Romania's President advices to vote on whether allow the Europe's would be largest gold mine project or not. Opponents hold that gold mine will use the massive cyanide, which would seriously damage environment. In January 2000, Romania's cyanide leakage incident occurred in Baia Mara is one of the most serious environmental disaster in Europe. Resulting severely damage of the Danube river basin ecological environment, it had drawn international litigation.

In order to mine the gold and silver, Gabriel would also need to "level four mountain tops and wipe out three villages, to which campaign groups objected because it would ravage ancient Romanian sites and could possibly trigger an environmental catastrophe," International Business Times reports.

On September 1^st, 2000 protests marched on the streets of Bucharest against Gold mining. Romania's President Traian Basescu said there will be a referendum in the next year. Canadian company Gabriel Resources, developer of this project, worries that the referendum will delay the vote.