Malaysia legislation
Section 64
Section 64
(1)
The lessee shall not commence any development work or mining on the land in respect of which the lease has been granted until after the approval of –
(a)
a mine feasibility study under section 73;
(b)
a plan for rehabilitation, if so required, under section 126; and
(c)
an environmental impact assessment, if so required, under the
Environmental Quality Act 1974 [Act 127.] or any State law.
(2)
The lessee is required to obtain the approval of the study, plan and document mentioned in subsection (1) within three years from the date the mining lease is issued.
(3)
Where the application to alter a lease authorising a small scale operation to a large scale operation is approved, no large scale mining or development work to implement large scale mining shall commence until the approvals under subsection (1)
have been obtained.
Survey of mining lease area.