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The CEO of one of the world's largest mining companies, Rio Tinto, has following the destruction of two sacred Aboriginal sites. However, it will not a speedy exit. The CEO has until March to his desk and head for the door. He in his notice after the furor by the demolition of 46,000-year-old caves in the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. The company was for high-grade iron ore. The CEO there was no doubt the company could have "better decisions". The ancient caves are sacred to Australia's indigenous Aboriginal communities. There is evidence to they were used as dwellings as far back as the Old Stone Age, when humans were stone tools.

The blasts at the caves to international condemnation and adversely Rio Tinto's reputation worldwide. The blasting place against the wishes of the traditional owners of the site, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people. They the mining giant of a blatant disregard of their culture and traditions, purely in a quest for greater profits. They said: "We cannot and will not this type of devastation to ever again." The Rio Tinto chair an apology. He said: "What at Juukan was wrong and we are determined to that the destruction of a heritage site of such exceptional archaeological and cultural significance never again at a Rio Tinto operation."