In the heart of Transylvania, mineral wealth and badly needed jobs compete with time-honored rural traditions and concerns about poisoning the environment.

This is a David-and-Goliath story set in a scenic Romanian village in the heart of Transylvania. At stake: Europe's largest deposit of gold ore - and a 2,000-year-old village in existence since the ancient Romans found gold in the mountains. Now, as a Canadian company plans to excavate the largest open-pit gold mine in Europe, mineral wealth and badly needed jobs compete with time-honored rural traditions and concerns about poisoning the environment.