The Romanian Academy confirms that the country has significant mineral and energy resources and reserves, diverse and fairly evenly distributed on the territory, emphasizing the need to use them by reactivating the mining and processing industry through the implementation of the National Program for Geological Surveys, Agerpress reported, BTA reported.
Taking into account the principles of sustainable socio-economic development of the country, as well as the great difficulties that the Romanian state went through in the case of the Roshia Montana project, the Romanian Academy specifies that it is imperative that the exploitation of mineral resources be carried out in a sustainable manner, without the use of technological procedures and substances with a high degree of toxicity (eg sodium cyanide) that would endanger the environment, human communities, archaeological and historical remains and the natural landscape in the mining area.
„It is necessary to put into practice a National Geological Exploration and Exploitation Program to outline new resources of useful mineral substances, for constant re-evaluation and sustainable management of these resources. The Romanian Academy proposes to create a National Geological Service, which will coordinate all specific geological research activities and ensure the implementation of the National Geological Program, in accordance with the European goals of the energy transition“, the Academy emphasizes.
At the same time, according to the Academy, for the effective management of the country's mineral and energy resources, it is necessary to create a legislative framework in order to identify the potential of Romania's natural resources in the interest of the country's sustainable development. In addition, the existing legislative framework should be updated and completed (Mining Law, Petroleum Law and Environmental Law) and ensure continuous harmonization of the national legislative framework with EU and UN legislation in the field.
The Romanian Academy states that it is “ready to provide the necessary consultation to the authorities of the Romanian state at any time” in this field, confirming that, through its members and its specialized institutes in Bucharest and in the country, it has the highest expert network in the mineral resource exploitation sector.