By Cecilia Jamasmie
MINING.com
Located in the Apuseni mountains of west central Romania, the gold and silver Rosia Montana project would have become Europe’s largest open-pit gold mine operation.
Romania’s lower house of parliament may have put the last nail in the coffin for Canada’s Gabriel Resources (TSX:GBU) Rosia Montana project, by rejecting Tuesday a bill that would have allowed the firm to proceed with plans to set up Europe’s biggest open-pit gold mine.
The London-based company, reports Romania Insider, has put the mine plan on hold indefinitely, though it could theoretically be brought round if a new bill were sent forward at a later stage.