Rovina mine
Rovina mine is a proposed open pit mine in the west of Romania in Hunedoara County, 18 km north of Deva and 388 km north of the capital, Bucharest.Rovina is a large gold and copper deposit with estimated reserves of 4 million oz of gold and 244,000 tonnes of copper,[1] and the largest proposed copper-gold project in the EU.[2] The project is wholly owned by the Toronto-based company Eurosun Mining, (formerly named Carpathian Gold).[3] The project would process 14.4 million tonnes of ore per annum over an open pit life of 19 years, yielding approximately 59,500 oz of gold and 13,375 tonnes of copper per year.[2] The development area is forested and located near the Vulcan Mountain nature reserve.