Rio Tinto have a poor track record for handling indigenous lands too. Just 6 months ago they demolished indigenous australian heritage sites, for apparently very little gain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-26/rio-tinto-blast-destr...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-26/rio-tinto-blast-destr...
"Even going through and doing excavations in those areas; to find the plaited hair and the artefacts and how they have been dated back to over 46,000 years — it's something we will always remember." [2]
40,000 years is a long long time, 40,000 years still on my mind. [3]
[1]: https://theconversation.com/rio-tinto-just-blasted-away-an-a...
[2]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-26/rio-tinto-blast-destr...
[3]: https://neighbourhoodpaper.com/culture/40000-years-is-long-l...
The Pilbara is very large and the Aboriginals have visited a lot of it over the last 46,000 years. It will be riddled with ancient sites, which nobody cares about. The only reason they even bothered to look was because it was in an ore-rich area.