Rio Tinto's chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will resign from the company 'by mutual agreement' following the destruction of Aboriginal heritage sites by the company.
Rio Tinto's chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will resign from the company "by mutual agreement" following the destruction of Aboriginal heritage sites by the company this year.
The company's head of iron ore Chris Salisbury and head of corporate relations Simone Niven have also stepped down. Rio has been under intense pressure to sack the three executives following the miner's decision to destroy ancient Aboriginal heritage sites in the Juukan Gorge in May. "What happened at Juukan was wrong and we are determined to ensure that the destruction of a heritage site of such exceptional archaeological and cultural significance never occurs again at a Rio Tinto operation," Rio chairman Simon Thompson said in a statement.
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