FILE PHOTO: Environmental activists wave Turkish flags during a protest against what they say will be pollution from a foreign-owned gold mine project near the western town of Kirazli in Canakkale province, Turkey, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - Canada-based Alamos Gold has defended its environmental record at a mining project in western Turkey against a wave of protests, saying it had paid for future reforestation at the site and denying cyanide would leak into the surrounding area.
Thousands of Turks and opposition lawmakers protested on Monday in the Canakkale province against expected pollution from the mine, saying Alamos had cut down more trees than it had declared and would use cyanide, contaminating water in the region.
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