Who is the Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project?

The Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project is an action committee

with a well-defined goal: to promote throughout the country and Europe all the

arguments that demonstrate that the Roşia Montană Project is a necessity for

Romania. The Support Group members wish to inform as many people as possible

that the Project – an investment with an estimated direct and indirect economic

impact of 19 billion USD – brings out a package of modern and efficient solutions for

a large number of economic and social problems our country is dealing with.

The Support Group members are organizations, institutions and persons that aim to

inform the general public, political leaders and specialists in various fields. The

project has confronted with some opposition in the last few years, mostly due to a

falsified presentation of the real situation in Roşia Montană and distorted

information about the implementation of this project. The Support Group members

consider that the public opinion must be corrected as soon as possible, by presenting

real and accurate information about the project; they will do their best effort to

ensure this.

At present, the Support Group has 71 members: nongovernmental organizations,

city halls, unions, universities and opinion leaders. Its role is to correctly and ethically

communicate all necessary information that prove to the specialists and general

public that the Roşia Montană Project is a modern, strategic and extremely

important project for Romania. The full list of members and their statements can be

discovered on their dedicated website: sustinemrosiamontana.ro.

The Support Group wishes to promote all arguments that demonstrate that the

Roşia Montană project brings no damage for the environment or culture and that, on

the contrary, is a source of economic growth and social welfare in an area that

acutely needs it.

Members of the Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project

1. University of Petroşani

2. University "1 decembrie 1918" of Alba Iulia

3. The National Council of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Romania

4. The National Confederation of Trade Unions “Meridian”

5. “Viitorul Mineritului” Trade Union

6. The Mining Employers Association in Romania

7. The Employers’ Association in Constructions

8. The City Hall of Roşia Montană

9. The City Hall of Abrud

10. The City Hall of Câmpeni

11. The City Hall of Bucium

12. The City Hall of Baia de Arieş

13. The City Hall of Almaşu Mare

14. The City Hall of Bistra

15. The City Hall of Ciuruleasa

16. The City Hall of Lupşa

17. The City Hall of Mogoş

18. The City Hall of Poiana Vadului

19. The City Hall of Sălciua

20. The City Hall of Scărişoara

21. The City Hall of Sohodol

22. The City Hall of Vadu Moţilor

23. The City Hall of Vidra

24. The City Hall of Blăjeni

25. The City Hall of Buceş

26. The City Hall of Bucureşci

27. The City Hall of Crişcior

28. The City Hall of Luncoiu de Jos

29. The City Hall of Vălişoara

30. The City Hall of Tomeşti

31. The City Hall of Bocşa

32. The City Hall of Băiţa

33. The City Hall of Băniţa

34. The City Hall of Ribiţa

35. The City Hall of Vaţa de Jos

36. The City Hall of Teiuş

37. The City Hall of Stremţ

38. The City Hall of Aninoasa

39. The City Hall of Petrila

40. The City Hall of Vulcan

41. The City Hall of Ghelari

42. The City Hall of Baia de Aramă

43. The City Hall of Lupeni

44. The City Hall of Deva

45. The City Hall of Brad

46. The City Hall of Petroşani

47. The City Hall of Iara

48. Chemex Trade Union

49. Bogdan Baltazar, independent financial consultant

50. Ion Năstăsescu, President of the Nuclear Agency & Radioactive Waste

51. Dan Apostol, TV producer

52. NGO Nordic 2008

53. LEADERS Foundation

54. The Magyar Cultural Association in Abrud

55. “Pro Roşia Montană”Association

56. Paul Butnariu, President of Iaşi Chamber of Commerce and Industry

57. The Employers Association of Small and Medium-size Enterprises in Blaj

58. Phd Professor Gheorghe Negoescu

59. “Muntii Apuseni” Employers Association from Abrud

60. “Ion Buteanu” Pensioners’ Association from Abrud

61. “Edu Caleidoscop” NGO

62. Youth Resource Center – CERT Apuseni

63. “Auraria Barza” Foundation from Brad

64. Millennium Center Association

65. “Pro Dreptatea” NGO (from Roşia Montană)

66. The Students Association from Arad

67. “Cats & Dogs” Association in Abrud

68. “Partnership for Environment” Association in Roşia Montană

69. “Pro Europa” Roma Association in Roşia Montană

70. “Claudia Safta” Association in Cluj-Napoca

71. “Pro Europa” Roma Association in Zlatna