The historic site of Rosia Montana, a site of gold mining dating back to the Roman Empire, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The site has also been added to the endangered World Heritage List.
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In September 2016, Roche Montana was included in the preliminary list of sites to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Two years later, the World Heritage Committee decided to postpone the inclusion of the Rosia Montana mining site in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision was made when the Romanian government demanded a “postponement, not withdrawal of the case” until the country’s lawsuit against the Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources is settled.
In 1999, the Canadian company received a license to operate a mining site in Rosia Montana. The Romanian state blocked the gold mining project after mass street protests, and the company filed a lawsuit with the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington. He demanded compensation in the amount of 4.4 billion US dollars for blocking the mining project.
Early last year, Culture Minister Bohdan Heorhiy said the government planned to resume the process of including Rosia Montana in the UNESCO heritage.