KOTA KINABALU: A political group has called on Sabah government to listen to the concerns expressed by villagers in Ranau who are anxious over talk that a private company was looking to start a gold mine in the district.
Sabah Parks’ plan to reintroduce the former Mamut Copper Mine area into the Park’s conservation system is becoming a reality with the launch of the Mamut Scientific Expedition 2022
THE a companying picture is deceptive of a beautiful lake but is in fact a deadly cocktail of heavy metals laden waste acidic water leftover from the Mamut Copper Mine at Ranau.
It is a constant reminder of the slack legislation and poor understanding of the enviromental costs and effects in the 1970s that allowed the only Malaysian open pit copper mine to operate in Sabah.
The law has since been tightened up in the 1990s with the amended Sabah Mining Ordinance which required the setting up of a rehabitation fund after the mining operation has ceased.
But in the meantime, the Mamut Copper Mine and the Lohan Tailings Dam problem remains