estimated. So, all environmental issues, social, political,
Romanian state and the economic, etc. are to be borne by the Romanian state and the
population of Apuseni population of Apuseni Mountains and only to provide the gentlemen
Mountains and only to provide from RMGC an extra benefit of 10-12%. Is it worth it?
the gentlemen from RMGC an
extra benefit of 10-12%. Is it The above issues are already known by the Board of Technical
worth it? Approval (C.A.T) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests
(M.M.P), being presented to this forum by the Academician Ionel
Haiduc as the official viewpoint of the Romanian Academy (member
of the C.A.T) on February 18, 2011. Later on, this view was also
officially supported by the Geological Institute of Romania.
Looking back to this long war, we bow with gratitude to those who,
like our ancestors, the Dacians, have never laid down their arms. I
refer first and foremost to the Romanian Academy, Alburnus Maior
and the Academy of Economic Studies. Who would have fought today
the seven headed dragon that seemed invincible, if this constant
struggle would have not existed? It’s worth thinking about!
Conclusions
Let’s not fight this battle on partisan positions. It is true that those who
trample everything in order to fulfill some dirty interests will seek,
firstly, to corrupt that part of the political class that is in power and
ready to sell itself for not merely “handful of silvers”. The boundary
between those supporting and those opposing the “evil project” does
not lie between parties, but all parliamentary political parties, and
sometimes non-parliamentary ones. Let’s be very careful about this
aspect, otherwise we will soon discover that the way to hell is paved
with good intentions.
But who are the people they are fighting against? Who are Gold’s
people? What spiritual structures do these beasts with human face
have, these beings who diabolically torment and exploit the misery of
some weak people, who are in such situation to unearth their parents
and move their bones far out for 8000 RON? Such beings must have
been to school. Yes, to the present and former school of “the
Securitate” (*a.n. secret police agency of Communist Romania), those
who learned how to extort through unimaginable torture from
defenseless people, imaginary guilt and who, today, have “adapted” to
the conditions of the “wild” capitalism.
But who are the people they But who’s commanding them? They are former lieutenants, captains,
are fighting against? Who are majors and colonels of “Securitate” who, in the past, were trained by
Gold’s people? What spiritual their former bosses from KGB structures and were taught that the
structures do these beasts crowbar is good, but there are also other “modern” methods. I refer
with human face have, these here to: buying the conscience of the weak, blackmailing those with
beings who diabolically hidden addictions, insulting the strong ones and the infiltration of an
torment and exploit the agent of influence among the family of the targeted one (eventually
misery of some weak people, after a divorce). Of course, sometimes with some risks, the shadow
who are in such situation to assassination is practiced, doubled, if possible, by slandering the victim
unearth their parents and or by invoking some “accidents” without culprits.
move their bones far out for
8000 RON? But such measures cost money, a lot of money, money that can be
obtained only through actions sanctioned by the Criminal Code. Thus,
exposing these people, otherwise respectable, full of high titles, and
very vain, can be often done starting from the plunder of public wealth.
Patrimoniul
arheologic al Roşiei
Montane - între
Prof. univ. dr. Mircea BABEŞ –
adevăr şi minciună
cercetător ştiinţific I, Vorbitorul este un arheolog profesionist cu o experienţă de 50 de
Institutul de Arheologie „Vasile ani în cercetare şi de 10 ani ca profesor de arheologie la
Pârvan” Universitatea din Bucureşti. Vreme de 30 de ani, până în 2007, a
fost membru al Comisiei Naţionale de Arheologie (CNA) şi, în
această calitate, a participat la toate dezbaterile care priveau
strategia dar şi proiectele concrete ale cercetării şi protecţiei
monumentelor şi siturilor arheologice din România.
Documentaţia produsă de
Am fost singurul membru al CNA care în decembrie 2003 a votat
RMGC, respectiv de firme,
împotriva descărcării de sarcină arheologică a Masivului Cârnic şi a
instituţii sau persoane
altor situri, care ar fi însemnat distrugerea celor mai valoroase urme ale
individuale care au fost plătite
mineritului roman de la Roşia Montană, anticul Alburnus Maior, prin
de Companie, trebuie evaluată
implementarea proiectului de exploatare minieră la zi (open pit) propus
critic, comparată/confruntată
cu realitatea actuală din teren,
de Roşia Montană Gold Corporation. Am apărat această cauză în faţa
cu înregistrările tehnice făcute
Curţii de Apel din Alba Iulia, care a anulat decizia păguboasă a CNA
de arheologi şi cu publicaţiile (iarna 2004), iar în august 2006 am depus la Ministerul Mediului o
ştiinţifice apărute de-a lungul contestaţie analizând în detaliu impactul dezastruos al proiectului
timpului. minier asupra patrimoniului arheologic, aşa cum rezulta din Studiul de
Evaluare a Impactului asupra Mediului (EIA). Cunosc noua
documentaţie depusă de RMGC la Ministerul Culturii în 2009, pe baza
căreia CNA şi inspectoratul judeţean de cultură Alba au emis în vara
2011 o nouă decizie de descărcare de sarcină arheologică pentru
masivul Cârnic. Cu un an înainte (iulie 2010) semnalasem ministrului
Culturii, dl Kelemen Hunor, observaţiile mele critice detaliate asupra
acestei documentaţii, cum se vede fără efect.
The archaeological
heritage of Roşia
Montană - between
Phd Mircea BABEŞ – First
truth and lies
degree research scientist at The speaker is a professional archaeologist with 50 years research
the Institute of Archaeology experience and 10 years spent teaching archaeology as a professor
"Vasile Pârvan“ at the University of Bucharest. For 30 years (until 2007) the
speaker has been a member of the National Archaeological
Commission (NAC) and in this capacity has taken part in all
debates concerning strategy, research projects and protection of
archaeological sites and monuments in Romania.
The documentation generated
I was the only NAC member who voted against discharging of the
by RMGC, or by other
archaeological load for the Cârnic Massive and other sites in December
companies, institutions or
2003. Such a measure would have led to the destruction of the most
individuals who were paid by
valuable traces of Roman mining and culture in Roşia Montană, the
the mining company must be
antique Alburnus Maior, through the implementation of the mining
critically evaluated against the
actual reality in the field, the
open pit project proposed by Roşia Montană Gold Corporation
technical recordings
(RMGC). I defended this cause in front of the Appeal Court in Alba
performed by the Iulia, who has annuled the damaging decision of the NAC (in the
archaeologists and the winter of 2004), and in August 2006 I submitted to the Ministry of the
scientific publications. Environment a detailed analysis of the disastrous impact of the mining
project on the archaeological patrimony, as resulting from the
Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA). I am aware of the new
documentation submitted by RMGC to the Ministry of Culture in
2009, based on which the NAC and the Inspectorate for Culture of the
Alba District decided in the summer of 2011 to approve the discharge
of archaeolgical load for Cârnic Massive. Only a year before (in July
2010) I had submitted to the Culture Minister, mr. Kelemen Hunor, my
critical observations regarding this documentation, but apparently
without any effect.
Încălcările legislaţiei
privind protejarea
patrimoniului cultural în
cazul „Proiectului
Asociaţia „Arhitectură.
minier Roşia Montană”
Restaurare. Arheologie” este o Răspunzând invitaţiei de a participa la întâlnirea pe care membrii
organizaţie non- delegaţiei o vor avea cu petiţionarii români care au contestat proiectul
guvernamentală care reuneşte minier de la Roşia Montană la Parlamentul European, vă comunicăm
specialişti în domeniul punctul de vedere al Asociaţiei ARA referitor la încălcările
cercetării şi protejării prevederilor legislaţiei privind protejarea patrimoniului cultural în
patrimoniului cultural – cazul Proiectului minier Roşia Montană, punct de vedere pe care îl
arheologi, istorici, istorici de vom prezenta direct în cursul întâlnirii din data de 24 noiembrie 2011.
artă, restauratori, arhitecţi.
Asociaţia desfăşoară 1. Valoarea patrimoniului cultural de la Roşia Montană
activităţi şi proiecte de
cercetare, protejare şi Roşia Montană este un loc cu semnificaţie culturală de maximă
promovare a patrimoniului importanţă la nivel naţional şi internaţional, exprimată în
cultural – de la simpozionul suprapunerea şi întrepătrunderea vestigiilor exploatărilor miniere
anual ARA desfăşurat la subterane din Epoca Romană, Evul Mediu, Epoca Modernă, cărora
Institutul de Arheologie al li se adaugă un bogat peisaj suprateran, compus din vestigii ale
Academiei Române, la şcolile mineritului – guri de mină, drumuri, mici halde vegetate, lacuri
de vară dedicate studenţilor artificiale – şi târgul minier, totul aşezat pe un fundal natural
arhitecţi şi la programul de spectaculos. Acestor componente li se adaugă cele imateriale,
restaurare a construcţiilor pornind de la asocierea – plină de semnificaţie la scara istoriei
istorice de la Roşia Montană. universale – dintre situl antic Alburnus Maior (Roşia Montană de
astăzi), aurul Apusenilor, cucerirea Daciei şi stabilizarea
economiei Imperiului roman în perioada lui Traian, continuând cu
semnificaţia de primă importanţă a tăbliţelor cerate romane
descoperite în galeriile minelor de la Roşia Montană pentru
cunoaşterea dreptului roman, sau cu tradiţiile şi practicile culturale
recente, proprii acestui loc, cum ar fi asocierea dintre structura
locuinţei şi mineritul tradiţional, familial sau practicile
constructive.
In the case of such values the law stipulates the public utility and
the national interest of all salvage, protection and enhancement
works (art. 3). It also sets the aim for the designation of protected
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areas implied by the mentioned values, namely to meet the
specific objectives for the conservation of heritage values (art. 12).
The law provides the binding power of protection provisions for
all public authorities, who are called to integrate these provisions
in the territorial and zoning plans (art. 7).
Far from being just a potential threat, the mining project has lead
to extensive demolition works in areas outside the historic centre,
causing irrecoverable damage to the vernacular building stock:
more than 150 houses have already been demolished by the
mining company in Roşia Montană and the neighbouring villages,
Ţarina, Corna, Gura Cornei. Many of these demolition works were
carried out illegally, lacking the permit from the Ministry for
Culture and National Heritage, a requisite for all works located in
the buffer zones of historic monuments. To these losses add others,
indirect, caused by misconceived restoration works, which involve
the demolition of large areas of the respective buildings, in order
to have them reconstructed in new materials and with new, actual
techniques. What comes out of these actions is the loss of
authenticity of the respective buildings and the promotion of fake,
in total disregard to the provisions of national law and
international conventions in the field of cultural heritage.
4. Project Pl-x. 549/2009 for the amendment of the Mining law no.
85/2003 and the breaches of the laws for the protection of cultural
heritage
In conclusion,
considering the above-mentioned,
Sincerely,
Dr. Ştefan Bâlici
Vice-president of the “Architecture. Restoration.
Archaeology”Association
Ilegalităţi la
Prof. univ. dr. Afrodita
Roşia Montană
Iorgulescu Cadrele didactice din Grupul pentru salvarea Roşiei Montane din
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti studiază încă din
Grupul pentru Salvarea Roşiei primăvara lui 2002 proiectul minier al companiei Roşia Montană Gold
Montane din Academia de Corporation (RMGC pe scurt) şi legile româneşti şi europene în
Studii Economice domeniu. În tot acest timp nu am găsit nici un argument în favoarea
(24 noiembrie 2011) acestui proiect. Pe scurt, proiectul nu este de interes naţional şi trebuie
deci oprit!
Increased perimeter in
29.10.1999 to 21.22 square
kilometers
Depth limit: +500m
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Modificările perimetrului
Licenţei 47/1999
Mai mult, PUZ-ul din 2002 prevede două termene pentru mutarea
populaţiei din zona proiectului: 1 iulie 2003 şi 1 iulie 2004, termene
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care au reprezentat presiuni psihice la adresa populaţiei, să vândă:
„Strămutarea populaţiei, făcută prin diferite mijloace, fără ca statul
român să intervină, poate fi considerată o autentică deportare la
începutul mileniului III” (Aurel Sîntimbrean, Horea Bedelean, Roşia
Montană - Alburnus Maior (Cetatea de scaun a aurului românesc),
2002, Ediţia a 2-a, 2004, Editura ALTIP, Alba Iulia, pag. 12).
Illegalities at
Phd. Afrodita Iorgulescu
Roşia Montană
The academic staff of The Group for saving Roşia Montană from the
The Group for saving Roşia Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest studies since the spring of
Montană from the Academy of 2002 the mining project of the Romanian joint venture Roşia Montană
Economic Studies Gold Corporation (RMGC for short) and the Romanian and European
(November 24, 2011) laws applicable in the area.
During all our research we haven’t found any argument for this project.
In short, the project is not of national interest and hence it must be
stopped! But on the occasion of the researches, we have noticed
several laws infringements by state authorities and we have pointed
them out in our studies.
The gold was exploited at Roşia Montană for 2000 years. For this
reason, the ore gold concentration at Roşia Montană is now poor, of
only 1.3 g/t. The exploitation was made through galleries, until 1970.
Starting with 1970, roman ancient mining vestiges from Cetate
mountain area, which were historic monument, were dynamited, with
tacit acceptance of communist authorities. Thus the open pit
exploitation started, and continued after 1989 also. Roşia Montană
affair started on September 4, 1995, through an agreement between
Minvest and a certain company Gabriel, without public offer
competition.
On May 28, 1996 the twin companies are created: Gabriel Resources
Ltd. (Canada), Gabriel for short, listed on Toronto Stock Exchange
based on the gold from Roşia Montană and Gabriel Resources Limited
(UK), Gabriel Jersey for short, which becomes Gabriel’s subsidiary in
1997.
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In 1997, the joint venture RMGC is created, between Minvest
(Romanian state - now 19,31%) and Gabriel Jersey (now 80,69 %).
RMGC is in fact a marriage in three, the interested third being Gabriel.
RMGC is the author of Roşia Montană project, the Project for short.
The mine’s construction from the Project costs now one billion USD,
money that Gabriel does not have. The fundamental question however,
which did not received an answer until today, is: How it was possible
an association between the Romanian state, through the state company
The fundamental question Minvest with big debts to the state, and a foreign junior company,
however, which did not without money and without mining experience?
received an answer until
today, is: How it was possible In 1998, the Mining Law no. 61 is issued. By infringement of the
an association between the mining law, the Government releases a single licence, the exploitation
Romanian state, through the Licence no. 47/1999, to Minvest as titleholder, to continue to exploit
state company Minvest with the old mine, to RMGC as affiliated company, to explore for its
big debts to the state, and a Project. In 2000, the state through NAMR transfers the Licence 47
foreign junior company, from Minvest to RMGC. RMGC becomes the titleholder of the
without money and without exploitation licence, to explore, Minvest remains as affiliated company,
mining experience? to exploit the old mine. All mining licences are secret, although they
concern the mineral resources that are public property of the state.
The old mine was closed and disaffected in 2006, in order to put
pressure, by dismissed workers, in order to approve the Project.
Although the old mine at Roşia Montană was closed in 2006, the
Licence 47 is still active, for Gabriel’s interest. RMGC, Gabriel and
state officials declare everywhere, for Gabriel’s interest, that the
Licence 47 is for the Project, which is false, the licence is for the old
mine. RMGC does not hold yet, as titleholder, an exploitation licence
for its gigantic, destructive Project!
The perimeter established for the Project in 2004 has 2388ha and the
Project provides a mining industrial zone of 1376ha. The Project
provides a tailing of 300 ha, over Corna village, with a dam of 185 m
high, at 2 km distance of Abrud town.
About 150.000 tons of
explosive would be detonated, Without the Project approval, in 2002, at the request of RMGC, the
similar to the released power Local Council of Roşia Montană has modified prematurely the GUP
of seven atomic bombs of and the ZUP for the locality, based on an illegal perimeter. Following
Hiroshima type. 1.581.760t of the modifications of the two urbanity plans, RMGC passed
dangerous chemicals, from prematurely, in 2002, to the resettlement/relocation of population from
which 192.000 t sodium the Project zone.
cyanide will be used.
Nowadays, about 78 % of homes and dwellings were bought by
RMGC and many of them were already destroyed. RMGC had to make
pre-purchasing agreements, which would turn into real purchase at the
date of the eventual approval of the Project.
Moreover, the ZUP from 2002 stipulated two terms for the moving of
the population from the Project zone: July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2004,
terms that represented psychical pressures on population, to sell their
properties: “The resettlement of population, made by different
procedures, without the Romanian state intervention, can be
considered an authentic deportation at the beginning of the third
millennium” (Aurel Sîntimbrean, Horea Bedelean, Roşia Montană -
Alburnus Maior (Cetatea de scaun a aurului românesc), 2002, Ediţia a
2-a, 2004, Editura ALTIP, Alba Iulia, pag. 12).
The Minister of Culture gave the tacit acceptance for the dynamiting of
roman ancient vestiges from the area of the 4 mountains, by releasing
the archaeological discharge certificates asked by RMGC and thus,
The operations of exploration surfaces much greater than the researched ones were archaeologically
and the archaeological discharged.
research, the archaeological
discharges certificates, the The operations of exploration and the archaeological research, the
EIA, the urbanism certificate archaeological discharges certificates, the EIA, the urbanism certificate
etc. are all based on a etc. are all based on a theoretically illegal perimeter. The
theoretically illegal perimeter. archaeological discharge certificates at Roşia Montană were motivated
The archaeological discharge implicitly by a presumed economic importance of the Project much
certificates at Roşia Montană greater than the cultural importance of the area. But the economic
were motivated implicitly by a importance of the Project was not assumed or proved in official
presumed economic documents of the Government and it was categorically negated, with
importance of the Project arguments, by the studies of the Romanian Academy and of the Group
much greater than the cultural for saving Roşia Montană from the Academy of Economic Studies,
importance of the area. which prove that the Project is not of national interest.
In 2003, the mining Law no. 85 is issued whose Art. 11 states: “(1)The
effectuation of mining activities on the fields on which are located
religious, cultural, historic monuments, archaeological sites of special
interest (...) are strictly forbidden. (2) The exceptions from the above
Art. (1) are established by Government decision (...).” This Art. 11
would have saved Roşia Montană, because it impedes theoretically the
release of a new exploitation licence, for the Project.
But RMGC and the state implicitly started in the last year an extremely
aggressive campaign and an embarrassing one at the same time in the
media, in order to prove the utility of its Project for Romania despite
all the contrary evidences.
RMGC presented for the first time the documentation for obtaining the
environment accord in September 2002. The Project description had 54
pages. Following the critics of the civil society, in 2003 it was
withdrawn. RMGC submitted a new documentation in December 2004
and the Project description now had 204 pages. The study of
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), released in 2006, has 33
volumes. Thousands of negative remarks on the project followed, made
by different specialists, NGOs etc.
This is what the specialists argued about the risk of land shifting: “The
geological structure of the land under Roşia Montană is made by rocks
which do not allow surface exploitation (the rocks are formed by marl,
At the cyanide mining clays, grit stones and badenian plaster stones that sit on Wildflysch
exploitation in Yellowknife, predominant clay-grit stones (campanian); following the excavations,
Canada, the mining activity the water from the rains will penetrate at inferior levels and the land
from the zone was ceased will shift”. (Eng. Sever Bordea, Geological Institute of Romania)
because of the effects
produced by cyanide waste. What the specialists argued about the risk of underground water
The local authorities spend pollution: “The tailing on Corna Valey (…) is laying partially on
about one billion dollars each permeable and affected by fractures grit stones. For this reason, the
year only to keep the land tailing projected on Corna Valley is an ecological bomb with
frozen, in order to not allow permanent peril.” (Eng. Andrei Justin, Geological Institute of
the spread of emissions Romania)
originated in the cyanide
tailing. At the cyanide mining exploitation in Yellowknife, Canada, the mining
activity from the zone was ceased because of the effects produced by
cyanide waste. The local authorities spend about one billion dollars
each year only to keep the land frozen, in order to not allow the spread
of emissions originated in the cyanide tailing.
- On page 27: The closure and post closure monitoring costs stop
in the year 27 from the beginning of the exploitation but the
control of exfiltration through the body of the tailing dam should
be assured for 50 – 100 years.
- EIA, vol. 28, page 39: The management of acid waters should be
assured on infinite term.
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- EIA, vol.8, pages 136-137: The necessary staff after the closure
of mines is appreciated at 60 (Paul Bran-coordonator:
Dimensiunea economică a impactului de mediu - studiu de caz
Roşia Montană, Editura ASE, Buc. 2004, pag.135).
Conclusions
The battle for Roşia Montană is unequal! Within the scope of its media
campaign, Gabriel has made a deal with an international
communication company for 3 years and the fees are set like this:
March 1, 2009 – February 29, 2012, for an annual tax of 450.000 Euro
and a success tax of 800.000 Euro payable at the end of the 3 years, if
certain criteria are fulfilled.
Repere în evoluţia
proiectului minier
Prezentarea Ştefaniei Simion -
Roşia Montană
Asociaţia Alburnus Maior 1. Proiectul de lege pro-RMGC pentru modificarea Legii
24 noiembrie, 2011 Minelor prin transferul drepturilor de expropriere către
titularul proiectului şi accelerarea procedurilor de autorizare
atât prin anularea cât şi prin simplificarea paşilor necesari
autorizărilor.
ąUrmăreşte petiţia pe Din motive istorice, problema exproprierilor este o problemă extrem de
www.rosiamontana.net sensibilă în România. Cum era de aşteptat, proiectul de lege a dat
naştere unei opoziţii publice fără precedent, proteste şi petiţii; scindând
˛Află mai multe detalii la: partidul de guvernământ (PDL) şi determinând principalele partide de
tinyurl.com/AnalysisReport opoziţie (PSD şi PNL) să emită o declaraţie împotriva proiectul de
legeą. Peste 100.000 de cetăţeni români, într-o perioadă de 12
săptămâni, s-au adresat în scris, au contactat şi chiar au luat contact cu
parlamentari lor astfel încât să-i convingă să voteze împotriva
proiectului de lege. În cazul în care proiectul de lege este aprobat prin
vot parlamentar vom contesta legalitatea acestuia la Curtea
Constituţională.
Highlights of the
evolution of the
Roşia Montană
Presentation by Ştefania
mine proposal
Simion - Alburnus Maior 1. The RMGC-supportive bill to amend the mining law in
Association transferring expropriation duties to the project owner and
November 24, 2011 fast-tracking permitting procedures by both cancelling and
simplifying permitting steps
In 2009 two Romanian senators submitted a bill with the above scope.
The proposal nr. PL-x. 549/2009 to modify law nr. 85/2003
successfully passed the upper house of the Parliament, while the
Chamber of Deputies (the lower house) is expected to hold the final
vote during this autumn.
We believe that if voted, the new law of mines would disregard the
fundamental right to private property, guaranteed by the Romanian
Constitution and the entire legal system in place, the European
Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the European
Court of Human Rights.
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2. The approval, by the Romanian Government, of the
environmental permit for the Roşia Montană gold mine
Recent declarations from the part of the Romanian Minister for the
Environment as well as the Romanian Minister for Culture point out
that the decision to grant the environmental permit for RMGC’s mine
at Roşia Montană is desirable and will be taken in due course.
Statements by the Romanian Minister for the Environment regarding
the environmental conditions on the usage of cyanide (a request to
lower the cyanide concentration level to under 5ppm) to be imposed to
the Roşia Montană project holder prove a dangerously simplified
understanding of the serious, long terms and interconnected
environmental problems that would be caused by the use of cyanide at
the Roşia Montană gold mine.
Riscurile utilizării
cianurii în minerit:
Proiectul Roşia
Stephanie Danielle Roth are
Montană din România
cetăţenie franceză şi După cum ştiţi, opoziţia faţă de proiectul minier de la Roşia Montană
elveţiană, este fost este permanentă şi de lungă durată. Acest lucru se datorează corupţiei
cercetător şi redactor la cu care acest proiect este asociat, strămutării involuntare, distrugerii
revista „The Ecologist“ cu unor situri arheologice şi a unor părţi semnificative din patrimoniul
sediul la Londra. cultural, social şi de mediu al Roşiei Montane.
Ea a primit premiul Goldman
Environmental în 2005 pentru Acestea sunt corelate cu riscurile asociate fazei de exploatare, cum ar fi
eforturile sale de a opri un potenţial incident la iazul de decantare sau faliment şi cu riscurile
construcţia celei mai mari asociate închiderii minei, cum ar fi falimentul din nou şi tratarea
exploatări de aur prin carieră perpetuă a drenării apelor acide de mină în depozitele de deşeuri;
deschisă din Europa, în Roşia inclusiv iazul de decantare.
Montană.
Durata de funcţionare a minei este de 16 de ani, funcţionând 24/7,
Prezentare făcută de către prelucrând 13 milioane de tone de minereu pe an. Aceasta înseamnă
Stephanie Danielle Roth în 500.000 de tone de minereu procesate pe săptămână, sau 70.000 pe zi.
timpul dezbaterii „Riscurile
utilizării cianurii în minerit: Ce înseamnă aceste cifre?
Proiectul Roşia Montană din
România”, organizată la Pentru a vă oferi o comparaţie:cel mai mare avion de transport din
Bruxelles pe 31 ianuarie, 2011. lume, USS Ronald Reagan cântăreşte 90.000 de tone. Deci, vorbim
despre echivalentul de deşeuri pe săptămână în greutatea a mai
mult de cinci portavioane - o cantitate incredibilă!
După cum s-a menţionat, iazul de decantare conţine metale grele, dar,
şi amoniac, sulfuri etc. Ultimul reprezintă o sursă importantă de
drenare a apelor acide de mină care ar putea rezista zeci de ani; dacă nu
chiar secole. Titularul de proiect nu prevede ca sulfurile să fie tratate
separat. Acest lucru reprezintă o practică defectuoasă.
Context:
Problema:
Hazards of using
Cyanide the in mining
process: Roşia Montană
gold mining project in
Stephanie Danielle Roth is a
Romania
French and Swiss citizen and As you know, opposition to the Roşia Montană gold mine proposal has
former researcher and editor been long standing. This is due to the corruption with which this
at the London-based project is associated, the involuntary resettlement, the destruction of
magazine, “The Ecologist”. archaeological sites and significant parts of Rosia Montana’s cultural,
She received the Goldman environmental and social patrimony.
Environmental Prize in 2005 for
her efforts to stop These are correlated with risks associated to the operational phase,
construction of Europe's such as a potential damn failure or bankruptcy and risks associated
largest open cast gold mine in with mine closure such as bankruptcy again and the perpetual
Roşia Montană, Romania. treatment of Acid Mine Drainage at the waste deposits; including the
tailings pond.
Presentation made by Mine life is at 16 years, operating 24/7, processing 13 million tons of
Stephanie Danielle Roth during ore per year. This means that 500,000 tons of ore WILL be processed
the debate “Hazards of using per week, or 70,000 tons per day.
Cyanide the in mining process:
Roşia Montană gold mining What do these figures mean?
project in Romania“ organized
in Brussels on January 31, 2011. To give you a comparison: the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the
USS Ronald Reagan, weighs 90,000 tones. So we are talking about
more than five aircraft carriers worth of waste per week – a
staggering amount!
The mine will use between 13-15 million kilograms of sodium cyanide
per year; roughly equivalent to filling 6 Olympic swimming pools.
This may not seem like a lot at first; but bear in mind that one single
teaspoon of a 2% cyanide solution is enough to kill a human being.
The project owner claims that cyanide levels will be reduced to levels
acceptable under EU norms before reaching the tailings pond. They
propose using an INCO cyanide destroyer. While this process is energy
intensive; exponentially adding to the mine’s operational costs, its
reaction rate is reduced to one-tenth with a temperature decrease from
25oCelcius to 5oCelsius. At Roşia Montană during the winter period
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there are a minimum of 4 months when the average temperature is
below 5o Celsius.
According to the Roşia Montană EIA report, total estimates for mine
closure (tailings, waste dumps, processing plant, roads, pits etc.) are at
70 million USD. This is a highly unrealistic figure. According to
USEPA estimates dating from 1997, costs for soil cover for acid waste
rock piles are between 83 cents and 1 USD per ton of waste.
At the end of mine life the Cetate and Cârnic acid waste dumps would
hold 130 million tons of waste. Costs for covering this waste volume
are between 108 and 132 million USD. As you can see the remediation
costs for these waste dumps alone exceed the mine closure estimates
for the entire project. As for the remediation of Acid Mine Drainage
generating tailings, according to the USEPA such costs are at minimum
of 48 thousand USD per acre of tailings footprint. This means that at
Roşia Montană remediation costs of the tailings are at 43 million USD.
Closure costs for the RMGC proposals are highly unrealistic by 1997
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estimates; they are even more unrealistic by present estimates and
surely would sound absurd at that future point in time when closure
would be carried out.
What’s more, the USEPA figures are estimates for a ‘normal’ closure
scenario. An unanticipated acid drainage from spent ore at the
Richmond Hill LAC Minerals Mine in South Dakota added a
whopping 8.5 million USD to remediation costs. Water containing
cyanide seepage from the tailings dam was detected in an alluvial
aquifer at a Newmont Mine in Elko, Nevada. Costs for this event were
at 2 million USD$.
Since “the EIA directive is not applicable” then it also means that any
discussion about safety, financial guarantees, insurance, liability,
closure costs and so on are null and void; as the baseline of it all is not
applicable.
As you can see it is those vital links between the proposal and
legislation that are missing; with authorities shying to assume the
responsibilities that really matter. Risks are not mitigated by solutions,
they are mitigated by silence.
Background:
3. Given that the Seveso procedure for the Roşia Montană project has
been running in parallel with the EIA procedure and this at a time
when Romania was not yet an EU member it is difficult to grasp
why the Seveso II Directive is applicable and the EIA Directive
apparently is not.
Given that there exists evidence that at least one chapter of the
EIA report was edited beyond its author’s recognition and given
that the EIA Directive is not applicable, it would in the light of
the European dimension and wide-ranging impact of the Roşia
Montană mine project seem ever more important for an
independent assessment; at least vis-a-vis all directives deemed
applicable.
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„Adevăratul aur
sunt oamenii,
natura şi
Sorin Jurcă - Membru fondator
patrimoniul“
al Fundaţiei Culturale Roşia Sunt membru fondator al Fundaţiei Culturale Roşia Montană, pe care
Montană am înfiinţat-o împreună cu alţi localnici. Cu toţii vrem să păstrăm şi să
ducem mai departe tot ce are mai valoros această localitate, ce a fost
„Adevăruri despre Roşia datată la 6 februarie 131. Punerea în valoare a patrimoniului de la
Montană“ (28 octombrie 2011) suprafaţă şi a celui subteran, alături de înscrierea sitului arheologic în
Patrimoniul Unesco, sunt obiectivele noastre primordiale. Roşia
Montană reprezintă o atracţie de necontestat, din punct de vedere
turistic, cultural şi etnografic. Mărturie stau impresiile turiştilor care
ne-au călcat pragul şi pe care le-am colecţionat. Oricine doreşte poate
să le vadă. Valorile noastre sunt însă ameninţate de proiectul minier
propus de o companie canadiană, de care nu a mai auzit nimeni până
acum. Proiectul este devastator din mai multe puncte de vedere: social,
cultural, al mediului şi din punct de vedere economic. Sunt băştinaş,
am lucrat în mină şi ştiu ce înseamnă o carieră de o aşa mare
anvergură. Acest proiect propune cea mai mare carieră din Europa şi
cel mai mare baraj, înalt de 185m. Acest baraj ar susţine un lac cu o
suprafaţă de 600ha, în care s-ar depune timp de 16 ani (să nu uităm că
vorbim de un proiect generator de „dezvoltare durabilă”) 240 milioane
tone de deşeuri miniere cu cianuri. Zona este locuită iar barajul s-ar
situa la 2 km în amonte de oraşul Abrud. După terminarea lucrărilor
miniere, România rămâne cu acest imens lac cu reziduuri miniere, care
va fi o permanentă “bombă ecologică”. Pe durata exploatării se vor
defrişa peste 200 ha de pădure. Tot ecosistemul va suferi modificări din
cauza poluării masive. Praful rezultat în urma împuşcărilor pentru
detonarea munţilor şi undele seismice care se vor propaga către acel
iaz de decantare, vor duce la o şi mai mare ameninţare asupra zonelor
limitrofe Roşiei Montane.
Embargoul
informaţional şi
campania de
Răzvan Martin – Activewatch
dezinformare a RMGC
Agenţia de monitorizare a Avem, cum am spus, un embargo informaţional care a dus în ultimele
presei luni la cvasi dispariţia informaţiilor critice referitoare la acest proiect.
Tot mai puţine ziare, tot mai puţine televiziuni, tot mai puţine site-uri
„Adevăruri despre Roşia conţin informaţii critice, din zona presei mainstream mă refer, la adresa
Montană“ (28 octombrie 2011) acestui proiect. Piaţa este invadată cu ştiri pozitive despre acest proiect,
sunt ziare care publică materiale semnate de ziarişti pretinse a fi
materiale editoriale dar care nu sunt altceva decât advertoriale plătite şi
din câte ştim redactate direct de companiile care fac PR acestei
corporaţii. Avem de asemenea o avalanşă de materiale publicitare, atât
în zona de outdoor print, în presa print, în mediul audiovizual, pe site-
uri, o avalanşă de materiale care conţin în mare parte informaţii false,
de aceea o considerăm o campanie de dezinformare privitoare la
presupusele beneficii pe care acest proiect le-ar aduce ţării şi
comunităţii de la Roşia Montană.
Există deja nişte sancţiuni ale CNA care au cerut Gold Corporation ca
spoturile publicitare să intre în legalitate pentru că ele conţineau
elemente de dezinformare. Alte metode care însoţesc această campanie
agresivă de promovare a acestui proiect sunt sponsorizarea unor
evenimente culturale majore din România cum ar fi Festivalul
Internaţional de Film de la Cluj (Tiff), sponsorizarea unor festivaluri de
teatru. Din fericire, organizatorii au renunţat în ultimul an la banii
veniţi de la RMGC. Este o situaţie cu o piesă de teatru care a fost
sabotată chiar de producătorul ei la Teatrul de Stat Maghiar din Cluj,
era o piesă pe tema situaţiei de la Roşia Montană şi care nu poate fi
pusă în scenă.
Informational
embargo and RMGC
misinforming
Răzvan Martin – Activewatch
campaign
Agency for Monitoring Media As I’ve already said, there is an informational embargo that leaded,
during the last few months, to the quasi-disappearance of the criticism
”Truths about Roşia Montană” regarding this project. Fewer and fewer newspapers, fewer television
(October 28, 2011) stations and websites contain criticism as regards this project, and I
refer here to mainstream media. The market is flooded with positive
news about this project, there are newspapers publishing articles signed
by journalists, allegedly as editorials, that in fact are nothing but paid
advertising and as far as we know, are written directly by the PR
companies working for this corporation. There is also a flow of
advertising materials, both in outdoor print media, print media,
audiovisual and websites, a flow of documents containing mostly false
information and that’s why we consider it as a misinforming campaign
on the supposedly benefits that this project will bring for the country
and for Roşia Montană community.
There is a situation with a theatre play that was sabotaged even by its
producer, at the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj; it was a play about the
situation from Rosia Montană that could not be staged. Also, there are
other propaganda instruments, because I can’t name them otherwise,
the websites and forums are assailed by positive comments regarding
the project, it is something that we know as the “phenomenon of the
people paid to post comments”, people hired to place on the market
information favouring Rosia Montana project, and at the same time,
negative comments addressed to the campaign (I, myself, experienced
this situation) are not present on the websites or social-media pages
managed or part of RMGC campaign. The worst example of buying
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our conscience, because that’s what’s going on, are the trips paid by
RMGC and to which were invited few tens of leaders of opinion from
Romania, I refer here to consecrated journalists that were sent, I
believe, 2 or 3 2 consecutive years in New Zeeland, on corporation’s
money, to see, on site, mining projects similar to the project that they
intend to develop at Roşia Montană.
It seems that each of these trips have cost over 10.000 Euro per person,
obviously. We don’t expect from these journalist to experience a
rebellion of own conscience or to pay from their own pockets for
wanting information about the project, but what I’ve noticed is that
most of the publications leaded by these people failed to publish
negative information regarding Roşia Montană. I am aware of a
situation existent in one of the nationally prestigious newspaper that
advertise for Roşia Montană and where negative information are not
presented that the journalists were told by their chief editors that “they
are paying your salaries for 6 months so you have to understand the
situation”.
Scrisoarea
eurodeputatului
Victor Boştinaru
Scrisoarea eurodeputatului
către CNA
Victor Boştinaru către De peste un deceniu, România se află în faţa unei iniţiative de
Consiliul Naţional al amploare privind exploatarea zăcămintelor de aur şi argint de la
Audiovizualului privind Roşia Montană. Proiectul minier iniţiat de Roşia Montană Gold
embargoul informaţional al Corporation (RMGC) a căpătat însă, doar recent, statutul de
RMGC (19.10.2011) problemă publică majoră.
Victor Boştinaru
Membru al Parlamentului European
Răsvan Popescu
Preşedintele Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului
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Given the fact that the institution you manage is responsible for
protecting the public interest as the only regulatory authority in the
field of audio-visual communication, it is your responsibility to
ensure that even when it comes to information regarding Roşia
Montană gold mining project a clear distinction between facts and
opinions is respected.
Also, it is for the public interest to have fair, verified and well-
indented information with regard to this project. Without these
factors and along with the financial resources invested by the
company in advertising spaces, the public opinion cannot have a
correct opinion regarding the implications of the project.
Hoping that you will take into consideration these findings, thank
you!
Victor Boştinaru
Member of the European Parliament
Răsvan Popescu
President of the National Audiovisual Council
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Eurodeputaţii îi solicită
premierului Mihai-Răzvan
Ungureanu blocarea de
urgenţă a proiectului
Eurodeputaţii Victor
minier Roşia Montană
Boştinaru, Daciana Sârbu, Domnule Prim-ministru,
Renate Weber, Marita Ulvskog
şi Ines Ayala Sender îi România ultimelor luni este scena unor înfruntări de idei, de
adresează o scrisoare mesaje şi scandări în pieţe şi pe străzi. După o lungă perioadă de
deschisă prim-ministrului Mihai acalmie, cetăţenii români au început să-şi revendice drepturile, pe
Răzvan Ungureanu, prin care îi lista acestor revendicări regăsindu-se şi salvarea Roşiei Montane.
solicită blocarea de urgenţă a Problemele proiectului minier cu cianuri de la Roşia Montană sunt
proiectului minier cu cianuri de multiple şi ele ţin de protecţia mediului, de nevoia folosirii
la Roşia Montană şi resurselor în scop naţional, precum şi de corupţia politică şi
constituirea unui grup de lucru sponsorizarea politicienilor aflaţi in înalte funcţii publice de către
independent şi obiectiv, companii private.
pentru a analiza implicaţiile
complexe ale proiectului minier. După cum bine ştiţi domnule Prim-ministru, controversa ce s-a
Strasbourg, 15.02.2012 născut în jurul proiectului demarat de către Roşia Montană Gold
Corporation (RMGC) nu este nouă, însă a căpătat cu totul alte
proporţii o dată cu declaraţiile Preşedintelui României, Traian
Băsescu, de susţinere a acestui proiect, precum şi acutizarea
campaniei de publicitate a RMGC.
Marita Ulvskog
Daciana Sârbu
Ines Ayala Sender
Victor Boştinaru
Renate Weber
Marita Ulvskog
Daciana Sârbu
Ines Ayala Sender
Victor Boştinaru
Renate Weber
„Mineritul cu cianuri de
la Roşia Montană va
avea consecinţe
negative pentru
Interviu cu Jo Leinen,
foarte mulţi ani“
Preşedintele Comisiei de Mediu Descris de presa internaţională drept cel mai influent europarlamentar
a Parlamentului European din actuala legislatură a PE, Jo Leinen, europarlamentar german social-
pentru Cotidianul.ro democrat, preşedintele Comisiei de Mediu, Sănătate Publică şi
Siguranţă Alimentară a Parlamentului European, a acordat un interviu
www.cotidianul.ro în exclusivitate pentru cotidianul.ro pe tema controversatului proiect de
extragere a aurului de la Roşia Montană.
“Cyanide mining in
Roşia Montană will
have negative
consequences for
Interview with Jo Leinen,
many years“
Chairman of European Described by the international media as the most influential MEP of
Parliament’s Committee on the current EP legislature, Jo Leinen, German social-democrat MEP,
Environment for Cotidianul.ro Chairman of EP’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food
Safety, granted an exclusive interview to cotidianul.ro regarding the
www.cotidianul.ro controversial gold mining project from Roşia Montană.
I would like to recall that the European legislative adopted, with the
support of 78% of MEPs, a resolution to ban cyanide mining. EP’s
Committee on Environment visited Roşia Montană and I must say that
we are deeply concerned about the environmental impact of the
cyanide project, but also about other matters that can be addressed by
other Parliamentary Committees, like the historic heritage or
resettlement of the villages and inhabitants of the area. In this context,
as President of EP Committee on Environment, I will also inform the
Committee on Culture and the one on Development as regards specific
punctual matters related to Roşia Montană. The technology based on
cyanides is not the only option and we wish to identity, together,
alternative strategies to develop the area of Roşia Montană.
Mr. Jo Leinen, what do you think about the fact that the Romanian
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colleagues from EPP Parliamentary Group – strongly support, as soon
as possible, the launching of this gold mining project in Roşia
Montană?
How does an MEP, with a lot of experience as you, regard the frequent
propagandistic interferences of Romania’s President, favoring the
emergency launching of the cyanide mining at Roşia Montană?
1
„Conform monitorizării realizate
Concluzii
de Biroul Român de Audit al Scopul editării acestui volum a constat în evidenţierea adevărului în
Tirajelor (BRAT) pe baza valorii de cazul proiectului Roşia Montană. În lipsa unei evaluări obiective din
rate-card, RMGC a cumpărat (în
primele 6 luni din 2011) spaţiu partea unei comisii formate din experţi recunoscuţi internaţional care
publicitar în presa scrisă din să nu fie influenţaţi de banii companiilor direct interesate de începerea
România în valoare de 1,04 milioane acestui proiect, la care se adaugă eliminarea din Comisia de Analiză
de euro. RMGC e devansată de Tehnică a persoanelor care se opuneau proiectului (Dr. ing. Ştefan
Orange (2,55 milioane de euro) şi
Vodafone (2,2 milioane de euro),
Marincea şi Prof. univ. dr. Mircea Babeş), informaţiile care ajung în
dar se află în faţa Carrefour (1,02 atenţia opiniei publice sunt aproape exclusiv în favoarea demarării
milioane de euro), Mercedes-Benz proiectului.
(847.000 euro), Ford (706.000 euro),
Metro Cash&Carry (562.000 euro),
BCR Credite (525.000 euro), Ikea Susţinută de un buget considerabil1 campania de comunicare a
(487.000 euro) şi BRD (484.000 investitorului Roşia Montană Gold Corporation s-a acutizat în ultimul
euro)”, Mihai GOŢIU, Roşia an. De la spoturi publicitare difuzate în prime-time cu iz de campanie
Montană Gold Corporation se socială, la armata comentatorilor de profesie pe site-urile şi blogurile
bate cu Orange şi Vodafone în
bugete de publicitate. RMGC
care publică informaţii referitoare la proiect şi sondaje de opinie cu
cumpără spaţiu publicitar sau întrebări care induc răspunsul2, în contrast flagrant cu metodologia
presă, Voxpublica.realitatea.net, redactării unui sondaj de opinie, toate aceste instrumente sunt
http://voxpublica.realitatea.net/pol îndreptate către prozelitism pentru ceea ce este în esenţă, o afacere.
itica-societate/rosia-montana-
gold-corporation-se-bate-cu- Într-o pervertire a stării de fapt, publicul ţintă al acestei campanii nu
orange-si-vodafone-in-bugete-de- este reprezentat decât tangenţial de către decidenţii politici.
publicitate-rmgc-cumpara-spatiu-
publicitar-sau-presa-68385.html Campania de PR este îndreptată spre populaţie cu scopul de a induce
30 martie 2012. atitudini şi de a schimba modul de raportare la proiectul Roşia
Montană, pentru ca mai apoi, decidenţii aflaţi sub presiunea maselor
2
Cornel VÎLCU, „82%. Manipulare“, convinse de „oportunitatea creării locurilor de muncă” şi a „miliardelor
http://blog.activewatch.ro/rubrica- de euro” care se vor duce la bugetul de stat, să ofere avizele necesare
cetateanului-necenzurat/82- începerii exploatării. Inevitabil trebuie să ne întrebăm, aşa cum
manipulare/ sublinia şi Răzvan Martin – coordonator de programe ActiveWatch -
14 martie 2012.
Agenţia de Monitorizare a Presei – dacă tot proiectul este atât de bine
elaborat, dacă aduce atâtea beneficii societăţii, economiei naţionale,
de ce au nevoie de această campanie de propagandă atât de agresivă?
1
”According to the monitoring
Conclusions
conducted by BRAT based on The purpose of this volume is to present the truth about Roşia Montană
rate-card value, RMGC purchased project. In the absence of an independent evaluation issued by a
(during the last 6 months of 2011)
advertising space in the written committee consisting of internationally recognized experts who are not
media from Romania, amounting influenced by the money of the companies directly interested in the
1,04 millions Euro. RMGC is commencement of this project, to which the removal from the
surpassed by Orange (2,55 millions Technical Analysis Committee of the people opposing the project is
Euro) and Vodafone (2,2 millions
Euro), but is in front of Carrefour
added (i.e. Dr. eng. Ştefan Marincea and Univ. prof. dr. Mircea Babeş),
(1,02 millions Euro), Mercedes-Benz the information reaching the public opinion are almost exclusively in
(847.000 euro), Ford (706.000 euro), favour of the project.
Metro Cash&Carry (562.000 euro),
BCR Credite (525.000 euro), Ikea
(487.000 euro) and BRD (484.000 Supported by a considerable budget1, the advertising campaign of
euro)”, Mihai GOŢIU, Roşia Roşia Montană Gold Corporation investor, worsen during the last year.
Montană Gold Corporation From the prime-time aired commercials with social campaign scent, to
competes with Orange and the army of professional commentators on the website and blogs
Vodafone in terms of advertising
budget. Is RMGC buying
publishing information regarding the project and the surveys including
advertising space or the media?, questions inducing the answer2, in a fragrant contrast with the
Voxpublica.realitatea.net, methodology of elaborating a survey, all these instruments are aimed to
http://voxpublica.realitatea.net/pol proselytizing for what is essentially a business. By a distortion of the
itica-societate/rosia-montana-
gold-corporation-se-bate-cu- situation, the target audience of this company is only tangential
orange-si-vodafone-in-bugete-de- represented by political deciders.
publicitate-rmgc-cumpara-spatiu-
publicitar-sau-presa-68385.html The PR campaign is aimed at the population for the purpose of
March 30, 2012.
inducing attitudes and changing the perspective over Roşia Montană
project, so that, subsequently, the deciders, pressured by the masses
2
Cornel VÎLCU, “82%. Manipulation“, convinced by „the opportunity to create jobs” and the „billions of
http://blog.activewatch.ro/rubrica- euros” brought to the state budget, to grant the approvals required for
cetateanului-necenzurat/82- proceeding with the exploitation. Inevitably, we have ask ourselves, as
manipulare/ also stressed by Răzvan Martin – programs coordinator at ActiveWatch
March 14, 2012.
– Agency for Media Monitoring – if the project is so perfectly
designed, if it brings so many benefits for the society, for the national
economy, why the need for such an aggressive propaganda?
At the same time, the compliance with the laws in force or the treaties
on Human Rights, by the attempts of forced relocation though
amendments to the Mining Law, are questionable from any criticism
perspective over the project.
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Roşia Montană in the
Dezbatere „Adevăruri despre
European debate
Roşia Montană“
“Truths about Roşia Montană“
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