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FILE - A man wears a one dollar bill on a miner's helmet painted in gold color in Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 21, 2013, during a protest against the exploitation of gold by by Gabriel Resources, a Canadian mining company, at Rosia Montana, the site of ancient Roman mining galleries in a mountainous western Romanian region and home to Europe's largest gold deposits. The Romanian government has won a years-long legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking financial damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern European country. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine

The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern European country

By AP News
Published - Mar 09, 2024, 04:15 AM ET
Last Updated - Mar 09, 2024, 04:15 AM EST

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern European country.

Gabriel Resources was seeking $4.4 billion (4 billion euros) in damages from the Romanian state, which owned a 20% stake in the mining project in Rosia Montana, a mountainous western region that contains some of Europe’s largest gold deposits. The Romanian government withdrew its support for the project in 2014.

The government said that the ruling late Friday by the Washington-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ordered Gabriel Resources to reimburse its legal costs for the arbitration case the Canadian miner launched in 2015.

Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said it would have been unfair for Romanian citizens to be burdened with high costs a loss would have incurred. “I thank the team of lawyers who represented Romania with professionalism,” he said after the ruling.

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