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Gold Futures: Video Segment 4

The Rosia Montana gold mine has the potential for causing catastrophic environmental harm. In January 2000 heavy rains and snowfall flooded a holding pond of mining waste in the Romanian city of Baia Mare, spilling more than 20 million gallons of cyanide-laced sludge into the River Tisza.

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Video Segment 3

Gold Corporation began buying out homeowners in 2002, offering either cash or a home in a new community. While many people are taking advantage of the buyouts, others, like farmer Eugen David, are resisting.

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Video Segment 2

John Aston, vice president of the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, describes the company's plans in a positive light. Remus Celusa, a resident of Rosia Montana, wonders why the corporation can't mine the gold "without destroying our mountain and everything we own."

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Video Segment 1

Gabriel Resources, a Canadian based multinational, plans to build the largest gold mine in Europe. Its subsidiary -- Rosia Montana Gold Corporation -- was granted a 20-year exploration license, but first it would have to buy up hundreds of houses and displace almost an entire village.

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Rosia Montana and the Gold Mine

by Craig S. Smith. Journalists are supposed to be impartial, but they rarely really are. We gather information and then decide which bits to present to our audience and in what order to present them. It's by definition a manipulative process.

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Vocabulary and Resources

glossary, suggested reading and Web sites

Jun 1st, 2009

Gold Futures: Themes and Video Segments

This is a list of important themes and video segments that can be used in classroom discussions of Gold Futures.

Jun 1st, 2009

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