Published: September 04, 2020
Minutes show iron ore boss Chris Salisbury was told rock shelters were ‘directly below the blast holes and would be completely damaged’
Rio Tinto hired lawyers to prepare for a potential injunction against the destruction of ancient rock shelters in Juukan Gorge three days before it was destroyed in a mining blast, according to meeting notes released to a parliamentary inquiry.
The minutes of two meetings held on Thursday 21 May and Friday 22 May were released by the mining company on Friday evening as part of a batch of documents and 85 pages of responses to questions on notice provided to a parliamentary inquiry on the destruction of the significant Aboriginal heritage site.
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