Greek (AP) - thorn rope across the forest land by dozens of private security guards patrol. And the big rock, they asked for anyone trying to through the id card, in order to put the camera.
Far more valuable prize: a gold mine - and its owner is no chance. And they said, the demonstrators set fire to the properties of the company and violent protests.
And the oak tree and the beech coverage of forest, the sea in northern Greece the dean odd peninsula has made more than 2000 years of all kinds of metal. However, modern mining and processing method took over, they become the outbreak of large-scale mining, protect the environment, create employment opportunities and tourism of debate.
An ambitious new mining project champion said, this will create employment opportunities for the local economy, hundreds of millions of fall, Greece struggle destructive financial crisis. Opponents say, mining will be life-threatening pollution, the elimination of precious forest and driving away from the natural beauty of a tourist area.
Canadian mining firms ayr, gold 95% of the shares, the remaining 5% of the Greek construction company Aktor - Hellas gold hold the mining license, lead and zinc proved and possible reserves area (122 square miles) of 317 square kilometers, silver, gold and copper. Many people think that foreign investment is very important to help get rid of Greece is essentially a depression, a quarter of the Labour force unemployment and economic into 6 years of economic recession.
"In this difficult time - but no matter under what circumstances - we should for his own vice minister of energy and the environment Asimakis Papageorgiou said:" in the parliament, in order to ensure the best possible wealth exploitation country provides the driving force of economic growth and the strengthening of the economic in a recent debate Hal base di base mine.
"No one can doubt any time to grow more, in northern Greece mineral wealth sources, more than euro20 $total wealth in the metal," he said. "We can't accept such is left did not develop or just use."
Mining company said, the hazard to the environment of worry is groundless.
"We Greek project follow strictly the European Union and the Greek environment, health and safety laws and regulations, said:" eduardo · maura Eldorado, vice President and general manager Greece. "If Canadian, Australia, Spain and other could benefit from responsible mining Greek people what will do the same?"
Local residents has formed a protest committee Eldorado want to stop the new gold and copper mining and processing plant in the area of work. They argue that the project will destroy biodiversity and pollution caused by the ground, air and water supplies.
"This will cause a lot of damage to our nature reserve, said Thanasis Krommydas, local resistance to gold event organizers." The signing of the treaty (Greece), in order to protect the environment, with one hand, and with other environmental damage. "
Opponents also say, and many other countries are different, the government didn't get royalty from my concession stand, so only get tax and employment opportunities. A Hal base di base mine, Stratoni, in 2004 awarded franchise valid until 2026 and 25 years, can renew two times, each time free.
"The government does not have any benefits, but the environment cost investment," Alexis Tsipras, the main opposition left-wing SYRIZA party in parliament debate, thunder.
The current conflict in the center of the ore complicated Skouries, project, a collective area 55 square kilometers (21 square miles), including 3.6 million ounces of gold and copper reserves of 736000 tons - a series of preferential. Assumptions with production, sea las gold estimates, it will extract as high as 85% of the website reserves, commodity prices remain at current levels, Skouires track generating about $1 billion in revenues.
The company plans to through an open pit, and a large number of underground tunnel from the ore. About 170 hectares (420 acres) of trees is cleared of pit - fill the company said it would fill planting area and the work has already been done a pit. The plant will be built.
Is expected to Skouries and by the middle of 2015, about 25 years, el said. It is estimated that in the Skouries a total investment of 400 million yuan.
The mining complex including two other project, Stratoni and Olympiada. As the fourth ore in the northeast of the borders of Thrace, el said ranch in Greece euro 100 million euros ($1.3 billion) of investment in the future five years, will create 2000 jobs, maura said.
"Southeastern Europe area is our future business a focus, and Greece is the important part of a strategy," el dorado CEO Paul Wright said, in December 2011 in Athens. "Northeast Greece, it is very, very accurate.
Four mine is expected to account for the future of the company for about a quarter of the gold production. "Investment is very important, because if it succeeds, it will open in the way of other investments, the Greek need so much," said Hellas gold communication officials costas Georgantzis.
But the project has been deeply divided into 400 to 1000 of the local community and recent demonstrations, demonstrators, has evolved into violence, riot police fired tear gas and running a campaign or battle in the woods.
About five village residents employed in the mines is firmly support project, in Stratoni village and the main center support. Against the reference support about 10 a remote village, my opponent said, the center of the protests are mainly concentrated in the Ierissos village. Opponents said, their career is to support the Hal base di base, diplomatic and Greek of tourists in the summer popular tourist area, the rest of the most residents scores.
So far the work progress for as far as possible deforestation. El ranch said, the pit is in the operation of about seventy years, after, it fills the replantation.
Opponents have left a deep impression.
Resistance to gold movement has called on the country, the country's supreme administrative court, project stop, armed and environmental research thessaloniki university



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