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Article

20 Apr 2010

Author:
CEE Bankwatch Network

Anti-cyanide campaigners hail Bulgarian court verdict, EU-wide ban next on agenda

The Cyanide Free Bulgaria Coalition and CEE Bankwatch Network welcomed the final decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria cancelling the environmental permit of Dundee Precious Metals that would have seen the...company introducing controversial cyanide technology for the extraction of gold at the Chelopech mine. Echoing long-standing concerns about the project's environmental impact assessment shortcomings...in its ruling of April 15 the Supreme Administrative Court referred to the lack of proper public consultations surrounding the project...Daniel Popov, Bankwatch national coordinator in Bulgaria...said: “Dundee Precious Metals may not like this verdict from the court, but it does present them and other gold mining companies with the opportunity to now investigate and invest in technologies which are safer, environmentally sound and with far fewer serious risks to the public...There is a need now for an EU-wide cyanide ban...”