Tom Albanese, Rio Tinto. (Christinne Muschi, file photo: Reuters)

Superintendent James T. Reynolds, National Park Service, Death Valley.

Director Jon Jarvis, National Park Service.

United States Senator Dianne Feinstein

Superintendent Sarah Craighead, National Park Service, Death Valley.

Preston Chiaro, Rio Tinto (July 27, 2009) & Death Valley Fund. Courtesy of Rio Tinto. Copyright © 2014 Rio Tinto

Henry Golas, Death Valley Fund, Death Valley Conservancy.

“Handover of the key”. From left to right, Dr. Bill Adams, Rio Tinto, Henry Golas, VP of the Death Valley Conservancy, Scott Smith, Superintendent of Ryan Camp, and Preston Chiaro, President of the Death Valley Conservancy. (PRNewsFoto/The Death Valley Conservancy)

Ryan Camp Navel Spring (Nov. 2012)

Scientists monitor pupfish in Devils Hole. NPS Photo by Kurt Moses

Rio Tinto coal loading operations. Reuters photograph.

Landslide Bingham Canyon mine April 10, 2013. Photo University of Utah.

Landslide Bingham Canyon mine April 10, 2013. Photo University of Utah.

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Harmony Borax site Death Valley National Park.

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Ryan Camp.

Marta Becket (Photo Sam Morris 2012)

Former Rio Tinto executives Guy Elliott, left, and Tom Albanese © FT montage / Bloomberg

Ryan Camp Recreation Hall (Copyright © 2019 Rio Tinto)

Oct. 23, 2019, Sydney Morning Herald. Rio Tinto’s borates business began in Death Valley, which may become Death Valley for lithium miners if Rio can make lithium out of its borates waste. Credit Shutterstock

March 1, 2020, Human Rights Law Center, After the Mine: Living with Rio Tinto’s deadly legacy. 23-year old Geraldine Damana and her baby Joylin, outside their home inside the Panguna mine pit.

May 26, 2020, The Guardian. This cave in the Juukan Gorge, dubbed Juukan 2, was destroyed in a mining blast Sunday. Consent was given through outdated Aboriginal heritage laws drafted in 1972. Photograph: The Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation.

May 31, 2020, The Guardian. Rio Tinto apologies for destroying Indigenous site 46,000 years old. Photo PKKP Aboriginal Corporation/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

June 9, 2020, The Guardian. Protesters at a rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth Tuesday. Reconciliation Australia has withdrawn its endorsement of Rio Tinto as a reconciliation action partner after it detonated explosives in the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, destroying two ancient rock shelters. Photo Richard Wainwright/AAP

June 11, 2020, Sydney Morning Herald. Hundreds rally outside Rio Tinto’s Perth headquarters following the destruction of a significant Aboriginal heritage site. Credit Marta Pascual Juanola

June 12, 2020, The Guardian. The mounting backlash against mining companies grew after Rio Tinto’s destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site at Juukan Gorge. Photo by Richard Wainwright

Aug. 13, 2020, The Guardian. A protest outside Rio Tinto’s Perth office in June against the blasting of Juukan Gorge. BHP shareholders have backed a motion to prevent desecration of Aboriginal heritage sites. Photo by Richard Wainwright/AAP

Aug. 24, 2020, Sydney Morning Herald. Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques, Rio Tinto slashes bonuses over 46,000-year-old cave blast disaster. Photo by Josh Robenstone

Sept. 5, 2020 The Australian “Rio Tinto’s poor excuses on Juukan Gorge.” A young protester photographed during a rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth in June. Photo: AAP

Nov. 12, 2020, Masina News. Protest sign “Go Away Rio Tinto” Rio Tinto in Serbia: privatization of natural resources, obstruction of sustainable development. Photo Podrinjski Antikorupcijski

Dec. 6, 2020, Sydney Morning Herald. High stakes Rio Tinto-ASIC trial delayed. Former Rio Tinto boss Tom Albanese successfully had his trial delayed on COVID-19 concerns. Photo by Mark Baker

Dec. 16, 2020, Reuters. Rio Tinto names Stausholm as CEO in surprise pick after cave destruction. Jakob Stausholm photo by Rio Tinto

April 14, 2021, Rio Tinto’s Jarad lithium development in Serbia is facing community opposition due to heritage issues. Coordinated protests were held in London, Belgrade, and Washington DC during Rio’s annual general meeting. Source Kreni Promeni, Serbia.

May 24, 2021, Zululand Observer, Rio Tinto Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) general manager Nico Swart was assassinated on his way to work in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. RBM is South Africa’s largest mineral sands producer. Photo Rio Tinto