KOTA KINABALU: A controversial gold mine on Sabah’s east coast district of Tawau is legal under a Sabah mining law says Datuk Abidin Madingkir, despite a stop work order being slapped on it by a federal-level agency.
The Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister said that the mine in Bukit Mantri is operating under the Sabah Mining Ordinance 1960 which provides for the Sabah Lands and Survey Department to oversee the mining operations.
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