Despite what was written in "The Good, The Bad and The Rusty" (Vol.1/No.2), and "Dust and Democracy" (The Bulletin, Vol.11/No.4): there is much hope for the future in the villages of Rosia Montana in the gold and silver mining region of the Apuseni Mountains in Romania. From a situation in the 1990s when unemployment and lack of prospects had reduced the local population to an all-time low, and when mining was a synonym to financial loss andenvironmental damage, people have begun to take hope as they undertake the preliminary work being carried out to prepare for the possibility of a new, but modern, mining operation. The resulting proposed Rosia Montana gold and silver mining development will also improve the environment in the area — a situation verifiable by an informed site visit and an examination of the design of the proposed project.