* The Minister of the Economy has replaced the manager of Minvest, Daniel Andronache, from the Board of Directors of Roşia Montană Gold Corporation, with the head of the mineral resources department from the Ministry

* Adriean Videanu had announced yesterday that the ministry it was leading would get involved directly in the gold business of Roşia Montană

The state makes its move in the gold business before even completing the investigation on the unclear reasons which led to the reduction of its stake in the Roşia Montană project.

The official of Minvest in the Board of Directors of RMGC, Daniel Andronache, was recently replaced, but the reasons behind his sacking remain unknown.

Contacted by BURSA, Daniel Andronache claims he received no official notification about his revocation, but said that he had found out from other sources that he had been replaced: "I think I was replaced because I am no longer a director in Minvest. While I was an administrator in the company there were no talks about the direct involvement of the Ministry of the Economy in the company".

Daniel Andronache declined to comment on the name of his replacement as manager of Minvest and whether it was the same person that replaced him on the board of Directors of RMGC.

The representatives of Roşia Montană Gold Corporation also refused to comment the reasons behind this replacement, and suggested we ask Daniel Andronache. The officials of RMGC also declined to comment the intention of the Minister of the Economy of entering the business of Roşia Montană directly instead of through the state owned company Minvest, as it happened until now.

Adriean Videanu, the Minister of the Economy, yesterday said, in an interview for BURSA, that it intends to get the Ministry involved directly in the Roşia Montană Gold Corporation to better manage the state"s interests